French Antilles
The French Antilles, historically known as the French West Indies, refers to all French departments and overseas collectivities in the Antilles.
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- Archipelago
- Description: French territories in the Caribbean
- Also known as“French West Indian”“French West Indies”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet Airport and Destreland shopping center.
Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet Airport
Guadeloupe Maryse Condé Airport, otherwise known…
Vélodrome Amédée Détraux
The Vélodrome Amédée Détraux is an outdoor velodrome in Baie-Mahault, Guadeloupe, France.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pointe-à-Pitre and Baie-Mahault.
Baie-Mahault
Baie-Mahault is a commune in the overseas department and region of Guadeloupe, France.
French Antilles
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Latitude
16.2501° or 16° 15′ 0″ north
Longitude
-61.5639° or 61° 33′ 50″ west
Open location code
778W7C2P+2C
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“French Antilles” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الأنتيل الفرنسية”
- Armenian: “Ֆրանսիական Վեստ Ինդիա”
- Basque: “Antilla Frantsesak”
- Belarusian: “Французская Вест-Індыя”
- Breton: “Antilhez gall”
- Catalan: “Antilles Franceses”
- Cebuano: “French West Indies”
- Chinese: “法属安的列斯”
- Chinese: “法屬安的列斯”
- Chinese: “法屬西印度群島”
- Croatian: “Francuske Zapadne Indije”
- Croatian: “Francuski Antili”
- Czech: “Francouzská západní Indie”
- Czech: “Francouzské Antily”
- Danish: “Fransk Vestindien”
- Danish: “Franske Antiller”
- Dutch: “Antillen”
- Dutch: “Frans-West-Indië”
- Dutch: “Franse Antillen”
- Esperanto: “Francaj Antiloj”
- French: “Antilles françaises”
- French: “Indes occidentales françaises”
- German: “Französisch-Westindien”
- German: “Französische Antillen”
- Greek: “Γαλλικές Αντίλλες”
- Greek: “Γαλλικές Δυτικές Ινδίες”
- Haitian: “Zantiy franse”
- Hebrew: “איי הודו המערביים הצרפתיים”
- Hebrew: “איי הודו המערבית הצרפתיים”
- Indonesian: “Hindia Barat Prancis”
- Italian: “Antille francesi”
- Japanese: “フランス領アンティル”
- Korean: “프랑스령 서인도 제도”
- Kurdish: “Antîlên Fransayê”
- Lithuanian: “Prancūzijos Antilai”
- Lithuanian: “Prancūzijos Vakarų Indijos”
- Lithuanian: “Prancūzų Vakarų Indijos”
- Malagasy: “Antilia frantsay”
- Northern Frisian: “Fransöösk Antilen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fransk Vestindia”
- Norwegian: “Fransk Vestindia”
- Persian: “هند غربی فرانسه”
- Polish: “Antyle Francuskie”
- Polish: “Francuskie Indie Zachodnie”
- Portuguese: “Antilhas francesas”
- Russian: “Французская Вест-Индия”
- Russian: “Французские Антилы”
- Russian: “Французские Антильские острова”
- Serbian: “Француски Антили”
- Slovak: “Francúzske Antily”
- Slovenian: “Francoska Zahodna Indija”
- Slovenian: “Francoski Antili”
- Spanish: “Antillas francesas”
- Swedish: “Antilles françaises”
- Swedish: “Franska Antillerna”
- Swedish: “Franska Västindien”
- Turkish: “Fransız Antilleri”
- Ukrainian: “Французькі Антильські острови”
- Urdu: “فرانسیسی غرب الہند”
- Vietnamese: “Tây Ấn thuộc Pháp”
- Western Panjabi: “فرانسیسی غرب الہند”
Localities in the Area
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Lesser Antilles: Highlights
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