French Overseas Departments and Territories

Overseas Departments Information

French Overseas Departments

Guadeloupe Area:   1 780 km2 Population:   About 428 000 Climate:   Tropical Capital city:   Basse-Terre Department:   971 - Guadeloupe (Basse-Terre)	French Guyana Area:   83 534 km2 Population:   About 163 000 Climate:   Equatorial Capital city:   Cayenne Department:   973 - French Guyana (Cayenne)
Martinique Area:   1 106 km2 Population:   About 392 000 Climate:   Hot and humid Capital city:   Fort-de-France Department:   972 - Martinique (Fort-de-France)	La Réunion Area:   2 512 km2 Population:   About 675 000 Climate:   Tropical tempered Capital city:   Saint-Denis Department:   974 - La Réunion

French Territories

Mayotte Area:   374 km2 Population:   About 131 200 Climate:   Tropical dry Capital city:   Mamoudzou	Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon Area:   242 km2 Population:   About 6 670 Climate:   Cold and windy Capital city:   Saint-Pierre
New Caledonia Area:   18 575 km2 Population:   About 196 836 Climate:   Semi-tropical tempered Capital city:   Nouméa	French Polynesia Area:   4 167 km2 Population:   About 219 521 Climate:   Tropical humid Capital city:   Papeete
Wallis-et-Futuna Area:   274 km2 Population:   About 14 170 Climate:   Hot and humid Capital city:   Mata-Utu	Austral Lands and French Antartics Area:   597 525 km2 Population:   About 150 scientists Climate:   Polar Districts:   Terre Adélie (Dumont-Durville), Îles Crozet (base Alfred-Faure), Îles Kerguelen (Port-aux-Français), Amsterdam (base Martin-de-Viviès)

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