Portuguese in the Netherlands (also known as Portuguese Dutch or the Dutch Portuguese Community) are the citizens or residents of the Netherlands whose ethnic origins lie in Portugal.
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Demographics
Portuguese Dutch are Portuguese-born citizens with a Dutch citizenship or Dutch-born citizens of Portuguese ancestry or citizenship.
Portuguese arrived to the Netherlands in the early and middle 18th century, as immigrants, mostly from Madeira Island and Lisbon. Over 20,000 of Dutch people claim that they are of Portuguese descent.
Notable people
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Portuguese in the Netherlands Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA