There are currently about 2,300 mosques in France with a further 200 to 250 planned. It is difficult to say when the first mosque in France was built. There is archaeological evidence of a Christian

basilica In Ancient Roman architecture, a basilica (Greek Basiliké) was a large public building with multiple functions that was typically built alongside the town's forum. The basilica was in the Latin West equivalent to a stoa in the Greek Eas ...

being converted into a mosque in 719, in

Narbonne Narbonne ( , , ; ; ; Late Latin:) is a commune in Southern France in the Occitanie region. It lies from Paris in the Aude department, of which it is a sub-prefecture. It is located about from the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and was ...

.''Islam Outside the Arab World'', David Westerlund, Ingvar Svanberg, Palgrave Macmillan, 1999, page 342 The Tsingoni Mosque in the overseas department of

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was built in 1538. The

Mosque of the Bois de Vincennes The Mosque of the Bois de Vincennes (), also known as the Mosque of the Colonial Garden Hospital or Nogent Mosque was a former Islamic mosque, located in the grounds of the Bois de Vincennes, in greater Paris, France. It was the first mosque bu ...

was built in 1916 for temporary use during

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, and disaffected in 1919. The

Grand Mosque of Paris The Grand Mosque of Paris (, ; ), also known as the Great Mosque of Paris or simply the Paris Mosque, located in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, is one of the largest mosques in France. It comprises prayer rooms, an outdoor garden, a small lib ...

opened in 1926 retains iconic status and is one of the largest standing mosques in France.

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Un annuaire des mosquées et lieux de cultes en France
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France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

mosques A mosque ( ), also called a masjid ( ), is a place of worship for Muslims. The term usually refers to a covered building, but can be any place where Islamic prayers are performed; such as an outdoor courtyard. Originally, mosques were simple p ...

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