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French West Indies

French territories in the Caribbean
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French West Indies
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Summary

French West Indies is a group[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,487 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: France[3]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Caribbean Sea[4]
  • Instance of: geographical feature[5], cultural region[6]
  • Part of: Windward Islands[7]
  • Commons category: French Antilles[8]
  • Has part(s): Saint-Martin[9], Martinique[10], Guadeloupe[11], Saint Barthélemy[12]
  • Start time: 1625[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:French Caribbean[14]
  • Has part(s) of the class: island[15]

Why It Matters

French West Indies has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

Dominica France Grenada Guadeloupe Martinique Saint Croix Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'be', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'cs', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu', 'fa',
    Gnd id → 4137922-6
    Sitelink count → 43
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  2. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → France
    Located in or next to body of water → Caribbean Sea
    Start time → +1625-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Part of → Windward Islands
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: west-indies-french, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289971223|west indies french (#289971223)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|H"
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