Background: Colonized by France in 1635, the island has subsequently remained a French possession except for three brief periods of foreign occupation.
Martinique Geography
Location: Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, north of Trinidad and Tobago
Geographic coordinates: 14 40 N, 61 00 W
Map references: Central America and the Caribbean
Area: total: 1,100 sq km
land: 1,060 sq km
water: 40 sq km
Area - comparative: slightly more than six times the size of
Washington, DC
Land boundaries: 0 km