- In l844, France was invited to protect the people of Wallis and Futuna under the rule of the Catholic Church.
- Wallis and Futuna is located in the southwest Pacific, west of the international date line. A land area of 274 square kilometers is home to 16,000 people...
- The CFP franc (called just franc locally, symbol F, ISO currency code XPF) is the currency used in Wallis and Futuna, French Polynesia and New Caledonia.
- Wallis and Futuna are treated as a single overseas territory of France. Wallis emerged from the Early Tongan Maritime Empire in the l500s.
- The kailao (paddle-club dance), however, has no song and only includes percussion. Wallis and Futuna dancers perform across the Oceania region at festivals.
- Wallis and Futuna. These two forgotten specks that lie in the centre of Polynesia/Melanesia make up one of the world’s least known countries.
- Both Wallis and Futuna islands have an airport: the Hihifo Airport on the island of Wallis and the Pointe Vele Airport on the island of Futuna.
- A French constitutional reform in 2003 changed the status of Wallis and Futuna from overseas territory to overseas collectivity.
- Wallis and Futuna is an island state in the pacific ocean. The dwarf state has a total area of only 142 km² (55 mi²) and a total coastline of 129 km (80.2 mi).