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Fort-de-France | |
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Prefecture and commune | |
 .jpg)  .jpg)  Top: Fort-de-France skyline; Middle: Fort-de-France Cathedral,Fort Saint Louis; Bottom: Fort-de-France Town Hall, Regional Museum of History and Ethnography of Martinique | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of the commune (in red) within Martinique | |
Location of Fort-de-France  | |
| Coordinates: 14°36′00″N 61°04′00″W / 14.60000°N 61.06667°W | |
| Country | France |
| Overseas region and department | Martinique |
| Arrondissement | Fort-de-France |
| Intercommunality | CA Centre de la Martinique |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Didier Laguerre[1] (PPM) |
Area 1 | 44.21 km2 (17.07 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 74,921 |
| • Density | 1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−04:00 (AST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 97209 /97200 and 97234 (Quartier de Balata) |
| Elevation | 0–1,070 m (0–3,510 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Fort-de-France (/ˌfɔːr də ˈfrɒ̃s/, US also /ˌfɔːrt də ˈfræns/, French: [fɔʁ də fʁɑ̃s] ; Martinican Creole: Fodfwans) is a commune and the capital city of Martinique, an overseas department and region of France located in the Caribbean.
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.