List of islands of France

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

Ranking of French islands[]

By area[]

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

	Name	Location	Area (km2)
1	Grande-Terre (mainland of New Caledonia)	New Caledonia	16,372
2	Corsica	Mediterranean Sea	8,680
3	Grande-Terre	Kerguelen Islands	6,675
4	Réunion	Réunion	2,512
5	Lifou	New Caledonia	1,146
6	Martinique	Martinique	1,128
7	Tahiti	French Polynesia	1,036
8	Basse-Terre	Guadeloupe	848
9	Maré	New Caledonia	657
10	Grande-Terre	Guadeloupe	586
11	Grande-Terre (mainland of Mayotte)	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

By population[]

List of the most populated French islands.

	Name	Location	Population
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)

Islands of metropolitan France[]

Atlantic coast[]

Normandy[]

Brittany[]

Ille et Vilaine[]

Côtes-d'Armor[]

Finistère[]

Morbihan[]

Pays de la Loire[]

Poitou-Charentes[]

Aquitaine[]

• (in Arcachon Bay)

Mediterranean coast[]

Languedoc-Roussillon[]

Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur[]

Corsica[]

Islands in rivers and lakes[]

Île-de-France[]

Midi-Pyrénées[]

• , in Toulouse on the Garonne River

Pays de la Loire[]

• Île de Nantes, in Nantes on the Loire River
• , in the Loire River

Alsace[]

• Grande Île, in Strasbourg on the Ill River

French overseas islands[]

Africa[]

Mayotte (in the Indian Ocean)[]

• Grande-Terre (or Mahoré)
• (or Île Pamanzi)

Réunion (in the Indian Ocean)[]

• Réunion

French West Indies[]

Guadeloupe (in the Caribbean)[]

Martinique (in the Caribbean)[]

Saint Barthélemy (in the Caribbean)[]

• Saint Barthélemy

Saint Martin (in the Caribbean)[]

• Saint Martin (shared with the Netherlands)
• Île Tintamarre

Northern America[]

Saint Pierre and Miquelon (in the North Atlantic Ocean)[]

• Grand Colombier
• Langlade
• L'Île-aux-Marins
• Miquelon
• Île aux Pigeons
• Saint Pierre Island
• Île aux Vainqueurs
• Green Island (Fortune), Newfoundland and Labrador ("Île Verte") (uncertain sovereignty between France and Canada)

Oceania and the Pacific[]

Clipperton Island (in the North Pacific Ocean)[]

• Clipperton Island

French Polynesia (in the South Pacific Ocean)[]

New Caledonia (in the South Pacific Ocean)[]

Wallis and Futuna (in the South Pacific Ocean)[]

South America[]

French Guiana[]

• Îles du Salut
  • Île du Diable
  • Île Royale
  • Île Saint-Joseph
• • Îlet la Mère
• Constable Islands
• Île Portal

French Southern and Antarctic Lands[]

Crozet Islands (in the Indian Ocean)[]

• Îles des Apôtres
• Île de l'Est

Kerguelen Islands (in the Indian Ocean)[]

Saint Paul and Amsterdam Islands (in the Indian Ocean)[]

• Île Amsterdam
• Île Saint-Paul

Scattered Islands (or Îles Éparses) in the Indian Ocean[]

• Banc du Geyser
• Bassas da India
• Glorioso Islands
  • (or Grande Glorieuse)
  • Île du Lys (or Petite Glorieuse)
• Europa Island
• Juan de Nova
• Tromelin Island

French Antarctica (in the Southern Ocean)[]

• Adélie Land
  • Archipel de Pointe Géologie
  • Île Alexis Carrel
  • Île Buffon
  • Île Claude Bernard
  • Île Curie
  • Île Cuvier
  • Île de la Vierge
  • Île des Damiers
  • Île des Pétrels
  • Île du Bélier
  • Île du Capricorne
  • Île du Gouverneur
  • Île du Lion
  • Île du Navigateur
  • Île du Sagittaire
  • Île du Scorpion
  • Île du Taureau
  • Île Jean Rostand
  • Île Lamarck
  • Île Verte
  • Îles des Poissons
  • Îlot de la Balance
  • Îlot de la Baleine
  • Îlot de la Dent
  • Îlot de la Selle
  • Îlot des Champignons
  • Îlot du Cancer
  • Îlot du Marégraphe
  • Îlot du Mystère
  • Îlot du Verseau
  • Îlot Juliette
  • Îlot Roméo
  • Îlots des Hydrographes
  • Le Mauguen
  • Mid-Winter
  • Rocher Gris

See also[]

• List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands
• List of Caribbean islands
• List of French islands in the Indian and Pacific oceans
• List of islands
• List of islands in the Arctic Ocean
• List of islands in the Atlantic Ocean
• List of islands in the Indian Ocean
• List of islands in the Pacific Ocean

References[]

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