# Martinique

Martinique

region of France, overseas department and region of France, dependent territory| Part of | Lesser Antilles, Windward Islands  |
| Year dem found am | 21 March 1946  |
| Official name | Martinique  |
| Native label | Martinique  |
| Anthem | La Marseillaise  |
| Continent | North America  |
| Country | France  |
| Capital | Fort-de-France  |
| Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd | France  |
| Located in time zone | UTC−04:00  |
| Ein location | Martinique  |
| Located in/on physical feature | Caribbean  |
| Coordinate location | 14°39′0″N 61°0′54″W  |
| Coordinates of easternmost point | 14°27′35″N 60°48′34″W  |
| Coordinates of northernmost point | 14°52′43″N 61°8′54″W  |
| Coordinates of southernmost point | 14°23′19″N 60°52′2″W  |
| Coordinates of westernmost point | 14°49′21″N 61°13′45″W  |
| Highest point | Mount Pelée  |
| Government ein head | Serge Letchimy  |
| Legislative body | Regional Council of Martinique  |
| Currency | euro  |
| Coextensive with | America/Martinique  |
| Driving side | right  |
| Electrical plug type | Europlug, AC power plugs and sockets: British and related types, Type E  |
| Language dem use | French, Guadeloupean Creole  |
| Email address | mailto:contact-prefecture@martinique.pref.gouv.fr  |
| Dema official website |   |
| Top-level Internet domain | .mq  |
| Flag | flag of Martinique  |
| Geography of topic | geography of Martinique  |
| History of topic | history of Martinique  |
| List of monuments | Q3252351  |
| Related category | Category:Martinique-related lists  |
| Bibliography | bibliography of Martinique  |
| Economy of topic | economy of Martinique  |
| Demographics of topic | demographics of Martinique  |
| Country calling code | +596  |
| Emergency phone number | 112  |
| Licence plate code | 972  |
| Maritime identification digits | 347  |
| Unicode character | 🇲🇶  |
| Category for maps or plans | Category:Maps of Martinique  |

**Martinique** (anaa *Matnik*; Kalinago: *Madinina* anaa *Madiana*) be island insyd de Lesser Antilles of de West Indies, insyd de eastern Caribbean Sea. Na dem previously know am as Iguanacaera wey dey translate go iguana island insyd Kariʼnja. Sam part of de French West Indies (Antilles), Martinique be overseas department den region den sam single territorial collectivity of France.

Martinique get a land area of 1,128 km2 (436 sq mi) den a population of 349,925 inhabitants as of January 2024. One of de Windward Islands, e dey lie directly north of Saint Lucia, northwest of Barbados den south of Dominica. Virtually de entire population dey speak both French (de sole official language) den Martinican Creole.

## Notable people

### Painters den sculptors

* Victor Anicet
* Jean-François Boclé
* Hector Charpentier
* Henri Guédon
* René Louise
* Joseph René-Corail, dem sanso know as Khokho

### Film-makers, screenwriters, directors den actors

* Lucien Jean-Baptiste - actor, writer den director
* Stéfi Celma - actress den singer.
* Alex Descas - film actor
* Viktor Lazlo - singer.
* Darling Légitimus - former actress.
* Chris Macari - video director den producer
* Euzhan Palcy - film director, screenwriter, den producer.
* Sabine Quindou - journalist den TV presenter
* Cathy Rosier - model den actress

### Singers, musicians anaa music groups

* Paulo Albin : author, composer den performer, lead singer insyd La Perfecta
* Jenny Alpha : actress den singer
* Jocelyne Béroard : author den part of de group Kassav'
* Mino Cinelu : musician
* Cyril Cinélu : winner of *Star Académy* 2006
* Miss Dominique : singer
* Gibson Brothers : a disco/salsa band wey komot Sainte-Marie
* Christina Goh : singer den songwriter of blues-chanson réaliste music

## Read further

* Forster, Elborg, Robert Forster, and Pierre Dessailes – *Sugar and Slavery, Family and Race: The Letters and Diaries of Pierre Dessailes, Planter in Martinique, 1808–1856.*
* Gerstin, Julian and Dominique Cyrille – *Martinique: Cane Fields and City Streets.*
* Haigh, Sam – *An Introduction to Caribbean Francophone Writing: Guadeloupe and Martinique.*
* Heilprin, Angelo – *Mont Pelee and the Tragedy of Martinique.*
* Heilprin, Angelo – *The Tower of Pelee. New Studies of the Great Volcano of Martinique.*
* Kimber, Clarissa Therese – *Martinique Revisited: The Changing Plant Geographies of a West Indian Island.*
* Lamont, Rosette C. and Richard Miller – *New French Language Plays: Martinique, Quebec, Ivory Coast, Belgium.*
* Laguerre, Michel S. – *Urban Poverty in the Caribbean: French Martinique as a Social Laboratory.*
* Murray, David A. B. – *Opacity: Gender, Sexuality, Race and the 'Problem' of Identity in Martinique.*
* Slater, Mariam K. – *The Caribbean Family: Legitimacy in Martinique.*
* Tomich, Dale W. – *Slavery in the Circuit of Sugar: Martinique and the World Economy, 1830–1848.*
* Watts, David – *The West Indies: Patterns of Development, Culture, and Environmental Change Since 1492.*

Government
* Prefecture website Archived 24 September 2023 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
* Collectivité Territoriale de Martinique website Archived 31 May 2020 at the Wayback Machine (in French)

General information
* Wikimedia Atlas of Martinique

Travel
* Martinique Tourism Authority Archived 3 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine – Official site
* Zananas Martinique Archived 11 August 2023 at the Wayback Machine – Informations site