Caldoche "bushmen" cavaliers carrying the 2011 Pacific Games flame in Bourail
Total population
73,199
Regions with significant populations
New Caledonia (24.1% of total population) Mainly in Nouméa, Bourail, Boulouparis, La Foa, Le Mont-Dore, Farino
Languages
French
Religion
Mainly Catholicism, Protestantism
Related ethnic groups
French people
Caldoche is the name given to inhabitants of the French overseas collectivity of New Caledonia of European ethnic origin who have settled in New Caledonia since the 19th century. The formal name to refer to this particular population is Calédoniens, short for the very formal Néo-Calédoniens, but this self-appellation technically includes all inhabitants of the New Caledonian archipelago, not just the Caldoche.
Another European demographic within the population of New Caledonia are expatriates from metropolitan France who have arrived recently or live there temporarily as French government civil servants and contract workers. Caldoche emphasise their own distinct identity and position as permanent locals who have lived in New Caledonia for several generations by referring to the temporary French expatriates as métros (short for métropolitains) or as Zoreilles (informally zozos) in local slang.
A majority of the Caldoche are of French descent and have their origins as free colonial or penal settlers, with smaller but significant numbers of Caldoche being of Italian, German, British, Polish, Belgian and Irish heritage. French is the main language spoken by the Caldoche.
New Caledonia was used as a penal colony from 1854 to 1922 by France. From this period and on, many Europeans (particularly of French and, to some extent, German origin) settled in the territory and they intermingled with Asian and Polynesian settlers. Code de l'indigénat, introduced in 1887, provided the free settler population with an advantageous status over the indigenous Melanesian peoples, known collectively as Kanak. Caldoches settled and gained property on the dry west coast of the main island Grande Terre where the capital Nouméa is also located, pushing the Kanaks onto small reservations in the north and east. With the superior position, they constituted the ruling class of the colony and they were the ones who widened the usage of the word Canaque as a pejorative.
Caldoche is the name given to inhabitants of the French overseas collectivity of New Caledonia of European ethnic origin who have settled in New Caledonia...
wealthy South Province contains significant populations of European (Caldoches and Metropolitan French), Kanak, and Polynesian (mostly Wallisian) origin...
understanding Creole, cupped an ear and asked speakers to repeat themselves. Béké Caldoche Labourdette, Jean-Paul (2008). Réunion (in French). Nouvelles éd. de l'Université...
constituting, according to the 2019 census, 41% of the population, the Europeans (Caldoche and metropolitan French) 28%, those of mixed blood 11%, with other ethnic...
populations of French ancestry outside metropolitan France include the Caldoches of New Caledonia, the so-called Zoreilles, Petits-blancs with the Franco-Mauritian...
corresponding to around 112,000 people. The other populations are the Caldoche, who are European born in New Caledonia; the Zoreille, who were born in...
populations with some French ancestry outside metropolitan France include the Caldoches of New Caledonia, Louisiana Creole people of the United States, the so-called...
populations include Guam, Hawaii and New Caledonia (whose Europeans are known as Caldoche). Indigenous peoples of Oceania are Australian Aboriginals, Austronesians...
Anti-separatism Conservatism Liberal conservatism Factions: Gaullism Multiracialism Caldoche interests Political position Centre-right National affiliation Together...
Kanak constituted 41.2% of the population in 2019, followed by Europeans (Caldoche and Zoreille) with 24.1%. The Europeans are the largest ethnic group in...
flirting with independence, which eventually led to an outflow of the Caldoche members of the Caledonian Union to new loyalist parties, such as the Rally...
Zealand (European New Zealanders): 78% of the population New Caledonia (Caldoche): 35% of the population French Polynesia: (Zoreilles) 10% of the population...
Tāpura Huiraʻatira, No Oe E Te Nunaa New Caledonia Ethnic groups: Kanaks, Caldoche Proposed state: New Caledonia or Kanaky Political parties: Kanak and Socialist...
majority European-descended populations. States including New Caledonia (Caldoche), Hawaii, French Polynesia, and Norfolk Island also have considerable European...
changed the local landscape. In the 1930s, the Europeans (also called Caldoche) and companies like the Société le Nickel dominated the economies of the...
in 1973 to a prominent political family. He is of mixed race, maternal Caldoche (New Caledonians descended from French colonial settlers) descent and paternal...
population INSEE code Pieds-noirs, the name for French settlers in Algeria Caldoches Population of Paris Jews in France French immigration to Puerto Rico French...
College (Melbourne) Alliance française Australia–France relations Bretons Caldoche Canadian Australians Dragonnade European Australians Europeans in Oceania...
FLNKS won a majority in three of the four regional assemblies, with the Caldoche-backed Rally for Caledonia in the Republic (RPCR) won a large majority...
issues d'autres métissages ou se disant « Calédoniennes » sans se sentir « Caldoches ». Statistics Canada. "Census Profile, 2016 Census". Retrieved 2 December...
Zealand's first saint. Source: 2013 Census New Zealand portal France portal Caldoche Canadian New Zealanders Demographics of New Zealand European New Zealanders...
Anti-separatism Conservatism Liberal conservatism Factions: Gaullism Multiracialism Caldoche interests Political position Centre-right Members Caledonian Republicans...
born Cynthia Parage in Nouméa, New Caledonia, on 15 June 1962. She is a caldoche, or New Caledonian of French descent. The 2014 New Caledonian legislative...
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