Martinique Arrondissements (original) (raw)
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Updates: 
I added the legal populations for 2010.
Country overview:
| Short name | MARTINIQUE |
|---|---|
| ISO code | MQ |
| FIPS code | MB |
| Language | French (fr) |
| Time zone | -4 |
| Capital | Fort-de-France |
Martinique was a French colony until 1946, when it became an overseas department, and thus in theory a peer of any of the European departments of France. In 1974, when French regions were established, it became a one-department region as well. Martinique has a NUTS code of FR92 (as a region, or FR920 as a department), a department code of 972, and postal codes of the form 972xx, all of which are extensions of the French system.
Other names of country:
- English: Department of Martinique (formal)
- French: Martinique f
- Icelandic: Martin�k
- Italian: Martinica
- Norwegian: Martinique
- Portuguese: Martinica
- Russian: Мартиника
- Spanish: Martinica f
- Turkish: Martinik
Origin of name:
named by Columbus, probably from native name Madinina: island of lush vegetation
Primary subdivisions:
Martinique is divided into four arrondissements.
| Name | HASC | INSEE | Pop-2010 | Pop-1999 | Area(km.�) | Area(mi.�) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort-de-France | MQ.FF | 972 1 | 166,885 | 166,238 | 171 | 66 |
| Marin | MQ.MA | 972 3 | 123,479 | 106,771 | 409 | 158 |
| Saint-Pierre | MQ.SP | 972 4 | 24,056 | 23,436 | 210 | 81 |
| Trinit� | MQ.TR | 972 2 | 86,115 | 84,880 | 338 | 130 |
| 4 arrondissements | 400,535 | 381,325 | 1,128 | 436 | ||
| HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. INSEE: Territory codes from French national statistics agency. Pop-2010: 2010-01-01 legal population (source [1]). Pop-1999: 1999-03 census (source [2]). Capitals have the same name as their arrondissements. |
Further subdivisions:
See the Communes of Martinique page.
The arrondissements are subdivided into communes.
Territorial extent:
Martinique includes the island of Martinique and a few adjacent islets, such as �let Ramville, �let Long, and �let Cabri.
The UN LOCODE page 
for Martinique lists locations in the country, some of them with their latitudes and longitudes, some with their ISO 3166-2 codes for their subdivisions. This information can be put together to approximate the territorial extent of subdivisions.
Origins of names:
Fort-de-France: originally Fort Royal, name changed for patriotic reasons after the French Revolution
Change history:
- 1946-03-19: Martinique became a d�partement d'outre-mer (overseas department) of France. It had one arrondissement, Fort-de-France.
- 1965-09-15: Trinit� arrondissement split from Fort-de-France.
- 1974-04-26: Marin arrondissement split from Fort-de-France.
- 1973-03-02: Martinique became an overseas region of France, also remaining an overseas department.
- 1995-05: Saint-Pierre arrondissement created (probably split from Fort-de-France).
Other names of subdivisions:
- Marin: Le Marin (variant)
- Trinit�: La Trinit� (variant)
Sources:
- [1] Populations l�gales ... . Insee (retrieved 2013-05-04).
- [2] l'Atlas fran�ais 2001.