Servais (il/le)@discuss.tchncs.de to YUROP@lemm.ee · edit-23 months ago[Map] European islands by populationfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up175arrow-down1image[Map] European islands by populationfiles.catbox.moeServais (il/le)@discuss.tchncs.de to YUROP@lemm.ee · edit-23 months agomessage-square17fedilinkfile-text
Numbers are a bit old, here is an updated list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_islands_by_population
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 months agoGeologically it should belong to Africa. Politically, it belongs to Spain, thus is ‘European’.
minus-squarezaphod@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months agoIn that case where are all the French overseas territories like La Réunion with a population of ~870k?
minus-squareServais (il/le)@discuss.tchncs.deOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoGood question, I was thinking about them too. I guess the author made an arbitrary decision to include the Canaries because they are “close enough” to Europe, and not include the rest of overseas territories of European countries
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Geologically it should belong to Africa. Politically, it belongs to Spain, thus is ‘European’.
In that case where are all the French overseas territories like La Réunion with a population of ~870k?
Good question, I was thinking about them too. I guess the author made an arbitrary decision to include the Canaries because they are “close enough” to Europe, and not include the rest of overseas territories of European countries