List of islands of France
This is a list of islands of France, including both metropolitan France and French overseas islands.
Ranking of French islands
By area
All French islands over 100 km, ranked by decreasing area.Name | Location | Area | |
1 | New Caledonia's mainland | New Caledonia | 16,372 |
2 | Corsica | Mediterranean Sea | 8,680 |
3 | Grande-Terre | Kerguelen Islands | 6,675 |
4 | Réunion | Réunion | 2,512 |
5 | Lifou | New Caledonia | 1,146 |
6 | Martinique | Martinique | 1,128 |
7 | Tahiti | French Polynesia | 1,036 |
8 | Basse-Terre | Guadeloupe | 848 |
9 | Maré | New Caledonia | 657 |
10 | Grande-Terre | Guadeloupe | 586 |
11 | Mayotte's mainland | Mayotte | 363 |
12 | Nuku Hiva | French Polynesia | 345 |
13 | Hiva Oa | French Polynesia | 318 |
14 | Miquelon | Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon | 214 |
15 | Île Foch | Kerguelen Islands | 206 |
16 | Oléron | Atlantic Ocean | 190 |
17 | Raiatea | French Polynesia | 173 |
18 | Marie-Galante | Guadeloupe | 158 |
19 | Île de la Possession | Crozet Islands | 153 |
20 | Île des Pins | New Caledonia | 141 |
21 | Ouvéa | New Caledonia | 133 |
22 | Moorea | French Polynesia | 132 |
23 | Île de l'Est | Crozet Islands | 122 |
24 | Ua Pou | French Polynesia | 112 |
By population
List of the most populated French islands.Name | Location | Population | |
1 | Réunion | Indian Ocean | 802,000 |
2 | Martinique | Caribbean | 402,000 |
3 | Corsica | Mediterranean | 302,000 |
4 | New Caledonia's mainland | Pacific | 205,939 |
5 | Guadeloupe's Grande-Terre | Caribbean | 197,603 |
6 | Guadeloupe's Basse-Terre | Caribbean | 186,661 |
7 | Tahiti | Pacific | 178,133 |
8 | Mayotte's mainland | Indian Ocean | 162,036 |
9 | Saint Martin | Caribbean | 35,263 |
10 | Mayotte's Petite Terre | Indian Ocean | 24,416 |
11 | Oléron | Bay of Biscay | 20,991 |
12 | Île de Ré | Bay of Biscay | 17,640 |
13 | Moorea | Pacific | 16,191 |
14 | Raiatea | Pacific | 12,024 |
15 | Marie-Galante | Caribbean | 12,009 |
16 | Lifou | Pacific | 10,170 |
17 | Noirmoutier | Bay of Biscay | 9,813 |
18 | Wallis | Pacific | 9,227 |
19 | Bora Bora | Pacific | 8,927 |
20 | Saint Barthélemy | Caribbean | 8,450 |
Islands of metropolitan France
Atlantic coast
Normandy
Brittany
[Ille et Vilaine]
[Côtes-d'Armor]
[Finistère]
[Morbihan]
Pays de la Loire
Poitou-Charentes
Aquitaine
- Banc d'Arguin
- Île aux oiseaux
- Phare de Cordouan
Mediterranean coast
Languedoc-Roussillon
- Fort de Brescou
Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur
Corsica
Islands in rivers and lakes
Île-de-France
Midi-Pyrénées
- Île du Ramier, in Toulouse on the Garonne River
Pays de la Loire
- Île de Nantes, in Nantes on the Loire River
- Béhuard, in the Loire River
Alsace
- Grande Île, in Strasbourg on the Ill River
French overseas islands
North America
Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (in North Atlantic Ocean)
- Grand Colombier
- Langlade
- L'Île-aux-Marins
- Miquelon
- Île aux Pigeons
- Saint Pierre Island
- Île aux Vainqueurs
- Green Island, Newfoundland and Labrador
Clipperton Island
- Clipperton Island in Pacific Ocean
French West Indies
Guadeloupe (French West Indies)
Martinique (French West Indies)
Saint Barthélemy (French West Indies)
- Saint Barthélemy
Saint Martin (French West Indies)
- Saint Martin
- Île Tintamarre
South America
French Guiana
Mayotte (in Indian Ocean)
- Île Bambo
- Île Bouzi
- Île Brandélé
- Îles Choazil
- Grande-Terre
- Îles Hajangoua
- Île Handréma
- Île M'Zambourou
- Petite Terre
Réunion (in Indian Ocean)
- Réunion
Pacific and Oceania
New Caledonia (in Pacific Ocean)
Wallis and Futuna (in Pacific Ocean)
French Polynesia (in Pacific Ocean)
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Îles Amsterdam et Saint-Paul
- Île Amsterdam
- Île Saint-Paul
Crozet Archipelago
- Îles des Apôtres
- Île aux cochons
- Île de l'Est
- Île des pingouins
- Île de la possession
Kerguelen Islands
Scattered islands] (or ''Îles Éparses'') in the Indian Ocean
- Banc du Geyser
- Bassas da India
- Glorioso Islands in Indian Ocean:
- * Île Glorieuse
- * Île du Lys
- * Les Roches Vertes
- Europa Island
- Juan de Nova
- Tromelin Island
French Antarctica
- Adélie Land
- *Archipel de Pointe Géologie
- *Île Alexis Carrel
- *Île Buffon
- *Île Claude Bernard
- *Île Curie
- *Île Cuvier
- *Île de la Vierge
- *Île des Damiers
- *Île des Pétrels
- *Île du Bélier
- *Île du Capricorne
- *Île du Gouverneur
- *Île du Lion
- *Île du Navigateur
- *Île du Sagittaire
- *Île du Scorpion
- *Île du Taureau
- *Île Jean Rostand
- *Île Lamarck
- *Île Verte
- *Îles des Poissons
- *Îlot de la Balance
- *Îlot de la Baleine
- *Îlot de la Dent
- *Îlot de la Selle
- *Îlot des Champignons
- *Îlot du Cancer
- *Îlot du Marégraphe
- *Îlot du Mystère
- *Îlot du Verseau
- *Îlot Juliette
- *Îlot Roméo
- *Îlots des Hydrographes
- *Le Mauguen
- *Mid-Winter
- *Rocher Gris