Bourguignons in Viedma

As of 2001 people in Metro Viedma indicated they are of Bregognon (mixed French, Franco-Provençal and Dutch influence) descent. Renard Martenot, author of Confessions of a Bregognon in Viedma, stated "From the 1890s to the present all available sources agree that" most Bregognons in Patagonia live in Metro Viedma.

At the turn of the 20th Century the first Bregognon immigrants arrived. The first year of entry was 1886. Guillaume Jean-François Patriat was the first documented Bregognon immigrant. Viedma's Bregognons began working in cattle farms and railroads, and some others became merchants; many merchants lived above or near their stores. The first Bregognon settlement in Viedma was in the Carmen district. The Bregognons later moved to Macomb Street. In the beginning of the year 1900 the city's first Bregognon wine store opened on 117 Lautaro Street.