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What was included in the French Empire?

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If you are referring to the French colonial empire, it comprised:

In Africa: Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Mauretania, Senegal, Guinee (Giunea), Cote d' Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) Mali, Niger, Togo, Benin, Chad, Republique Centrale Africaine (Central African Republic) French Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Djibouti ( French Territory of Afars and Issas) Madagascar, La Reunion, Comoros, Mayotte, and The Scattered Islands (Bassas da India, Europa Island, Juan de Nova Island, Glorioso Islands, Tromelin Island).

Britain took over some French Islands in the Indian Ocean: Mauritius and the Seychelles.

In Asia: Syria, lebanon, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and French territories in India: Pondichéry, Karikal, Mahé, Yanaon and Chandernagor

In the Americas: French Guyana, Haiti, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Îles des Saintes, Marie-Galante la Désirade Clipperton Island, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Collectivity of Saint Martin.

France also had Nouvelle France (New France) which then became part of Canada and comprised Quebec, Hudson Bay, Newfoundland, Saint Lawrence River, Great Lakes and Lake Winnipeg. She also had French Louisiana, which she sold to the US. It comprised: Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, most of Wyoming and Montana, South Dakota, part of North Dakota and Minnesota, half of Colorado and a corner of New Mexico and Texas. Some Caribbean islands passed from France to Britain: Dominica, Nevis, Grenada, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Christopher Island, Saint Lucia and Tobago.

Archipelagos in Oceania: Polynésie française (French Polynesia) Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, Vanuatu (New Hebrides) Nouvellle Caledonie (New Caledonia)

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