List of islands of France explained

This is a list of islands of France, including both metropolitan France and French overseas islands.[1]

Ranking of French islands

By area

All French islands over 100km2, ranked by decreasing area.

  Name Location Area
(km) 		Area
(sq mi)
1 Grande-Terre (mainland of New Caledonia)New Caledonia 16372km2
2 8680km2
3 6675km2
4 2512km2
5 New Caledonia 1146km2
6 Martinique 1128km2
7 1036km2
8 848km2
9 New Caledonia 657km2
10 Guadeloupe 586km2
11 Grande-Terre (mainland of Mayotte) Mayotte 363km2
12 French Polynesia 345km2
13 French Polynesia 318km2
14 214km2
15 Kerguelen Islands 206km2
16 190km2
17 French Polynesia 173km2
18 Guadeloupe 158km2
19 153km2
20 New Caledonia 141km2
21 OuvéaNew Caledonia 133km2
22 French Polynesia 132km2
23 Crozet Islands 122km2
24 French Polynesia 112km2

By population

List of the most populated French islands.

  Name Location Population
1 Indian Ocean802,000 (January 2008)
2 402,000 (January 2008)
3 302,000 (January 2008)
4 New Caledonia's mainland (Grande-Terre) 205,939 (August 2009)
5 Caribbean 197,603 (January 2006)
6 Caribbean 186,661 (January 2006)
7 Pacific 178,133 (August 2007)
8 Mayotte's mainland (Grande Terre) Indian Ocean 162,036 (July 2007)
9 Saint Martin (French part only) Caribbean 35,263 (January 2006)
10 Mayotte's Petite Terre (aka Pamanzi) Indian Ocean 24,416 (July 2007)
11 Bay of Biscay20,991 (January 2006)
12 Bay of Biscay 17,640 (January 2006)
13 Pacific 16,191 (August 2007)
14 Pacific 12,024 (August 2007)
15 Caribbean 12,009 (January 2006)
16 Pacific 10,170 (August 2004)
17 Bay of Biscay9,813 (January 2006)
18 Wallis (aka Uvea) Pacific 9,227 (July 2008)
19 Pacific 8,927 (August 2007)
20 Caribbean 8,450 (January 2007)

Islands of metropolitan France

Atlantic coast

List of inhabited islands of Atlantic France:

  Name Region Population Area (km2)
1 21,871 174
2 17,723 85
3 9,590 49
4 5,426 85.63
5 4,850 23.32
6 2,234 14.82
7 833 15.58
8 800 1.70
9 620 3.20
10 452 3.05
11 352 3.09
12 260 0.58
13 227 3.3
14 216 2.91
15 207 1.19
16 160 0.75
17 94 2.08
18 30 0.45
19 29 0.07

Aquitaine

Mediterranean coast

Languedoc-Roussillon

Corsica

Islands in lakes and rivers

Alsace

Midi-Pyrénées

Pays de la Loire

French overseas islands

Mayotte (in the Indian Ocean)

See main article: Mayotte.

Réunion (in the Indian Ocean)

Scattered Islands (or Îles Éparses) in the Indian Ocean

Antarctica

Adélie Land

See main article: Adélie Land.

Crozet Islands (in the Indian Ocean)

See main article: Crozet Islands.

Kerguelen Islands (in the Indian Ocean)

See main article: Kerguelen Islands.

Saint Paul and Amsterdam Islands (in the Indian Ocean)

North America

Caribbean

Guadeloupe (in the Caribbean Sea)

See main article: Guadeloupe.

Martinique (in the Caribbean Sea)

See main article: Martinique.

Saint Barthélemy (in the Caribbean Sea)
Saint Martin (in the Caribbean Sea)

See main article: Collectivity of Saint Martin.

Northern America

Saint Pierre and Miquelon (in the North Atlantic Ocean)

See main article: Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

Oceania

Clipperton Island (in the North Pacific Ocean)

French Polynesia (in the South Pacific Ocean)

See main article: French Polynesia.

New Caledonia (in the South Pacific Ocean)

See main article: New Caledonia.

Wallis and Futuna (in the South Pacific Ocean)

See main article: Wallis and Futuna.

South America

French Guiana

See main article: French Guiana.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Islands of France. GeoNames. October 21, 2021.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "List of islands of France".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.