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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82-%D0%86%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%8B%D1%8F" title="Французская Вест-Індыя – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Французская Вест-Індыя" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antilhez_gall" title="Antilhez gall – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Antilhez gall" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antilles_Franceses" title="Antilles Franceses – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Antilles Franceses" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_West_Indies" title="French West Indies – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="French West Indies" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francouzsk%C3%A9_Antily" title="Francouzské Antily – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Francouzské Antily" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz%C3%B6sische_Antillen" title="Französische Antillen – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Französische Antillen" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AD%CF%82_%CE%91%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%82" title="Γαλλικές Αντίλλες – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Γαλλικές Αντίλλες" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antillas_francesas" title="Antillas francesas – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Antillas francesas" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francaj_Antiloj" title="Francaj Antiloj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Francaj Antiloj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antilla_Frantsesak" title="Antilla Frantsesak – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Antilla Frantsesak" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%DB%8C_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%87" title="هند غربی فرانسه – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="هند غربی فرانسه" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antilles_fran%C3%A7aises" title="Antilles françaises – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Antilles françaises" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%94%84%EB%9E%91%EC%8A%A4%EB%A0%B9_%EC%84%9C%EC%9D%B8%EB%8F%84_%EC%A0%9C%EB%8F%84" title="프랑스령 서인도 제도 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="프랑스령 서인도 제도" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%96%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%BD%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%8E%D5%A5%D5%BD%D5%BF_%D4%BB%D5%B6%D5%A4%D5%AB%D5%A1" title="Ֆրանսիական Վեստ Ինդիա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ֆրանսիական Վեստ Ինդիա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francuski_Antili" title="Francuski Antili – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Francuski Antili" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindia_Barat_Prancis" title="Hindia Barat Prancis – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Hindia Barat Prancis" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" 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data-title="Antîlên Fransayê" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pranc%C5%ABzijos_Vakar%C5%B3_Indijos" title="Prancūzijos Vakarų Indijos – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Prancūzijos Vakarų Indijos" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antilia_Frantsay" title="Antilia Frantsay – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Antilia Frantsay" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franse_Antillen" title="Franse 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location">14.68194°N 61.03056°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">14.68194; -61.03056</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Common languages</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Creole_language" title="Creole language">Creole</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_general_of_the_French_Antilles" title="List of governors general of the French Antilles">Governor-General</a></th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1628-1636 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pierre_Belain_d%27Esnambuc" title="Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc">Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1849–1851 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Armand_Joseph_Bruat" title="Armand Joseph Bruat">Armand Joseph Bruat</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Currency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/French_franc" title="French franc">Franc</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="width:95%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; display:inline-table;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center; border:0; padding-bottom:0"><div id="before-after"></div> <b>Preceded by</b></td> <td style="text-align:center;border:0; padding-bottom:0;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; border:0;"> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></span></span> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Spanish_West_Indies" title="Spanish West Indies">Spanish West Indies</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;border:0;"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>French West Indies</b> or <b>French Antilles</b> (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Antilles