Martinique (France)

  • Area (sq km): 91,000    1,705    1,100
  • Currency: Euro made up of 100 centimes
  • $1 = 0.764524 Euros (at 20 September 2010)
  • Official language: French
  • Head of State or Government: Nicolas Sarkozy (President)
  • Population:   209,000        458,000        402,000 (est. 2009)

About Martinique

The Republic of France is an Associate Member of the ACS in respect of its overseas departments of French Guiana, Guadeloupe and Martinique, which are integral parts of the Republic.

Martinique is in the Windward Islands group with Dominica to the north and St Lucia to the south. The capital is Fort-de-France. Tourism, bananas, sugar and refined petroleum products are important sources of foreign exchange.