Poles in Spain

Poles in Spain
Polacy w Hiszpanii

Total population
(69,353 (2014) 1.4% of Spain's foreign population 0.15% of Spain's population)
Regions with significant populations
All over Spain, especially Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Andalusia
Languages
Polish, Spanish
Religion
Roman Catholicism, Judaism
Related ethnic groups
Poles, Spaniards, Silesians

Polish-Spaniards or Poles in Spain are citizens and/or residents of Spain whose ethnic origins lie fully or partially in Poland.

Demographics

The Polish minority in Spain numbered approximately 69,353 according to 2014 census figures. The Polish population is mainly guest workers drawn by Spain's economic boom during the 1990s. Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga, Huelva and Valencia have significant Polish populations. The Polish minority in Spain is relatively young, 74% are between 20 and 49 years old.

Year	Polish population
2001	13,469
2006	45,797
2007	61,464
2011	85,862
2014	69,353

Poles in the Spanish Civil War

Main article: Polish volunteers in the Spanish Civil War

Approximately 5,400 volunteers of Polish origin participated in the Spanish Civil War as part of the International Brigades. The majority (3,800) were miners working in France, 300 were Polish-Americans, and several hundred were Poles living in various European countries. Only 800 came from Poland itself.

Notable people

• Luis José Sartorius, 1st Count of San Luis, noble, politician and journalist
• László Kubala, former football player
• Enrique Múgica Herzog, politician
• Adam Karol Czartoryski, aristocrat
• Esther Koplowitz, businesswoman magnate and philanthropist
• Alicia Koplowitz, businesswoman magnate
• Tamara Czartoryska, sportswoman and model
• Adam Jezierski, actor

See also

• Poland
• Poland–Spain relations
• Great Emigration
• Polish diaspora
• Masurians
• Silesians

External links

• [1] - Polonia en España / Polacy w Hiszpanii / Poland in Spain
• [2] - Asociaciones polacas en España / Polskie stowarzyszenia w Hiszpanii