What island is and official part of france?

Question

What island is and official part of france?

Answer 1

Corsica

Answer 2

Corsica, Guadeloupe, Martinique.

Answer 3

Corsica (La Corse) in the mediterranean and Reunion in the Indian Ocean. Both islands are official parts of France

Answer 4

There are a lot. There are dozens inhabited islands just off the Atlantic and Mediterranean French coasts. But the only one that is a French region in itself AND not considered an overseas island is Corsica (in French: la Corse) in the Mediterranean.

Overseas there are also French "départements":

- Guadeloupe (in the Caribbean)

- Martinique  (in the Caribbean)

- Réunion (in the Indian Ocean)

- Guyane (NOT AN ISLAND, in South America)

Note that the above can be both départements and "régions" whereas in mainland France "régions" are divided into "départements". Overseas départements have exactly the same status as continental ones (Just as Hawaii would for the US).

There are also French overseas collectivities (formerly known as overseas territories until 2003), which have a different administrative status (as Puerto Rico would for the US). For instance St-Pierre et Miquelon (North West Atlantic Ocean) is one of them but there are more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collectivit...

But I think you must be thinking of Corsica which is the only one not considered overseas since it's just off the coast of the French Riviera. It is one of France's 22 continental regions and it is composed of 2 départements: Haute-Corse (Higher Corsica) and Corse du sud (southern Corsica).

Answer 5

Islands that are part of the EU :

Guadeloupe

Martinique

Réunion

Areas that vote in French elections, but are not part of the EU :

New Caledonia

French Polynesia

Mayotte

Saint-Barthélemy

Saint-Martin

Saint-Pierre and Miquelon

Wallis and Futuna

Other islands, part of France, but uninhabited :

Kerguelen Islands

Crozet Islands

Amsterdam Island and Saint Paul Island

Adelie Land

Scattered Islands (îles Éparses), Bassas da India, Europa, Juan deNova, Glorioso, and Tromelin.

Clipperton Island

Peter

Answer 6

corsica. i'm doing a project on it now! but also, france owns the caribbean islands and stuff, but corsica's the only major island in metropolitan france (there are others, but they're like 1 mile)

Answer 7

Lots of islands are officially part of France but Corsica is the main one

Answer 8

All of you gave good answers, but there are also a lot of small islands on the french coast as Oleron, Ré, Ouessant, Belle Ile, and much more

Answer 9

Nouvelle-Calédonie is not french ?

Wallis & Futuna are they uzbeki ?

Saint-Martin island  shared with Netherlands ?

Answer 10

Not to forget French Polynesia like Tahiti,Bora-Bora, Moorea etc.

Answer 11

Reunion island off east coast of Africa, I think.