New Caledonia

New Caledonia

New Caledonia ranks 206th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Maldives, Equatorial Guinea, and Brunei. Memorable people born in present day New Caledonia include Christian Karembeu, Antoine Kombouaré, and Jacques Zimako. Memorable people who died in New Caledonia include . New Caledonia has been the birth place of many soccer players and film directors and the death place of many .

New Caledonia is a sui generis collectivity of overseas France in the southwest Pacific Ocean, south of Vanuatu, about 1,210 km (750 mi) east of Australia, and 17,000 km (11,000 mi) from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Chesterfield Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of Pines, and a few remote islets. The Chesterfield Islands are in the Coral Sea. French people, especially locals, call Grande Terre "Le Caillou". It is one of the European Union’s Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs), but is not part of the European Union. Read more on Wikipedia