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3.4.2 French Polynesia (in the South Pacific Ocean) 3.4.3 New Caledonia ... All French islands over 100 km 2 (39 sq mi), ranked by decreasing area. ...
Stavanger Municipality, Ryfylke Islands, Rogaland county Norway: Mota: Banks Islands Vanuatu: Mota Lava: Banks Islands Vanuatu: Motiti: Bay of Plenty New Zealand Motu One: Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia: Overseas Lands of France Motuihe: Hauraki Gulf New Zealand Motukaramarama: Motukawao Islands, Hauraki Gulf New Zealand ...
The island's beaches consist of both white and black sands, as well as beaches of golden sand. Of the two islands, Grande-Terre is home to the majority of Guadeloupe's farmlands and tourist resorts. Grande-Terre Island (upper right) from space, September 1994. North is to the upper left in this view. The island has a land area of 586.68 km 2. [1]
The Compagnie des Îles de l'Amérique settled in Guadeloupe in 1635, under the direction of the French colonial leaders Charles Liénard de L'Olive and Jean du Plessis d'Ossonville; they formally took possession of the island for France and brought in French farmers to colonise the land.
Clipperton Island (French: La Passion–Clipperton [la pasjɔ̃ klipœʁtɔn]; Spanish: Isla de la Pasión), also known as Clipperton Atoll [5] and previously as Clipperton's Rock, [6] is an 8.9 km 2 (3.4 sq mi) uninhabited French coral atoll in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Moʻorea (English: / ˌ m oʊ. oʊ ˈ r eɪ. ɑː / or / ˈ m oʊ. oʊ r eɪ /; [4] Tahitian: Moʻoreʻa, [moʔore(ʔ)a]), also spelled Moorea, is a volcanic island in French Polynesia.It is one of the Windward Islands, a group that is part of the Society Islands, 17 kilometres (11 mi) northwest of Tahiti.
At the 2019 census, 82.4% of the inhabitants of La Réunion were born on the island, 11.7% were born in Metropolitan France, 1.0% were born in Mayotte, 0.3% were born in the rest of Overseas France, and 4.6% were born in foreign countries (46% of them children of French expatriates and settlers born in foreign countries, such as children of ...
Pages in category "Islands of France" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. ... This page was last edited on 2 September 2024, ...