françaises</i>, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fr-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French">[ɑ̃tij<span class="wrap"> </span>fʁɑ̃sɛːz]</a></span>; <a href="/wiki/Antillean_Creole" title="Antillean Creole">Antillean Creole</a>: <i lang="gcf">Antiy fwansé</i>) are the parts of <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> located in the <a href="/wiki/Antilles" title="Antilles">Antilles</a> islands of the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a>: </p> <ul><li>The two <a href="/wiki/Overseas_department_and_region_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas department and region of France">overseas departments</a> of: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guadeloupe" title="Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</a>, including the islands of <a href="/wiki/Basse-Terre_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Basse-Terre Island">Basse-Terre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grande-Terre" title="Grande-Terre">Grande-Terre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Les_Saintes" class="mw-redirect" title="Les Saintes">Les Saintes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marie-Galante" title="Marie-Galante">Marie-Galante</a>, and <a href="/wiki/La_D%C3%A9sirade" title="La Désirade">La Désirade</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martinique" title="Martinique">Martinique</a></li></ul></li> <li>The two <a href="/wiki/Overseas_collectivity_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas collectivity of France">overseas collectivities</a> of: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Collectivity_of_Saint_Martin" title="Collectivity of Saint Martin">Saint Martin</a>, the northern half of the island with the same name, the southern half is <a href="/wiki/Sint_Maarten" title="Sint Maarten">Sint Maarten</a>, a constituent country of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="Kingdom of the Netherlands">Kingdom of the Netherlands</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy" title="Saint Barthélemy">Saint Barthélemy</a></li></ul></li></ul> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=French_West_Indies&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Martinique_Beach_(Salines).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Martinique_Beach_%28Salines%29.jpg/270px-Martinique_Beach_%28Salines%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="203" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Martinique_Beach_%28Salines%29.jpg/405px-Martinique_Beach_%28Salines%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Martinique_Beach_%28Salines%29.jpg/540px-Martinique_Beach_%28Salines%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="1728" /></a><figcaption><i>Les Salines</i> in <a href="/wiki/Martinique" title="Martinique">Martinique</a>, France</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/New_France" title="New France">New France</a> and <a href="/wiki/French_West_India_Company" title="French West India Company">French West India Company</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Pierre_Belain_d%27Esnambuc" title="Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc">Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc</a> was a French trader and adventurer in the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a>, who established the first permanent French colony, <a href="/wiki/Saint-Pierre,_Martinique" title="Saint-Pierre, Martinique">Saint-Pierre</a>, on the island of <a href="/wiki/Martinique" title="Martinique">Martinique</a> in 1635. Belain sailed to the Caribbean in 1625, hoping to establish a French settlement on the island of <a href="/wiki/Basseterre" title="Basseterre">St. Christopher</a> (St. Kitts). In 1626 he returned to <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, where he won the support of <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_Richelieu" title="Cardinal Richelieu">Cardinal Richelieu</a> to establish French colonies in the region. Richelieu became a shareholder in the <a href="/wiki/Compagnie_de_Saint-Christophe" title="Compagnie de Saint-Christophe">Compagnie de Saint-Christophe</a>, created to accomplish this with d'Esnambuc at its head. The company was not particularly successful and Richelieu had it reorganized as the Compagnie des Îles de l'Amérique. In 1635 d'Esnambuc sailed to Martinique with one hundred French settlers to clear land for <a href="/wiki/Sugarcane" title="Sugarcane">sugarcane</a> <a href="/wiki/Sugar_plantations_in_the_Caribbean" title="Sugar plantations in the Caribbean">plantations</a>. </p><p>After six months on Martinique, d'Esnambuc returned to <a href="/wiki/St._Kitts" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Kitts">St. Christopher</a>, where he soon died prematurely in 1636. His nephew, <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Dyel_du_Parquet" title="Jacques Dyel du Parquet">Jacques Dyel du Parquet</a>, inherited d'Esnambuc's authority over the French settlements in the Caribbean, in 1637 becoming governor of Martinique.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He remained in Martinique and did not concern himself with the other islands. </p><p>The French permanently settled on Martinique and Guadeloupe after being kicked off <a href="/wiki/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis" title="Saint Kitts and Nevis">Saint Kitts and Nevis</a> (<i>Saint-Christophe</i> in <a href="/wiki/French_(language)" class="mw-redirect" title="French (language)">French</a>) by the British.