page_title: Republican marches
section_title: France
hierarchical_section_title: Republican marches / Main places / January 10 / France
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Représentants de communautés religieuses albanaises (sunnite, orthodoxe, bektachi et catholique) lors de la manifestation en hommage aux morts des attentats de janvier 2015 à Paris - 11 janvier 2015. On peut notamment citer Mgr Lucjan Avgustini, à droite. English: Representatives of Albanian religious communities at the Republican Marches honouring the victims of the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris on January 11, 2015 – from left: Ylli Gurra, en:mufti of Tirana Andoni Merdani, bishop of Kruja, Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania Edmond Brahimaj, global head of the Bektashi order Lucjan Avgustini, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sapë
context_page_description: The Republican marches were a series of rallies that took place in cities across France on 10–11 January 2015 to honour the victims of the Charlie Hebdo shooting, the Montrouge shooting, and the Porte de Vincennes siege, and also to voice support for freedom of speech.
  French government officials estimated that the rallies were attended by up to 3.7 million people nationwide, making them the largest public rallies in France since 1944, when Paris was liberated from the Nazis at the end of World War II, and also the biggest in French history.
  In Paris, due to the expected number of people, three streets were planned for the march from Place de la République to Place de la Nation. It was estimated that between 1.5 and 2 million people marched down and nearby Boulevard Voltaire in Paris. The Paris marches were attended by 40 world leaders, from both Europe and around the world. The presence during the marches of foreign leaders who are accused of not respecting freedom of speech in their own country has been criticized.
  In other cities in France, more than 300,000 rallied in Lyon, about a quarter of the population.
context_section_description: Toulouse: 150,000 – 180,000
  Nantes: 75,000
  Marseille: 45,000
  Strasbourg: 45,000
  Lille: 35,000–40,000
  Besançon: 30,000
  Nice: 30,000
  Limoges: 30,000
  Pau: 30,000
  Orléans: 22,000
  Agen: 13,000
  Le Havre: 10,000
caption: Leaders of the Sunni, Orthodox, Bektashi, and Catholic communities of Albania, in Paris, 11 January 2015
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