Although the first Armenians settled in France in the Middle Ages , like most of the Armenian diaspora , the Armenian community in France was established by survivors of the Armenian Genocide of 1915 . Others came through the second half of the 20th century , fleeing political and economic instability in the Middle Eastern countries ( Turkey , Lebanon , Syria , Egypt and Iran ) and , more recently , from Armenia
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Armenians in France