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The French Southern Lands also hold the second largest population of southern elephant seals on Earth, numbering roughly 200,000, and the third largest population of the Antarctic fur seal. Because of their isolation and subpolar location, the French Southern Lands are relatively depauperate of vegetation, with both Saint-Paul and Crozet having ...
This is a list of islands of France, ... Population 1: Réunion: Indian Ocean: 802,000 ... Southern Marquesas Fatu Hiva; Fatu Huku; Hiva Oa;
Rank Region Population 2016 Area (km 2) Density; 1 Île-de-France 12,117,132 12,012 1,009 2 Mayotte 256,518 374 685 3 Réunion 852,924 2,504 340 4 Martinique 376,480 1,128
Before being officially catalogued in 1772, the Kerguelen Islands appear as the "Ile de Nachtegal" on Philippe Buache's 1754 map entitled Carte des Terres Australes comprises entre le Tropique du Capricorne et le Pôle Antarctique où se voyent les nouvelles découvertes faites en 1739 au Sud du Cap de Bonne Esperance ('Map of the Southern Lands contained between the Tropic of Capricorn and ...
In 2021, 36.1% of the population lived below the poverty line (defined by INSEE as 60% of Metropolitan France's median income; in 2021 the poverty line for a family of two parents and two young children was €2,423 (US$2,868) per month), [117] a marked decrease compared to 2013 when 49% of the population lived below the poverty line.
The slow growth of France's population in the 19th century was reflected in the country's very low emigration rate. The French population only grew by 8.6% between 1871 and 1911, while Germany's grew by 60% and Britain's by 54%. [22] French concerns about the country's slow population growth began after its defeat in the Franco-Prussian War ...
The French Southern and Antarctic Lands (est.1955) — a dependent territory of Overseas France Composed of islands in the tropical southwestern and subantarctic southern Indian Ocean , and a French territorial claim on Antarctica .
1 overseas territory (territoire d'outre-mer, or TOM): the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, which have no permanent population and no communes. The French Southern and Antarctic Lands are divided into five districts (districts in French): Adélie Land; Crozet Islands; Kerguelen Islands; Saint Paul Island and Amsterdam Island