Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
All French islands over 100 km 2 (39 sq mi), ranked by decreasing area. ...
Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia: Overseas Lands of France Mopelia: Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia: Overseas Lands of France Moresby: Haida Gwaii, British Columbia Canada Morfil: River Senegal Senegal: Morgan Louisiana United States Morraceira: Beira Litoral islands Portugal: Morris
[5] [6] An archipelago of eight islands, St. Pierre and Miquelon is a vestige of the once-vast territory of New France. [5] Its residents are French citizens. The collectivity elects its own deputy to the National Assembly and participates in senatorial and presidential elections.
The French took possession of the island in the 17th century, naming it Isle Bourbon after the House of Bourbon which then ruled France. To break with this name, which was too attached to the Ancien Régime, the National Convention decided on 23 March 1793 [5] to rename the territory Réunion Island.
Mont-Saint-Michel [3] (French pronunciation: [lə mɔ̃ sɛ̃ miʃɛl]; Norman: Mont Saint Miché; English: Saint Michael's Mount) is a tidal island and mainland commune in Normandy, France. The island lies approximately one kilometre (one-half nautical mile) off France's north-western coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches ...
Martinique (/ ˌ m ɑːr t ɪ ˈ n iː k / MAR-tin-EEK; French: ⓘ; Martinican Creole: Matinik or Matnik; [6] Kalinago: Madinina or Madiana) is an island in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the eastern Caribbean Sea.
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.
Uninhabited islands of France (7 C, 22 P) Pages in category "Islands of France" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.