French West Indies

{{Unreferenced|date=December 2009}} The term '''French West Indies''' or '''French Antilles''' ({{lang-fr|Antilles françaises}}) refers to the seven territories currently under French sovereignty in the [[Antilles]] islands of the [[Caribbean]]: the two overseas departments of [[Guadeloupe]] ([[Basse-Terre Island|Basse-Terre]] and [[Grande-Terre]]) and [[Martinique]], the two overseas collectivities of [[Collectivity of Saint Martin|Saint Martin]] and [[Saint Barthélemy]], plus islands, of [[Les Saintes]], [[Marie-Galante]] and [[La Désirade]], [[Dependence of Guadeloupe|dependences]] of Guadeloupe for the moment. [[Image:Les Saintes Pompierre.jpg|thumb|800px|center|[[Les Saintes]]]] In addition, some of the islands of the present and former [[British West Indies]] were once ruled by France. On some of them, a [[Antillean Creole|French-based creole]] language is spoken. Former French West Indian islands: *[[Hispaniola]] (the former French colony, [[Saint-Domingue]], was on the western third of the island—now the country of [[History of Haiti|Haiti]]) *[[Dominica]] *[[Grenada]] *[[The Grenadines]] *[[Saint Croix]] *[[Saint Kitts]] *[[Saint Lucia]] *[[Saint Vincent (island)|Saint Vincent]] *[[Tobago]] ==See also== *[[British West Indies]] *[[French Caribbean]] *[[Spanish Caribbean]] {{Coord missing|France}}