270 million French speakers worldwide 3rd language used for business worldwide. Official language of international organizations: CARICOM, ACS, UN,... 33 million French speakers in the Americas and Caribbean. 90,149 arrivals into Barbados in 2017 from territories where French is the offical language (Canada, French W.I. and Metropolitan France)
Bridgetown - Barbados
Established in 2008, the Alliance Franรงaise de Bridgetown, is one of the leading providers of French language and culture education in Barbados. Governed by a local nonprofit board, the Alliance Francaise is a member of the international network of Alliance Franรงaise chapters. Founded in 1883 in Paris by a group of eminent thinkers, including the scientist Louis Pasteur, the diplomat Ferdinand de Lesseps, the writers Jules Verne and Ernest Renan, and the publisher Armand Colin, the Alliance Franรงaise is the largest network of French language and cultural centers in the world.