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Latin Europe

European countries with a Romance language.

Official or Co-Official (whole) language

Official or Co-Official (regional) language

Unofficial (whole) language

Unofficial (regional) language

Area	Areas with Romance language status as: Official or Co-Official (Whole) 1,847,888.79 km² Official or Co-Official (Regional) 44,750 km² Unofficial (Whole): 26,229.8 km² Unofficial (Regional): 60,715.82 km² Total: 1,992,963.41 km²
Population	201,213,593
Countries	13 official independent countries: Andorra Belgium France Italy Luxembourg Moldova Monaco Portugal Romania San Marino Spain Switzerland Vatican City 9 unofficial countries or territories: Croatia Gibraltar Guernsey Jersey Macedonia Malta Serbia Slovenia Ukraine
GDP (PPP)	2006 estimate: Andorra$2.77 billion Belgium$316.2 billion France$1.836 Trillion Italy$1.713 Trillion Luxembourg$32.6 billion Moldova$9.001 Billion Monaco$976 million Portugal$229.881 Billion Romania$196.640 Billion San Marino$904 million Spain$1.141 Trillion Switzerland $264.1 billion Vatican City -
Languages	French Italian Portuguese Romanian Spanish and other Romance languages
Time Zones	GMT -1:00 (Azores, Portugal) to GMT +2:00 (Romania / Moldova)

Latin Europe, also known as the Romance-speaking nations of Europe, is the part of Europe in which Romance languages are the national language or are significantly used. Countries or areas in which such languages are officially recognized and/or de facto spoken as minority languages are sometimes included. Romance languages share a common background, all being descendants of Vulgar Latin. The countries not only have a sense of community with regards to Latin Languages, but share Roman Catholicism as the prevalent religion, with the exceptions of Romania and Moldova, where Eastern Orthodoxy is dominant. Also, all countries of Latin Europe have status within the Latin Union (which also includes non-European countries, in the Americas, Asia and Africa).

Inclusions

Latin Europe
		Status of Romance Languages used	Romance Languages used	Area	Comments
Andorra		Official	Spanish	468 km²
Belgium	Total
Belgium	Wallonia	Official	French	16844 km²
Croatia	Total
Croatia	Istria county	Official	Italian	2.82 km²
France		Official	French	674,843 km²	Exceptions: Alsace-Moselle and French Flanders have mostly Germanic roots, however their populations speak today mostly French. Brittany is considered as a "Celtic nation", but in Eastern Brittany only French is spoken today. Pays Basque shows a Basque identity, even if Basque language is spoken by few.
Gibraltar		Unofficial	Spanish	6.8 km²	As a British overseas territory, it has a sole official language of English even though the vast majority of the population is bilingual together with Spanish. In addition to this the majority of Gibraltarians speak Llanito (an Andalusian Spanish-based creole unique to Gibraltar) as their vernacular.
Guernsey		Unofficial	French	78 km²	Guernsey and Jersey both have various use of French and Norman language, although admittedly in decline.
Italy		Official	Italian	301,318 km²	Exceptions: South Tyrol (7,400.43 km²) has German as a co-official language with Italian. Friuli-Venezia Giulia, in some parts is Slovenian-speaking, with Slovenian having the status of official language alongside Italian and Friulian
Jersey		Unofficial	French	116 km²	Jersey and Guernsey both have various use of French and Norman language, although admittedly in decline. In the case of Jersey, this includes Jersey Law French, and Jerriais, and in the case of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, there is also law French there, in addition to Guernesais and Sercquais. French was an official language of Alderney of Guernsey until the late 1960s.
Luxembourg		Co-Official	French	2,586.4 km²
Macedonia		Unofficial	Aromanian	25,713 km²
Malta		Unofficial (Previously Offical)	Italian	316 km²	Malta is referred to as part of Latin Europe due to the vast use of Italian, especially in the Media, with many television channels being in Italian. Also, many professions there require use of the language. In addition to this, althouh Maltese is a Semitic Language, the majority of Maltese vocabulary is Romance, having been imported from Italian, Sicilian, and French. ^[1]^[2]. Almost all Maltese people are multilingual in Italian, English and Maltese, and these are all commonly interchanged in everyday conversation.
Moldova		Official		33,843 km²
Monaco		Official	French	1.95 km²
Portugal including the archipelagos: Madeira Azores		Official	Portuguese	92,345 km²
Romania		Official	Romanian	238,392 km²	Exceptions: Transylvania's Eastern side, in addition to its Romanian-speaking majority, is also home to a substantial Hungarian minority. In fact, Transylvania's Székely Land has a Hungarian majority.
San Marino		Official	Italian	61 km²
Serbia	Total			28636 km²
	Vojvodina	Co-Official	Romanian	21,506 km²
	Timoc	Unofficial	Romanian	7,130 km²
Slovenia	Total			384.4 km²
	Piran	Official	Italian	44.6 km²
	Izola	Official	Italian	28.6 km²
	Koper	Official	Italian	311.2 km²
Spain including: Canary Islands Balearic Islands Ceuta Melilla		Official	Spanish	504,030 km²	Exceptions: Basque Country (7,234 km²) and Navarre (10,391 km²) have Basque as a co-official language along with Spanish.
Switzerland	Total			27906 km²
	Graubünden	Co-Official	Italian, Romansh	7,105 km²
	Bern	Co-Official	French	5,959 km²
	Fribourg	Co-Official	French	1,671 km²
	Valais	Co-Official	French	5,224 km²
	Vaud	Official	French	3212 km²
	Neuchâtel	Official	French	803 km²
	Geneva	Official	French	282 km²
	Jura	Official	French	838 km²
	Ticino	Official	Italian	2,812 km²
Ukraine	Total			54,184 km²	A small southern part of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast also unofficially speaks Romanian.
	Odessa Oblast	Unofficial	Romanian	33,310 km²
	Zakarpattia Oblast	Unofficial	Romanian	12,777 km²
	Chernivtsi Oblast	Unofficial	Romanian	8,097 km²
Vatican City		Official	Italian	0.44 km²

