Francophile

Francophilia ( word formation with suffix from ancient Greek φιλία Philia "friendship ", " love", " affection " ) or Gallophilie refers to the love from non-French for all things French. This may be even France, but also its history, language, cuisine, literature, etc.

The antonym for Francophilia is the Francophobia, the fear or dislike of all the French.

The Chinese city Tianducheng provides a mini - Paris dar. But as the prices of housing and rents for the "normal" Chinese are too expensive, this place is more like a ghost town.

Francophilia in the Rhineland

In German-speaking countries for a long time were considered (at least after the French Revolution ) the inhabitants of the Rhineland as a relatively Francophile. During the Napoleonic period, the left bank of the Rhine belonged to France and experienced many of the reforms that had drawn the French Revolution by itself ( introduction of the Civil Code, repeal of compulsory guild and introduction of free trade, extensive civil emancipation of the Jews, etc.). After the Congress of Vienna, the largest part of the Rhineland came to the predominantly Protestant Prussia, which was felt by many Catholic Rhine country as foreign rule ( "must Prussia "). An expression of the anti-Prussian impulses were the attempts after the First World War to found under the protection of the French occupying power a dependent of France Rhenish Republic - attempts, however, failed due to the resistance of the overwhelming majority of the population.