Does France own any Caribbean islands?
Does France own any Caribbean islands? Four islands are technically part of Overseas France—St. Martin, Martinique, Guadeloupe, and Saint Barths. So is French Guiana. Haiti is the only completely independent Caribbean country with French as its official language.
What country owns St Maarten?
Sint Maarten is now an autonomous state within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The capital is Philipsburg. The economy draws increasingly on tourism, as the government encourages exploitation of the island's most valuable natural resources—the clean beaches and pleasant climate.