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Americans in France for journalists

The official figures with their source and year, the rule changes of the last months, the people you can ask and how to cite us. Every figure below is read from an official page, and the page is linked.

The numbers

Nobody publishes one official count of Americans in France. These nine figures count different things, so do not add them up or set one against another. Each card says what it counts, its year and whether the value is final.

Each number answers a different question. What each number counts and leaves out says which sentence each one supports. For people who give up US citizenship, the counts from the IRS quarterly notices give each notice with its address. For the researchers France has taken in since 2025, a tally of what official pages say gives each figure with its page and day. For the portals an American meets in the first year, which of them speak English reads each one and gives the pages and counts. For two cities, Americans in Paris and Americans in Nice keep the census count, the notary figures and the rents apart, each with its source. For the people themselves, Who the Americans in France are gives the 2023 census count by age, sex, household, work, qualification, housing and years in France.

Rules that changed

The three newest entries of What changed for Americans in France. Each one was read on the official page named in it.

  1. 2026

    Swapping a foreign driving licence now costs 40 euros

    Before

    The exchange was free. The notice says it "devient payant", which means it becomes payable.

    Now

    40 euros from 12 May 2026 (20 euros in Guyane). You can drive on a non-EU licence for one year after you establish normal residence in France, meaning at least 185 days in a calendar year. After that you must exchange it, if France has a reciprocity agreement with the issuing country.

    Source: Service-Public, A18887: Exchanging a European or foreign driving licence for a French one becomes payable (Publié le 22 avril 2026, mise à jour le 30 avril 2026). We read it on . Full entry.

  2. 2026
  3. 2026

Who to ask

Write to contact@easyfrancenow.com. It is the contact the site publishes.

The founders

  • Maxime Roseau

    Co-founder, EasyFranceNow

    Maxime Roseau is a French entrepreneur and co-founder of EasyFranceNow. His work focuses on French visas, residency, and citizenship: long-stay visa applications, OFII validation, prefecture procedures, permit renewals, and naturalization files, along with the operational side of relocation such as housing, rental dossiers, and administrative coordination after arrival.

  • Aurelio Maurici

    Co-Founder, EasyFranceNow

    Aurelio Maurici is a French entrepreneur and co-founder of EasyFranceNow. His work focuses on the intersection of French administration, banking constraints affecting U.S. nationals, tax residency and cross-border reporting, healthcare enrollment, and the procedural realities Americans encounter while settling in France.

Reviewers of our guides

These professionals reviewed selected guides for factual accuracy, as their profiles state. They are not on our staff and they do not speak for EasyFranceNow. Each profile says what the person reviews and what they do not.

  • Benjamin Pik

    Co-founder & Managing Partner, Expand CPA. Expert-comptable, Commissaire aux comptes, US CPA. Paris, France.

    Reviews guides on: US federal tax filing for Americans in France (1040, FBAR, FATCA, Form 2555, Form 1116); French income tax returns and tax residency rules for US nationals; The US-France tax treaty and double-taxation relief.

    Does not review: Visa, residency and immigration procedure; French succession law, forced heirship and Brussels IV; Investment product selection and portfolio construction; Healthcare, CPAM and mutuelle questions.

    Expand CPA is a partner of EasyFranceNow. Benjamin Pik reviews selected articles for factual accuracy. He does not write our content, has no editorial control over our recommendations, and is not paid for these reviews.

  • Inès Guermouche

    Partner, Beaupère & Guermouche Avocats. Avocate, Paris Bar. Paris, France.

    Reviews guides on: French tax on property held through a company, such as an SCI; French income tax and capital gains on real estate, including for non-residents; French wealth tax on real estate (IFI) and inheritance tax on French assets.

    Does not review: US domestic law, including IRS entity classification; US reporting obligations before the IRS; Visa, residency and immigration procedure.

    Inès Guermouche reviews selected articles for factual accuracy, together with Violette Beaupère. Their review covers French domestic law and the tax treaties concluded by France only, and takes no position on US domestic law, including IRS classification and US reporting forms.

  • Jean-Baptiste Riolacci

    Founding Partner, BHR Avocats. Avocat, Paris Bar. Paris, France.

    Reviews guides on: Long-stay visas, refusals and appeals to the visa commission; Validation of the VLS-TS and what follows arrival; Residence permit renewals, récépissés and attestations, and travelling while a renewal is pending.

    Does not review: US immigration law; US or French tax; Property, leases and company law; Healthcare and insurance.

    Jean-Baptiste Riolacci reviews selected articles for factual accuracy. In return for his review, EasyFranceNow gives BHR Avocats visibility to its readers.

