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Fort-de-France

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Fort-de-France

Capital, chief commercial centre, and port of Martinique, West Indies, on the west coast at the mouth of the Madame River; population (1999 est) 94,000 (city), 134,700 (commune). It exports sugar, rum, tinned fruit, and cacao. There is an airport and the tourist industry is a source of much local revenue.

The town became the chief commercial centre on the island following the destruction of St Pierre by the eruption of Mount Pelée in 1902. There is a cathedral dating to 1895. The French Empress Josephine was born at Trois-Ilets on the south side of Fort-de-France Bay.



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