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Fort_Royal" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Royal">Fort Royal</a> (Fort-de-France) on Martinique was a major port for French warships in the region from which the French were able to explore the region. In 1638, Jacques Dyel du Parquet (1606–1658), nephew of Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc and first governor of Martinique, decided to have <a href="/wiki/Fort_Saint_Louis_(Martinique)" title="Fort Saint Louis (Martinique)">Fort Saint Louis</a> built to protect the city against enemy attacks. From Fort Royal, Martinique, Du Parquet proceeded south in search for new territories and established the first settlement in <a href="/wiki/Saint_Lucia" title="Saint Lucia">Saint Lucia</a> in 1643, and headed an expedition which established a French settlement in <a href="/wiki/Grenada" title="Grenada">Grenada</a> in 1649. Despite the long history of British rule, Grenada's French heritage is still evidenced by the number of French <a href="/wiki/Loanwords" class="mw-redirect" title="Loanwords">loanwords</a> in <a href="/wiki/Grenadian_Creole_French" title="Grenadian Creole French">Grenadian Creole</a>, French-style buildings, cuisine and places name (For ex. <a href="/wiki/Petit_Martinique" class="mw-redirect" title="Petit Martinique">Petit Martinique</a>, <a href="/wiki/Martinique_Channel" title="Martinique Channel">Martinique Channel</a>, etc.) </p><p>In 1642, the <a href="/wiki/Compagnie_des_%C3%8Eles_de_l%27Am%C3%A9rique" class="mw-redirect" title="Compagnie des Îles de l'Amérique">Compagnie des Îles de l'Amérique</a> received a twenty-year extension of its charter. The King would name the Governor General of the company, and the company the Governors of the various islands. By the late 1640s, in France <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_Mazarin" title="Cardinal Mazarin">Mazarin</a> had little interest in colonial affairs, and the company languished. In 1651 it dissolved itself, selling its exploitation rights to various parties. The du Paquet family bought Martinique, Grenada, and Saint Lucia for 60,000 livres. The sieur d'<a href="/wiki/Charles_Hou%C3%ABl_du_Petit_Pr%C3%A9" title="Charles Houël du Petit Pré">Houël</a> bought <a href="/wiki/Guadeloupe" title="Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marie-Galante" title="Marie-Galante">Marie-Galante</a>, <a href="/wiki/La_Desirade" class="mw-redirect" title="La Desirade">La Desirade</a> and the <a href="/wiki/%C3%8Eles_des_Saintes" title="Îles des Saintes">Saintes</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Knights_Hospitaller" title="Knights Hospitaller">Knights of Malta</a> bought <a href="/wiki/Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy" title="Saint Barthélemy">Saint Barthélemy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Collectivity_of_Saint_Martin" title="Collectivity of Saint Martin">Saint Martin</a>, which were made dependencies of Guadeloupe. In 1665, the Knights sold the islands they had acquired to the newly formed (1664) <a href="/wiki/French_West_India_Company" title="French West India Company">Compagnie des Indes occidentales</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Dominica" title="Dominica">Dominica</a> is a former French and British colony in the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Caribbean" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Caribbean">Eastern Caribbean</a>, located about halfway between the French islands of Guadeloupe (to the north) and Martinique (to the south). <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Columbus" title="Christopher Columbus">Christopher Columbus</a> named the island after the day of the week on which he spotted it, a Sunday (<i>domingo</i> in Spanish), 3 November 1493.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the hundred years after Columbus's landing, Dominica remained isolated. At the time it was inhabited by the <a href="/wiki/Island_Caribs" class="mw-redirect" title="Island Caribs">Island Caribs</a>, or Kalinago people, and over time more settled there after being driven from surrounding islands, as European powers entered the region. In 1690, French woodcutters from Martinique and Guadeloupe begin to set up timber camps to supply the French islands with wood and gradually become permanent settlers. France had a colony for several years, they imported slaves from <a href="/wiki/West_Africa" title="West Africa">West Africa</a>, Martinique and Guadeloupe to work on its plantations. In this period, the <a href="/wiki/Antillean_Creole" title="Antillean Creole">Antillean Creole</a> language developed. France formally ceded possession of Dominica to Great Britain in 1763.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Great Britain established a small colony on the island in 1805. As a result, Dominicans speak <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> as an official language while Antillean creole is spoken as a secondary language and is well maintained due to its location between the French-speaking departments of Guadeloupe and Martinique. