This is a list of islands of France, including both metropolitan France and French overseas islands.[1]
All French islands over 100 km2 (39 sq mi), ranked by decreasing area.
Name | Location | Area (km2) | Area (sq mi) | |
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1 | Grande-Terre (mainland of New Caledonia) | New Caledonia | 16,372 | 6,321 |
2 | Corsica | Mediterranean Sea | 8,680 | 3,350 |
3 | Grande-Terre | Kerguelen Islands | 6,675 | 2,577 |
4 | Réunion | Réunion | 2,512 | 970 |
5 | Lifou | New Caledonia | 1,146 | 442 |
6 | Martinique | Martinique | 1,128 | 436 |
7 | Tahiti | French Polynesia | 1,036 | 400 |
8 | Basse-Terre | Guadeloupe | 848 | 327 |
9 | Maré | New Caledonia | 657 | 254 |
10 | Grande-Terre | Guadeloupe | 586 | 226 |
11 | Grande-Terre (mainland of Mayotte) | Mayotte | 363 | 140 |
12 | Nuku Hiva | French Polynesia | 345 | 133 |
13 | Hiva Oa | French Polynesia | 318 | 123 |
14 | Miquelon | Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon | 214 | 83 |
15 | Île Foch | Kerguelen Islands | 206 | 80 |
16 | Oléron | Atlantic Ocean | 190 | 73 |
17 | Raiatea | French Polynesia | 173 | 67 |
18 | Marie-Galante | Guadeloupe | 158 | 61 |
19 | Île de la Possession | Crozet Islands | 153 | 59 |
20 | Île des Pins | New Caledonia | 141 | 54 |
21 | Ouvéa | New Caledonia | 133 | 51 |
22 | Moorea | French Polynesia | 132 | 51 |
23 | Île de l'Est | Crozet Islands | 122 | 47 |
24 | Ua Pou | French Polynesia | 112 | 43 |
List of the most populated French islands.
Name | Location | Population | |
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1 | Réunion | Indian Ocean | 802,000 (January 2008) |
2 | Martinique | Caribbean | 402,000 (January 2008) |
3 | Corsica | Mediterranean | 302,000 (January 2008) |
4 | New Caledonia's mainland (Grande-Terre) | Pacific | 205,939 (August 2009) |
5 | Guadeloupe's Grande-Terre | Caribbean | 197,603 (January 2006) |
6 | Guadeloupe's Basse-Terre | Caribbean | 186,661 (January 2006) |
7 | Tahiti | 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 | Oléron | Bay of Biscay | 20,991 (January 2006) |
12 | Île de Ré | Bay of Biscay | 17,640 (January 2006) |
13 | Moorea | Pacific | 16,191 (August 2007) |
14 | Raiatea | Pacific | 12,024 (August 2007) |
15 | Marie-Galante | Caribbean | 12,009 (January 2006) |
16 | Lifou | Pacific | 10,170 (August 2004) |
17 | Noirmoutier | Bay of Biscay | 9,813 (January 2006) |
18 | Wallis (aka Uvea) | Pacific | 9,227 (July 2008) |
19 | Bora Bora | Pacific | 8,927 (August 2007) |
20 | Saint Barthélemy | Caribbean | 8,450 (January 2007) |
List of inhabited islands of Atlantic France:
Name | Region | Population | Area (km2) | |
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1 | Oléron | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | 21,871 | 174 |
2 | Île de Ré | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | 17,723 | 85 |
3 | Noirmoutier | Pays de la Loire | 9,590 | 49 |
4 | Belle-Île-en-Mer | Brittany | 5,426 | 85.63 |
5 | Île d'Yeu | Pays de la Loire | 4,850 | 23.32 |
6 | Groix | Brittany | 2,234 | 14.82 |
7 | Ushant | Brittany | 833 | 15.58 |
8 | Île-Grande | Brittany | 800 | 1.70 |
9 | Île-aux-Moines | Brittany | 620 | 3.20 |
10 | Île de Batz | Brittany | 452 | 3.05 |
11 | Île-de-Bréhat | Brittany | 352 | 3.09 |
12 | Île de Sein | Brittany | 260 | 0.58 |
13 | Île-d'Arz | Brittany | 227 | 3.3 |
14 | Houat | Brittany | 216 | 2.91 |
15 | Île-d'Aix | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | 207 | 1.19 |
16 | Molène | Brittany | 160 | 0.75 |
17 | Hœdic | Brittany | 94 | 2.08 |
18 | Grande-Île, Chausey | Normandy | 30 | 0.45 |
19 | Mont Saint-Michel | Normandy | 29 | 0.07 |
Vendée
Îles de Lérins
Îles marseillaises
Archipel du Frioul
Archipel de Riou
Îles des Embiez:
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N.B.: Territories in italics are parts of transregional sovereign states or non-sovereign dependencies.
^These three form the SSS islands that with the ABC islands comprise the Dutch Caribbean, of which *the BES islands are not direct Kingdom constituents but subsumed with the country of the Netherlands. †Physiographically, these continental islands are not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc, although sometimes grouped with them culturally and politically. ǂDisputed territories administered by Guyana. ~Disputed territories administered by Colombia. #Bermuda is an isolated North Atlantic oceanic island, physiographically not part of the Lucayan Archipelago, Antilles, Caribbean Sea nor North American continental nor South American continental islands. It is grouped with the Northern American region, but occasionally also with the Caribbean region culturally. |