List of islands of France

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The lands making up the French Republic, shown at the same geographic scale.

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

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[edit] Ranking of French islands

[edit] By area

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

  Name Location Area
(km²)
1 New Caledonia's mainland (Grande-Terre) New Caledonia 16372
2 Corsica Mediterranean Sea 8680
3 Grande-Terre Kerguelen Islands 6675
4 Réunion Réunion 2512
5 Lifou New Caledonia 1146
6 Martinique Martinique 1128
7 Tahiti French Polynesia 1036
8 Basse-Terre Guadeloupe 848
9 Maré New Caledonia 657
10 Grande-Terre Guadeloupe 586
11 Mayotte's mainland (Grande-Terre) Mayotte 363
12 Nuku Hiva French Polynesia 345
13 Hiva Oa French Polynesia 318
14 Miquelon Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon 214
15 Île Foch Kerguelen Islands 206
16 Oléron Atlantic Ocean 190
17 Raiatea French Polynesia 173
18 Marie-Galante Guadeloupe 158
19 Île de la Possession Crozet Islands 153
20 Île des Pins New Caledonia 141
21 Ouvéa New Caledonia 133
22 Moorea French Polynesia 132
23 Île de l'Est Crozet Islands 122
24 Ua Pou French Polynesia 112

[edit] By population

List of the most populated French islands.

  Name Location Population
1 Réunion Indian Ocean 802,000 (Jan. 2008)
2 Martinique Caribbean 402,000 (Jan. 2008)
3 Corsica Mediterranean 302,000 (Jan. 2008)
4 New Caledonia's mainland (Grande-Terre) Pacific 205,939 (Aug. 2004)
5 Guadeloupe's Grande-Terre Caribbean 197,603 (Jan. 2006)
6 Guadeloupe's Basse-Terre Caribbean 186,661 (Jan. 2006)
7 Tahiti Pacific 178,133 (Aug. 2007)
8 Mayotte's mainland (Grande Terre) Indian Ocean 162,036 (Jul. 2007)
9 Saint Martin (French part only) Caribbean 35,263 (Jan. 2006)
10 Mayotte's Petite Terre (aka Pamanzi) Indian Ocean 24,416 (Jul. 2007)
11 Oléron Bay of Biscay 20,991 (Jan. 2006)
12 Île de Ré Bay of Biscay 17,640 (Jan. 2006)
13 Moorea Pacific 16,191 (Aug. 2007)
14 Raiatea Pacific 12,024 (Aug. 2007)
15 Marie-Galante Caribbean 12,009 (Jan. 2006)
16 Lifou Pacific 10,170 (Aug. 2004)
17 Noirmoutier Bay of Biscay 9,813 (Jan. 2006)
18 Wallis (aka Uvea) Pacific 9,227 (Jul. 2008)
19 Bora Bora Pacific 8,927 (Aug. 2007)
20 Saint Barthélemy Caribbean 8,450 (Jan. 2007)

[edit] Islands of metropolitan France

[edit] Atlantic coast

[edit] Normandy

[edit] Brittany

[edit] Ille et Vilaine
[edit] Côtes-d'Armor
[edit] Finistère
[edit] Morbihan
Tomb of Théviec, Île Théviec

[edit] Pays de la Loire

Loire-Atlantique :

Vendée :

[edit] Poitou-Charentes

[edit] Aquitaine

[edit] Mediterranean coast

[edit] Languedoc-Roussillon

Fort de Brescou

[edit] Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur

Îles d'Hyères :

Îles de Lérins :

Îles marseillaises :

Archipel du Frioul :

Calanques

Îles des Embiez:

[edit] Corsica

[edit] Islands in rivers and lakes

[edit] Île-de-France

[edit] Midi-Pyrénées

[edit] Pays de la Loire

[edit] Alsace

[edit] French oversea islands

[edit] North America

[edit] Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (in North Atlantic Ocean)

[edit] Clipperton Island

[edit] French West Indies

[edit] Guadeloupe (French West Indies)

[edit] Martinique (French West Indies)

[edit] Saint Barthélemy (French West Indies)

[edit] Saint Martin (French West Indies)

[edit] South America

[edit] French Guiana

[edit] Africa

[edit] Mayotte (in Indian Ocean)

[edit] Réunion (in Indian Ocean)

[edit] Pacific & Oceania

[edit] New Caledonia (in Pacific Ocean)

[edit] Wallis and Futuna (in Pacific Ocean)

[edit] French Polynesia (in Pacific Ocean)

[edit] French Southern and Antarctic Lands

[edit] Îles Amsterdam et Saint-Paul

[edit] Crozet Archipelago

[edit] Kerguelen Islands

[edit] Scattered islands (or Îles Éparses) in Indian Ocean

[edit] French Antarctica

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