Infos about Martinique

Administration
Capital Fort-de-France
Regional President Alfred Marie-Jeanne
(MIM) (since 1998)
Departments Martinique
Arrondissements 4
Cantons 45
Communes 31
Statistics
Land ared> 1,128 km²
Population (Ranked 24th)
- January 1, 2006 est. 399,000
- March 8, 1999 census 381,427
- Density (2006) 354/km²

France
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Martinique is an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, having a land area of 1,128 km². It is an overseas department of France. As with the other overseas departments, Martinique is also one of the twenty-six regions of France (being an overseas region) and an integral part of the Republic. As part of France, Martinique is part of the European Union, and its currency is the euro. Its official language is French, although almost all of its inhabitants also speak Antillean Creole (Créole Martiniquais). Martinique is pictured on all euro banknotes, on the reverse at the bottom of each note, right of the Greek ΕΥΡΩ (EURO) next to the denomination.