Écossais (peuple)
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Écossais | ||||||||||||||||||
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Écossais célèbres: James Watt, Walter Scott, Alexander Graham Bell William Wallace, Marie Ire d'Écosse et Sean Connery | ||||||||||||||||||
Pays | ||||||||||||||||||
Royaume-Uni | ||||||||||||||||||
Population totale | ||||||||||||||||||
30 million (est.)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Langues | ||||||||||||||||||
gaélique écossais, scots, anglais | ||||||||||||||||||
Religions | ||||||||||||||||||
Protestantisme, Presbytérianisme, Catholicisme, Épiscopalisme, autres groupes minoritaires et de plus en plus d’agnostiques et d’athées. | ||||||||||||||||||
Voir aussi : Liste |
Les Écossais ou le peuple écossais sont une nation et une groupe ethnique autochtones à l'Écosse. Comme groupe ethnique, ils sont une composition de Pictes, Gaëls, Bretons insulaires, Angles, Saxons et Normands.
[modifier] Notes et références
- ↑ [1]The Ancestral Scotland website states the following: Scotland is a land of 5.1 million people. A proud people, passionate about their country and her rich, noble heritage. For every single Scot in their native land, there are thought to be at least five more overseas who can claim Scottish ancestry - that's many, many millions spread throughout the globe. (30 million) [2][3]
- ↑ [http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census/ Recensement de 2001.
- ↑ The US Census 2000. The [4] American Community Survey 2004 by the US Census Bureau estimates 5,752,571 people claiming Scottish ancestry and 5,323,888 people claiming Scotch-Irish ancestry.
- ↑ Canadian Census 2001 gives a total of 4,157,210 respondents stating their ethnic origin as Scottish. Many respondents may have misunderstood the question and the numerous responses for "Canadian" does not give an accurate figure for numerous groups, particularly those of British Isles origins.
- ↑ 2006 Australian Census
- ↑ http://www2.stats.govt.nz/domino/external/pasfull/pasfull.nsf/web/Reference+Reports+2001+Census:+Ethnic+Groups+2001+TableEthnic+group+-+up+to+three+responses+(total+responses)+and+sex,+for+the+census+usually+resident+population+count,+1991,+1996+and+2001/$FILE/Table%202a.xls