It is divided into two island groups that lie about 260 km (160 mi) apart: the Wallis Islands (also known as Uvea) in the northeast; and the Hoorn Islands (also known as the Futuna Islands) in the southwest, including Futuna Island proper and the mostly uninhabited Alofi Island.

2024年12月13日 · Wallis and Futuna, self-governing overseas collectivity of France consisting of two island groups in the west-central Pacific Ocean. The collectivity is geographically part of western Polynesia. It includes the Wallis Islands (Uvea and surrounding islets) and the Horne Islands (Futuna and Alofi).

2020年11月23日 · Wallis and Futuna Islands is an overseas collectivity of France comprising of 3 principal volcanic islands and several small islets, located in the south Pacific Ocean. The Islands lie roughly two-thirds of the way from Hawaii and New Zealand.

2025年1月18日 · Wallis and Futuna was the only French colony to side with the Vichy regime during World War II, until the arrival of Free French and US troops in 1942. In 1959, inhabitants of the islands voted to separate from New Caledonia, becoming a French overseas territory in 1961.

The last overseas territories to join the French republic, the Islands of Wallis and Futuna await you between New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. This amazing destination isn’t on most people’s radar, so be one of the first to …

Futuna (/ f uː ˈ t uː n ə /; French:) is the largest island in Hoorn Islands or Îles Horne, located in the Pacific Ocean, part of the French overseas collectivity (collectivité d'outre-mer) of Wallis and Futuna. [1]

Wallis is a French Catholic Polynesian island, tracing its history back to the early Austro-Polynesian peoples, to seafarers from Tonga, Samoa and Fiji and, more recently the influence of European missionaries and encounters with US troops during WW2.