French West Indies
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The term French West Indies or French Antilles (French: Antilles françaises) refers to the seven territories currently under French sovereignty in the Antilles islands of the Caribbean: the two overseas departments of Guadeloupe (Basse-Terre and Grande-Terre) and Martinique, the two overseas collectivities of Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy, and finally the islands of Les Saintes, Marie-Galante and La Désirade, which are dependencies of Guadeloupe and surround it.
In addition, some of the islands of the present and former British West Indies were once ruled by France. On some of them, an French-based creole language is spoken - although some words and expressions vary from one island to another.
Former French West Indian islands:
- Hispaniola (which includes Dominican Republic and Haiti)
- Dominica
- Grenada
- The Grenadines
- U.S. Virgin Islands
- Saint Kitts & Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent
- Tobago (from Trinidad and Tobago)
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