  • Nicolás Castillo

    Founder, Rook CPAs. CPA, registered in Florida. Madrid, Spain.

    Reviews guides on: US filing obligations of Americans in France: FBAR, Form 8938 and FATCA; Foreign earned income exclusion, foreign tax credit and the US-France treaty; Self-employment tax, the US-France social security agreement and US state residency.

    Does not review: French income tax, wealth tax and inheritance law; French company law and registration; Immigration and residence procedure; Property purchase and notarial procedure.

    Nicolás Castillo reviews selected articles for factual accuracy.

  • Shane Clark

    Co-founder & President, EuroAmerican Financial Advisors. EFP, US Series 65 Investment Adviser. Sevilla, Spain.

    Reviews guides on: Investing as an American in France, and PFIC exposure; US brokerage and retirement accounts after a move to France; Portfolio construction and currency risk for US citizens in the EU.

    Does not review: French domestic tax filing and the IFI wealth tax; French succession law, forced heirship and notaire procedure; Visa, residency and immigration procedure; Healthcare, CPAM and mutuelle questions.

    EuroAmerican Financial Advisors is a partner of EasyFranceNow. Shane Clark reviews selected articles for factual accuracy. He does not write our content, has no editorial control over our recommendations, and is not paid per review.

  • Vincent Berthier De Bortoli

    Founder & International Tax Lawyer, VBDB Tax Attorney. Avocat, Specialist in tax and customs law, TEP. Chambéry, France.

    Reviews guides on: French tax residency rules and the tie-breaker tests of the US-France tax treaty; Tax planning before and after a move to France; Trusts, including US revocable and living trusts, with a French-resident settlor or beneficiary, and French trust reporting.

    Does not review: US federal tax returns and IRS filing (1040, FBAR, FATCA); Visa, residency and immigration procedure; Investment product selection and portfolio construction; Healthcare, CPAM and mutuelle questions.

    VBDB Tax Attorney is a partner of EasyFranceNow. Vincent Berthier De Bortoli reviews selected articles for factual accuracy. He does not write our content, has no editorial control over our recommendations, and is not paid for these reviews.

  • Violette Beaupère

    Partner, Beaupère & Guermouche Avocats. Avocate, Paris Bar. Paris, France.

    Reviews guides on: French tax on property held through a company, such as an SCI; French income tax and capital gains on real estate, including for non-residents; French wealth tax on real estate (IFI) and inheritance tax on French assets.

    Does not review: US domestic law, including IRS entity classification; US reporting obligations before the IRS; Visa, residency and immigration procedure.

    Violette Beaupère reviews selected articles for factual accuracy, together with Inès Guermouche. Their review covers French domestic law and the tax treaties concluded by France only, and takes no position on US domestic law, including IRS classification and US reporting forms.

How to cite us

Every figure here is from an official page and we link that page. Where you can, cite the publisher: Eurostat, the French Interior Ministry or INSEE. If you cite our page, use this:

Source: EasyFranceNow, "Americans in France: the official numbers", https://easyfrancenow.com/data/americans-in-france, data read Oct 28, 2026.

For a link:

<a href="https://easyfrancenow.com/data/americans-in-france">Americans in France: the official numbers (EasyFranceNow)</a>

For a fixed document, cite the dated edition, Americans in France 2026. It does not change after publication:

EasyFranceNow, Americans in France 2026 (edition of 28 October 2026), https://easyfrancenow.com/data/americans-in-france/2026

What each number counts and leaves out, defined from the publishers' own pages, is on Counting Americans in France: what each number means. It has a sentence you can copy for each measure.

Eurostat asks for its own form when you use its data, and the data page gives it with the two other sources. Two cards above are our own arithmetic on official figures: the change from 2024 to 2025 and the ranks. They say so on the card.

Files

americans-in-france-2026.pdf. The 2026 edition as a PDF of 14 pages, 575 KB, with the citation form and the sources on its last page. Its page is Americans in France 2026.

americans-in-france.csv. 329 rows and 11 columns (measure, source, country, country_code, reason, year, value, provisional, eurostat_flag, query_url, read_on), about 81 KB. Every row has its source, the query address, the day it was read and a flag for provisional values. This is the file of Americans in France: the official numbers.

Corrections and last check

Figures and rule changes on this page were last checked against their official pages on .

If you find a mistake, write to contact@easyfrancenow.com and name the figure. We correct it the same day and write the change below. How we handle corrections.

Corrections to this page: none so far.

More on the method: how we verify.