Guadeloupe: Flag and Facts
Guadeloupe uses the French tricolor as its flag: equal vertical stripes of blue, white and red, reading from the pole outward.
- Capital
- Basse-Terre
- Region
- Caribbean
- Population
- 69 million (2025)
- Languages
- French
- Currency
- Euro
- Area
- 1,628 km² (629 sq mi)
- People
- Guadeloupian
- Calling code
- +590
- Highest point
- Mont Blanc 4,810
- Independence
- No single official date
- National symbols
- Gallic rooster, fleur-de-lis, Marianne (female personification of the country)
- Borders
- No land borders
- Status
- Territory (not a sovereign country)
About Guadeloupe
As a French territory in the Caribbean, Guadeloupe takes its flag, anthem and holiday from Paris. Its tricolor was born in 1790, when revolutionaries set the white of the old kingdom between red and blue borrowed from the city's militia. Early versions put red on the pole side before the order switched.
Two very different islands make up its core. Basse-Terre was built by volcanoes and has mountains in its interior, and its name is shared by the capital. Grande-Terre, next door, is a low, flat slab of limestone. Most of the seven smaller islands in the group are volcanic too. In total the land covers 1,628 square kilometers. French is the language, and shoppers pay in euros.
Did you know?
- Guadeloupe's anthem is La Marseillaise, the same one sung across France.
- Marianne, a woman who stands for the French nation, is one of the symbols used here.
- Grande-Terre is made of limestone, unlike its volcanic neighbor Basse-Terre.
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Questions about Guadeloupe
What is the capital of Guadeloupe?
Basse-Terre.
What currency does Guadeloupe use?
The euro, because it is part of France.
Sources
- CIA World Factbook, checked October 8, 2026
- REST Countries data (mledoze/countries), checked October 8, 2026
- Flag artwork: flag-icons (MIT), checked October 8, 2026
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