Martinique

Martinique is an overseas d?partement (d?partement d'outre-mer, or DOM) of France, located in the Caribbean Sea. Like the other DOMs, Martinique is also a r?gion (r?gion d'outre-mer) of France.

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Main article: History of Martinique

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Colonized by France in 1635, the Carib Expulsion occurred in 1660 when the island's indigenous peoples were deported and banned from returning by the French occupying forces. The island has subsequently remained a French possession except for three brief periods of foreign occupation.

France: The French Republic or France (: R?publique fran?aise or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in Western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents....

Caribbean Sea: The Caribbean Sea is a tropical body of water adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean and southeast of the Gulf of Mexico. It covers most of the Caribbean Plate and is bounded on the south by Venezuela, Colombia, and Panama, to the west by Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, and the Yucatan p...

Carib Expulsion: The Carib Expulsion took place in 1660 on the new French colony of Martinique in the Caribbean....

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