Capital
City
:
Fort-de-France
Population : 425.000
inhabitants
Language
: French
& Creole
Currency :
EUROS
Tel
Code :
0596
Martinique
is an overseas department
of France.
Columbus landed at Le Carbet in 1502.
400 years later, on May 8, 1902,
the volcano Mont. Pelée, erupted destroyed
the city of Saint Pierre and its 30,000 residents.
