French Antilles

The French Antilles, historically known as the French West Indies, refers to all French departments and overseas collectivities in the .
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  • Type: Archipelago
  • Description: French territories in the Caribbean
  • Also known as: “French West Indian” and “French West Indies”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet Airport and Destreland shopping center.

Aerodrome
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Guadeloupe Maryse Condé Airport, otherwise known as Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport or (French: Aérodrome de Pointe-à-Pitre Le Raizet is an serving on the of in , France.

Shopping center
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Stadium
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The is an outdoor velodrome in , , . Before 2010 it was called Vélodrome de Gourde-Liane. The concrete track has a length of 333 m and is the largest velodrome of the Antilles.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pointe-à-Pitre and Baie-Mahault.

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is the second most populous commune of . Guadeloupe is an overseas region and department of located in the , of which it is a sous-préfecture, being the seat of the arrondissement of .

Town
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is a commune in the overseas department and region of , . It is the second most populated commune of Guadeloupe, after .

Town
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is the most populous commune in the overseas region and department of , in the . It is located on the west side of the island of , and is part of the largest metropolitan area of Guadeloupe, which also covers .

French Antilles

Latitude
16.2501° or 16° 15′ 0″ north
Longitude
-61.5639° or 61° 33′ 50″ west
Open location code
778W7C2P+2C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7025990760
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­archipelago
Wiki­data ID
Q21022
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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-Indie”
  • Dutch: “Frans West-Indië”
  • Dutch: “Frans-West-Indie”
  • Dutch: “Frans-West-Indië”
  • Dutch: “Franse Antillen”
  • Esperanto: “Francaj Antiloj”
  • French: “Antilles francaises”
  • 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”
  • 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”
  • 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”

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