The lingua franca is Creole. The majority are Roman Catholic, with a minority of predominantly Evangelical protestant groups. 220 volts AC, 50Hz. Good internal network. There are no area codes.
Airmail takes about a week to reach Europe.
Newspapers are all in French. The main daily is France-Antilles . From time to time these change. UK Europe WorldWide, excl. North America WorldWide, incl.