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Pied-noir (plural pieds-noirs) (French: "Black foot") is the term used in reference to French nationals, "born and raised in North Africa"[1], and most specifically to those from Algeria[2][3][4] ,which formed three Departements of France (Alger, Oran and Constantine) until the end of the Algerian War of Independence in 1962. In reference to North Africa, the term Pied noirs is generally used to include both Christians and Jews of European descent who had been born there, as many of the colonial settlers had come from countries such as Spain and Italy, in addition to France.[5]
Perhaps one of the most famous pied noir's was Albert Camus.