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Trinidad" title="Trinidad">Trinidad</a>, the occupying Spanish had contributed little towards advancements, despite the island's ideal location. Because it was considered underpopulated, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Roume_de_St._Laurent&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Roume de St. Laurent (page does not exist)">Roume de St. Laurent</a>, a Frenchman living in Grenada, was able to obtain a <a href="/wiki/Cedula_of_population" class="mw-redirect" title="Cedula of population">Cédula de Población</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spanish</a> king Charles III, on 4 November 1783, allowing French planters with their slaves, free coloreds and mulattos from the <a href="/wiki/French_Antilles" class="mw-redirect" title="French Antilles">French Antilles</a> of <a href="/wiki/Martinique" title="Martinique">Martinique</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grenada" title="Grenada">Grenada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guadeloupe" title="Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dominica" title="Dominica">Dominica</a> to migrate to Trinidad.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Spanish gave many incentives to lure settlers to the island, including exemption from taxes for ten years and land grants in accordance to the terms set out in the Cedula. This exodus was also encouraged by the <a href="/wiki/French_Revolution" title="French Revolution">French Revolution</a>. These new immigrants established the local communities of <a href="/wiki/Blanchisseuse" title="Blanchisseuse">Blanchisseuse</a>, Champs Fleurs, <a href="/wiki/Paramin" title="Paramin">Paramin</a>, Cascade, <a href="/wiki/Carenage" title="Carenage">Carenage</a> and <a href="/wiki/Laventille" title="Laventille">Laventille</a>, adding to the ancestry of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Afro-C%C3%A9dula_de_Poblaci%C3%B3n_and_Tobagonian&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Afro-Cédula de Población and Tobagonian (page does not exist)">Trinidadians</a> and creating the creole identity; Spanish, French, and Patois were the languages spoken. Trinidad's population jumped from just under 1,400 in 1777, to over 15,000 by the end of 1789. In 1797, Trinidad became a British crown colony, with a French-speaking population. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:1em auto;"> <caption><big>Islands of the French West Indies</big> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Largest settlement</th> <th>Population<br /><small>(Jan. 2017)</small><sup id="cite_ref-pop2017_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pop2017-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>Land area<br /><small>(km<sup>2</sup>)</small><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>Population density <br /><small>(inh. per km<sup>2</sup>)</small></th> <th>Status </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Martinique" title="Martinique">Martinique</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Fort-de-France" title="Fort-de-France">Fort-de-France</a> </td> <td align="center">372,594 </td> <td align="center">1,128 </td> <td align="center">330 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Overseas_department_and_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas department and region">Overseas department</a> / <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_France" title="Regions of France">region</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Guadeloupe" title="Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</a> proper<br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Basse-Terre_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Basse-Terre Island">Basse-Terre</a> & <a href="/wiki/Grande-Terre" title="Grande-Terre">Grande-Terre</a>)</small> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Pointe-%C3%A0-Pitre" title="Pointe-à-Pitre">Pointe-à-Pitre</a> </td> <td align="center">375,467 </td> <td align="center">1,436 </td> <td align="center">261 </td> <td>Overseas department / region </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Collectivity_of_Saint_Martin" title="Collectivity of Saint Martin">Saint Martin</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Marigot,_Saint_Martin" title="Marigot, Saint Martin">Marigot</a> </td> <td align="center">35,334 </td> <td align="center">53 </td> <td align="center">667 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Overseas_collectivity" title="Overseas collectivity">Overseas collectivity</a>, detached from Guadeloupe on 22 February 2007. </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Marie-Galante" title="Marie-Galante">Marie-Galante</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Grand-Bourg" title="Grand-Bourg">Grand-Bourg</a> </td> <td align="center">10,760 </td> <td align="center">158 </td> <td align="center">68 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dependencies_of_Guadeloupe" title="Dependencies of Guadeloupe">Dependency of Guadeloupe</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy" title="Saint Barthélemy">Saint Barthélemy</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Gustavia,_Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy" title="Gustavia, Saint Barthélemy">Gustavia</a> </td> <td align="center">9,961 </td> <td align="center">25 </td> <td align="center">398 </td> <td>Overseas collectivity, detached from Guadeloupe on 22 February 2007. </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/%C3%8Eles_des_Saintes" title="Îles des Saintes">Les Saintes</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Terre-de-Haut" title="Terre-de-Haut">Terre-de-Haut</a> </td> <td align="center">2,578 </td> <td align="center">13 </td> <td align="center">198 </td> <td>Dependency of Guadeloupe. </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/La_D%C3%A9sirade" title="La Désirade">La Désirade</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/La_D%C3%A9sirade#Main_settlements" title="La Désirade">Beauséjour</a> </td> <td align="center">1,448 </td> <td align="center">21 </td> <td align="center">69 </td> <td>Dependency of Guadeloupe. </td></tr> <tr> <th>French West Indies </th> <th> </th> <th align="center">842,247 </th> <th align="right">2,834 </th> <th align="right">398 </th> <th> </th></tr> </tbody></table> <p>The two official <a href="/wiki/Overseas_department_and_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas department and region">French overseas departments</a> are Guadeloupe and Martinique. Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy, formerly attached to the department of Guadeloupe, have held separate status as <i><a href="/wiki/Overseas_collectivity" title="Overseas collectivity">overseas collectivities</a></i> since 2007. These Caribbean <i>Départments et Collectivités d’Outre Mer</i> are also known as the French West Indies. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="French_Caribbean">French Caribbean</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=French_West_Indies&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: French Caribbean"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>French Caribbean</b> (or <b>Francophone Caribbean</b>) includes all the French-speaking countries in the region.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It can also refer to any area that exhibits a combination of French and Caribbean cultural influences in music, cuisine, style, architecture, and so on.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Francophone Caribbean is a part of the wider <a href="/wiki/French_America" title="French America">French America</a>, which includes all the French-speaking countries in the Americas. </p><p>The term varies in meaning by its usage and frame of reference. It is not used much in France, unless the speaker wants to refer to every French dependency in the Caribbean region. The term's more ambiguous than the term "French West Indies", which refers specifically to the islands that are <a href="/wiki/Overseas_departments_and_regions_of_France" title="Overseas departments and regions of France">French overseas departments</a>, which means they have overall the same laws and regulations as departments on the mainland of France. <a href="/wiki/Overseas_collectivity" title="Overseas collectivity">Collectivities</a> can be included too. </p><p>The following Caribbean regions are predominantly <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>-speaking and/or <a href="/wiki/French-based_creole_languages" title="French-based creole languages">French Creole</a>-speaking: </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">French Republic</a> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Flag_of_French_Guiana.svg/23px-Flag_of_French_Guiana.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Flag_of_French_Guiana.svg/35px-Flag_of_French_Guiana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Flag_of_French_Guiana.svg/45px-Flag_of_French_Guiana.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/French_Guiana" title="French Guiana">French Guiana</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Guadeloupe_%28local%29_variant.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guadeloupe_%28local%29_variant.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Guadeloupe_%28local%29_variant.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guadeloupe_%28local%29_variant.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Guadeloupe_%28local%29_variant.svg/45px-Flag_of_Guadeloupe_%28local%29_variant.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Guadeloupe" title="Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag-of-Martinique.svg/23px-Flag-of-Martinique.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag-of-Martinique.svg/35px-Flag-of-Martinique.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag-of-Martinique.svg/45px-Flag-of-Martinique.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Martinique" title="Martinique">Martinique</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Flag_of_Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy_%28Local%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy_%28Local%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Flag_of_Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy_%28Local%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy_%28Local%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Dominica.svg/23px-Flag_of_Dominica.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Dominica.svg/35px-Flag_of_Dominica.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Dominica.svg/46px-Flag_of_Dominica.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Dominica" title="Dominica">Dominica</a>*</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Haiti.svg/23px-Flag_of_Haiti.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Haiti.svg/35px-Flag_of_Haiti.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Haiti.svg/46px-Flag_of_Haiti.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Haiti" title="Haiti">Haiti</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Saint_Lucia" title="Saint Lucia">Saint Lucia</a>*</li></ul></li></ul> <p><small>* Both countries gained independence from the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>. English is their official language, but French-based Creole languages are widely spoken by the island population due to a period of French colonization.