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Art Island (Île d'Art) is the largest of the
Belep Islands Belep (; sometimes unofficially spelled Bélep) is a commune in France, commune in the North Province, New Caledonia, North Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. It has almost 900 people living on 70  ...
archipelago in
New Caledonia New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t ...
. It has an area of . Its chief settlement is Waala, which is also the capital of
Belep Belep (; sometimes unofficially spelled Bélep) is a commune in the North Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. It has almost 900 people living on 70 km2. The commune's territory is made up of the ...
commune.


History

In August 2016, a large bushfire ravaged Art Island.


References

Islands of New Caledonia {{NewCaledonia-geo-stub