Futuna Island, Wallis and Futuna

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Futuna is an island in the Pacific Ocean belonging to the French territory of Wallis and Futuna. It is one of the Horne Islands (Alofi being the other).

The island is famous to be the place (where the cathedral of Poi now stands) where Piere Chanel was martyred to death in 1841 becoming Polynesia's one and only catholic saint.

The languages spoken are Futunan and French.

Two kings, elected with a lot of envy from the local nobility every few years, rule the population under the benevolent eye of the French.Template:Oceania-geo-stub es:Futuna nl:Futuna fi:Futuna