</small><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Former_French_West_Indian_islands">Former French West Indian islands</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=French_West_Indies&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Former French West Indian islands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:French_Antilles.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/French_Antilles.png/220px-French_Antilles.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/French_Antilles.png/330px-French_Antilles.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/French_Antilles.png/440px-French_Antilles.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="636" /></a><figcaption>territories that were formerly part of the French West Indies</figcaption></figure> <p>In addition, some of the islands of the present and former <a href="/wiki/British_West_Indies" title="British West Indies">British West Indies</a> were once ruled by <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>. Among some of them, a <a href="/wiki/Antillean_Creole" title="Antillean Creole">French-based creole</a> language is spoken, whereas in others the language is nearing extinction; specific words and expressions may vary among the islands. </p> <div style="margin:0.5em;margin-left:2em;margin-right:2em"> <table width="100%" class="wikitable" style="border:1px solid #AAAAAA;border-collapse:collapse;background:#FFFFFF;color:#000000"> <tbody><tr> <th width="34%">Area </th> <th width="66%" colspan="2">Former territories </th></tr> <tr> <th width="34%" valign="top" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Hispaniola" title="Hispaniola">Hispaniola</a> </th> <td width="33%" valign="top" style="border-right:none"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Haiti.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Haiti.svg/20px-Flag_of_Haiti.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Haiti.svg/30px-Flag_of_Haiti.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Haiti.svg/40px-Flag_of_Haiti.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Haiti" title="Haiti">Haiti</a> (<a href="/wiki/Saint-Domingue" title="Saint-Domingue">Saint-Domingue</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <th width="34%" valign="top" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Lesser_Antilles" title="Lesser Antilles">Lesser Antilles</a> </th> <td width="33%" valign="top" style="border-right:none"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Dominica.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Dominica.svg/20px-Flag_of_Dominica.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Dominica.svg/30px-Flag_of_Dominica.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Dominica.svg/40px-Flag_of_Dominica.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Dominica" title="Dominica">Dominica</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Grenada.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Grenada.svg/20px-Flag_of_Grenada.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Grenada.svg/30px-Flag_of_Grenada.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Grenada.svg/40px-Flag_of_Grenada.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Grenada" title="Grenada">Grenada</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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href="/wiki/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines" title="Saint Vincent and the Grenadines">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg/20px-Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands" title="Turks and Caicos Islands">Turks and Caicos Islands</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=French_West_Indies&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Insular_area" title="Insular area">American West Indies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_West_Indies" title="British West Indies">British West Indies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danish_West_Indies" title="Danish West Indies">Danish West Indies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Caribbean" title="Dutch Caribbean">Dutch West Indies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_general_of_the_French_Antilles" title="List of governors general of the French Antilles">List of governors general of the French Antilles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_West_Indies" title="Spanish West Indies">Spanish West Indies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swedish_colonies_in_the_Americas" title="Swedish colonies in the Americas">Swedish West Indies</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=French_West_Indies&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.5em;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Timeline</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_West_Indies" title="Spanish West Indies">Spanish Caribbean (1492–1898)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piracy_in_the_Caribbean" title="Piracy in the Caribbean">Piracy</a> (1500s–1830)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_Antilles" title="Netherlands Antilles">Dutch Caribbean (1554–1863)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_British_West_Indies" title="History of the British West Indies">British Caribbean (1586–1834)</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">French Caribbean (1625–1817)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curonian_colonization_of_the_Americas" title="Curonian colonization of the Americas">Baltic-German Caribbean (1654-1689)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danish_West_Indies" 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