René Goscinny was a French comic editor and writer, who created the Astérix comic book series with illustrator Albert Uderzo. Raised largely in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he attended French schools, he lived for a time in the United States. There he met Belgian cartoonist Morris. After his return to France, they collaborated for more than 20 years on the comic series Lucky Luke.
The arrondissement of Fort-de-France is an arrondissement in the French overseas region and department of Martinique. It has four communes. Its population is 157,449 (2016), and its area is 171.0 km2 (66.0 sq mi).
Jean-Michel Charlier was a Belgian comics writer. He was a co-founder of the famed Franco-Belgian comics magazine Pilote.
The following is a list of the 45 former cantons of the Martinique department, an overseas department of France, sorted by arrondissement. The cantons were abolished in 2015, when the Assembly of Martinique replaced the General Council of Martinique and the Regional Council of Martinique.
Le Lamentin is a city and town, located in the French overseas department and region of Martinique. With its 62,32 km2, it is the town with the largest area of Martinique. Le Lamentin, with near to 40 000 inhabitants, is the second most populated town of Martinique, after Fort-de-France. It is also the first industrial town and the heart of the island's economy.
Martinique Championnat National is the top association football league in Martinique.
Club Sportif Case-Pilote is a football club of Martinique, playing in the town Case-Pilote.
The Coupe de la Martinique is the top knockout tournament of Martinique football. It was created in 1953.
The Trophée du Conseil Général is a knockout tournament of the Martinique football.
The University of the Antilles, also known in English as the University of the French Antilles, is a French public university, located in the French West Indies.
Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport is the international airport of Martinique in the French West Indies. Located in Le Lamentin, a suburb of the capital Fort-de-France, it was opened in 1950 and renamed in 2007, after author and politician Aimé Césaire.
L'Étoile de Morne-à-l'Eau is a football club of Guadeloupe, based in the city of Morne-à-l'Eau. They play in the Guadeloupe's first division, the Guadeloupe Championnat National.
Le Lamentin 1st Canton Sud-Bourg is a former canton in the arrondissement of Fort-de-France on Martinique.
Le Lamentin 2nd Canton Nord is a former canton in the Arrondissement of Fort-de-France on Martinique.
The A1 autoroute in Martinique is the only autoroute on the French autoroute system built outside Metropolitan France. This short autoroute, only 7 km (4 mi) in length, connects Aimé Césaire International Airport in Le Lamentin to Fort-de-France.
Articles related to the French overseas department of Martinique include:
Pan Am Flight 292 was operated by a Boeing 707-120B that flew into Chances Peak on the island of Montserrat on 17 September 1965 while on a flight from Fort-de-France - Le Lamentin Airport in Martinique to Coolidge International Airport in Antigua and Barbuda. The aircraft was destroyed, there were no survivors among the 30 passengers and crew on board.
Thélus Léro was a communist politician from Martinique who was elected to the French Senate in 1946. Léro married the writer and artist, Yva de Montaigne, with whom he had three children. One of their daughters was the actress Cathy Rosier.
José-Thierry Goron in Martinique is a footballer who plays as a forward. He currently plays for Aiglon du Lamentin in the Martinique Championnat National and the Martinique national football team.
In the 2014–15 season of the Martinique Championnat National, the top league of professional football in Martinique, the Golden Lion FC team from Saint-Joseph won the championship for the first time.
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