Grande Terre (New Caledonia)

This article is about the main island of New Caledonia. For other uses of the toponym "Grande-Terre", see Grande Terre (disambiguation).
Grande Terre
A satellite photo of the island taken by Terra/MODIS (24 September 2012).
Grande Terre
Grande Terre
Geography
ArchipelagoNew Caledonia
Area16,372 km2 (6,321 sq mi)
Administration
TerritoryNew Caledonia
Largest settlementNouméa
Demographics
Population268,000
LanguagesFrench, New Caledonian languages

Grande Terre (French: [ɡʁɑ̃d tɛʁ], Dehu: Mëëke), locally nicknamed Caillou, is the largest and principal island of New Caledonia, which is a territory of France.

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