Discontinuations or Ambiguities of Latin Europe

Dalmatia, would have once been included, with its own (now extinct) Romance language Dalmatian.
Germany during the Middle Ages would have been included due to religious reasons.
Israel may very extremely rarely and ambiguously be included due to the fact that the Jews in Spain took back to Israel with them a sizeable Spanish minority influcence. Template:PDFlink.

Population

Demographics

'Notable Latin Europeans gallery'

The Latin Europeans are the people who inhabit all the areas covered by Latin Europe. They are termed as the Latins of Europe. However, it is sometimes only those in the Latin Arch who are seen as Latin European.

Language

Latin languages (often referred to as Romance languages) are a branch of the Indo-European language family, comprising all the languages that descend from Latin, the language of the Roman Empire. They have more than 700 million native speakers worldwide, mainly in the Americas, Europe, and Africa, as well as in many smaller regions scattered through the world.

All Romance languages descend from Vulgar Latin, the language of soldiers, settlers and merchants of the Roman Empire, which was somewhat different from the Classical Latin of the Roman literati. As a result, the group shares several linguistic features that set it apart from other Indo-European branches.

Religion

Of the entire region of Latin Europe Roman Catholicism represents 80% of the population. In Romania and Moldova, the dominant religion is Eastern Orthodoxy.

Andorra, predominantly Roman Catholic - see Religion in Andorra.
Belgium, Wallonia is predominantly Roman Catholic - see Religion in Belgium.
France, 51% identified as Catholics - see Religion in France.
Italy, predominantly Roman Catholic - see Religion in Italy.
Luxembourg, predominantly Roman Catholic - see Religion in Luxembourg.
Moldova, predominantly Eastern Orthodoxy - see Religion in Moldova.
Monaco, Roman Catholicism is the official religion - see Religion in Monaco.
Romania, predominantly Eastern Orthodoxy - see Religion in Romania.
Portugal, predominantly Roman Catholic - see Religion in Portugal.
San Marino, predominantly Roman Catholic - see Religion in San Marino.
Spain, predominantly Roman Catholic - see Religion in Spain.
Switzerland, Catholicism and Protestantism - see Religion in Switzerland.
Vatican City, 100% Roman Catholic - see Religion in the Vatican City.

Culture

See:

References

^ Much of the Maltese language comes from other European Languages; retrieved on 2007-11-22
^ Malta is sometimes included, as its language relies heavily on Italian imports; retrieved on 2007-11-22

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[1] Much of the Maltese language comes from other European Languages; retrieved on 2007-11-22

[2] Malta is sometimes included, as its language relies heavily on Italian imports; retrieved on 2007-11-22

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+The [[Latin European]]s are the people who inhabit all the areas covered by Latin Europe. They are termed as the [[Latins]] of Europe. However, it is sometimes only those in the [[Latin Arch]] who are seen as Latin European.
-In all of Latin Europe, the [[European ethnic groups|original European inhabitants]] make up the largest segment of the population, with sizable minorities in each country.
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