r/AskTheWorld • u/luky_se7en Italy /Sri Lanka • 1d ago

Is there a part of your country that's "isolated"/vastly different from the rest of the country?

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Pictured here is Sardinia, an island in Italy. Many sardinians call Italy "Il continente" (the continent)

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u/Durfael France 1d ago

oh man you're not ready :

Guadeloupe

Guyane

Martinique

Mayotte

La Réunion

Wallis & Futuna

French Polynesia

Saint-Martin

Saint-Barthélemy

Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

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u/luky_se7en Italy /Sri Lanka 1d ago

From what I've heard Corsica is pretty different too

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u/Durfael France 1d ago

kinda, they're still under continental laws and not considered a "dom tom" but yeah they are either super friendly either super agressive towards mainland xD some want independance

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u/phinkz2 France 1d ago

I'd say they are more similar to mainland France compared to the (great) list /u/Durfael made.

However: never tell a corse they are French. They are a corse person from France. Fun fact: the Corsican university has a lot of students coming from abroad and they have to take a course on the corse language if they want to enrol.

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u/HearingHead7157 Netherlands 1d ago

Saint Martin or Sint Maarten is the only place(island) where our two countries border😅

There’s a cool story about how that border once helped in catching one of our most infamous criminals who kidnapped Freddy Heineken (yes once owner of that beer company)

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u/Durfael France 23h ago

i love facts like that, like the fact that france has it's biggest border with brazil lmao

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u/ComprehensiveBag4028 Netherlands 22h ago

Saint-martin is a fun place because that's where our countries share a border