法兰西人是法兰西共和国的主体民族，欧洲的拉丁语民族之一。包括先辈居住在法国或后来并入法国的地区的人。

根据法国宪法第一条，成为法国公民，不分本人出身、种族或宗教（sans distinction d'origine, de race ou de religion） 法国遵照其原则，以创建用法语维系、共同生活的意愿。

法国人与来自马格里布和西非（前法国殖民地移民）的人的种族主义和歧视，而其他人则视其为不可避免的少数族群和主体民族文化的摩擦。

The French (French:Français) are a nation who are identified with the country of France. This connection may be legal, historical, or cultural.

Descending from diverse peoples of Celtic (Gauls) origin (except the French Basques, the Corsican people and the French Catalans), later mixing with Romance (Romans, mainly in the South-East of France), and Germanic origin, which is a minority per genetic evidence (Franks, mainly in the Northeast of France), whereas the ethnonym that referred to German-speaking Franks survived to be applied to modern French. France was still a patchwork of local customs and regional differences in the late 19th century. Most French people speak the French language as their mother tongue, but certain languages like Norman, Occitan, Auvergnat, Corsican, Basque, French Flemish, Franconian and Breton remain spoken in certain regions (see Language policy in France).