The French Armenian community is, by far, the largest in the European Union and the third largest in the world. Republic of France became one of the first shelters for Armenians running from Genocide in 1915. Armenians were arriving to Marseille and then slithered across France. The next wave of migrants rushed to France to escape the conflict in Lebanon, Syria, Egypt and Iran. The number of Armenians in France by not specified data is from 350 to 500 thousand people. Largest communities are located in Paris, Lyon , Marseille and Valence. Ethnologue estimates that Armenian is spoken by around 70,000 people in France.The French Diaspora very united. Armenia has always had high expectations, from French Diaspora. Most French Armenians speak Western Armenian. Now days there is rather big number of Armenian classes and groups in kindergartens and schools. The majority of the Armenian French population is of the Armenian Apostolic (Orthodox) faith and belong to the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin of the Armenian Apostolic Church. The Armenian General Benevolent Union, one of the largest Armenian organizations in the world, headquartered in Paris between 1922 and 1940. France is one of the countries that have recognized the Armenian Genocide. May 29, 1998 the French National Assembly passed a bill recognizing the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire in 1915. November 7, 2000 for the resolution of the Armenian Genocide of the French Senate voted. Senators, however, have changed the text of the resolution by replacing the original "France recognizes the fact of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire " in "France recognizes that the Armenians have fallen victim to the genocide of 1915 ." January 18, 2001 the French National Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution according to which France recognizes the Armenian genocide in Ottoman Turkey in 1915-1923.12 October 2006 the lower house of the French parliament approved a bill , according to which the denial of the Armenian Genocide is criminal offense similar to Holocaust denial . However, the law has not been adopted. December 22, 2011 the bill was again introduced by the lower chamber and approved by a vote.