Religions in Western European Countries
-Austria: Roman Catholic (74%), Protestant (5%), Islam (4%), nonreligious (12%), and other (5%)
-Belgium: Roman Catholic (75%), Protestant (23%), Islam (2%)
-France: Roman Catholic (76%), Islam (6%), Jewish (1%), nonreligious (14%) and other (4%)
-Germany: Protestant (43%), Roman Catholic (34%), Islam (2%), and nonreligious (21%)
-Liechtenstein: Roman Catholic (79%), Protestant (8%), and other (13%)
-Luxembourg: Roman Catholic (87%) and other (13%)
-Monaco: Roman Catholic (81%) and other (19%)
-Netherlands: Roman Catholic (32%), Protestant (23%), Islam (4%), nonreligious (38%), and other (3%)
-Switzerland: Roman Catholic (46%), Protestant (40%), and other (14%)
-Belgium: Roman Catholic (75%), Protestant (23%), Islam (2%)
-France: Roman Catholic (76%), Islam (6%), Jewish (1%), nonreligious (14%) and other (4%)
-Germany: Protestant (43%), Roman Catholic (34%), Islam (2%), and nonreligious (21%)
-Liechtenstein: Roman Catholic (79%), Protestant (8%), and other (13%)
-Luxembourg: Roman Catholic (87%) and other (13%)
-Monaco: Roman Catholic (81%) and other (19%)
-Netherlands: Roman Catholic (32%), Protestant (23%), Islam (4%), nonreligious (38%), and other (3%)
-Switzerland: Roman Catholic (46%), Protestant (40%), and other (14%)
The Basilica du Sacre Couer is a Roman Catholic Church in Paris, France.
The Essalam Mosque in Rotterdam, Netherlands is the largest mosque in all of Europe.
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Results The majority of Western Europe practices Roman Catholicism because of the influence that the Holy Roman Empire had on the people of the region and Europe as a whole. The second most practciced religion in this region is Protestantism because of the Protestant Reformation movement that spread through the continent. The Grossmünster is a Protestant church in Zurich, Switzerland.
The Grand Synagouge of Paris is located in Paris, France.
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Religious Distribution
Every country in the region has a majority of its people that identify and practice Roman Catholism, with the exception of Germany. The Holy Roman Empire had a major influence on the region by introducing Roman Catholicism and ruling over the region for about ten centuries. In the 16th century, the Protestant Reformation movement began in Europe and was started by people that did not fully agree or trust in Roman Catholicism. This movement is the reason that Protestantism is also a widely practiced religion in Western Europe. The flow of refugees immigrating to Europe for shelter and settlement has increased the number of people that practice Islam in the continent.