Les Antilles néerlandaises (en néerlandais : De Nederlandse Antillen) sont un ensemble de six puis cinq îles principales situées dans la mer des Caraïbes existant de 1954 à 2010, officiellement nommé territoires insulaires (eilandgebieden en néerlandais, eilandgebied au singulier) : Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Saint-Eustache (Sint-Eustatius ou Statia), la partie méridionale de l'île de Saint-Martin (le territoire insulaire de Saint-Martin), ainsi qu'Aruba jusqu'en 1986. The governor and the council of ministers, chaired by a prime minister, formed the government. Curaçao also hosted a sizeable group of followers of the Jewish religion, descendants of a The origins of the population and location of the islands gave the Netherlands Antilles a mixed culture. Leur capitale est Willemstad, sur l'île de Curaçao. The four options that could be voted on were the following: L'île de Curaçao, qui fait partie des Antilles néerlandaises\">Antilles néerlandaises, est une destination de vacances au soleil, entre ciel et mer, réputée pour ses casinos et ses belles plages. In May 1948 a new constitution for the territory entered into force, allowing the largest amount of autonomy possible under the Dutch constitution of 1922. The Netherlands Antilles had a Tourism, petroleum transshipment and oil refinement (on Curaçao), as well as offshore finance were the mainstays of this small economy, which was closely tied to the outside world. The Dutch colony of Surinam, although it was relatively close by on the continent of South America, did not become part of the Netherl… Baseball is by far the most popular sport. The islands enjoyed a high per capita income and a well-developed infrastructure as compared with other countries in the region.Almost all consumer and capital goods were imported, with A large percentage of the Netherlands Antilleans descended from European colonists and African After a decades-long debate, English and Papiamentu were made official languages alongside The majority of the population were followers of the Christian faith, with a Protestant majority in Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten, and a Roman Catholic majority in Bonaire, Curaçao and Saba. The islands were also informally known as the Dutch Antilles. Several players have made it to the Major Leagues, such as Three athletes from the former Netherlands Antilles competed in the The Netherlands Antilles, though a non-existing entity since 2010, are allowed to field teams at the Former Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the NetherlandsThis article is about the former constituent country of the Colonies of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815–1962)Papiamentu/Ingles Dikshonario, Ratzlaff, Betty; p. 11Albert Gastmann, "Suriname and the Dutch in the Caribbean" in Mais la proximité des États-Unis et le nombre important de touristes venant de ce pays l’ont quelque peu influencée. On all the islands, the holiday of Netherlands Lesser Antilles competed in the Winter Olympics of 1988, notably finishing 29th in the bobsled, ahead of Jamaica who famously competed but finished 30th. The country consisted of several island territories located in the Caribbean Sea. Whereas the ruling parties campaigned for the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles, the people voted for a restructuring of the Netherlands Antilles. The final statement to emerge from the RTC stated that autonomy for Curaçao and Sint Maarten, plus a new status for Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba (BES) would come into effect by 1 July 2007.On 3 November 2006, Curaçao and Sint Maarten were granted autonomy in an agreement,The islands of the former country of the Netherlands Antilles are currently divided are two main groups for political and constitutional purposes: The country came into being in 1954 as the autonomous successor of the Dutch colony of Curaçao and Dependencies and was dissolved in 2010. Netherlands Antilles, Dutch Nederlandse Antillen, Papiamentu Antianan Hulandes, group of five islands in the Caribbean Sea that formerly constituted an autonomous part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.The group is composed of two widely separated subgroups approximately 500 miles (800 km) apart. Tourism and overwhelming media presence from the United States increased the regional United States influence. Among other things, The new constitution was only deemed an interim arrangement, as negotiations for a Aruba seceded from the Netherlands Antilles on 1 January 1986, paving the way for a series of referenda among the remaining islands on the future of the Netherlands Antilles. Toutefois, si la majorité d’entre elles approuvent assez massivement un rapprochement avec l’État des Pays-Bas, ce n'est pas le cas pour Curaçao, la plus peuplée, qui souhaite au contraire un statut de plus forte autonomie, plus proche de celui de sa voisine Aruba, ni pour Saint-Martin en raison du statut géopolitique et historique particulier de l’île de Saint-Martin sous administration largement concertée franco-néerlandaise où les deux nations sont liées par un traité international et disposant d’une population plus largement cosmopolite avec diverses nationalités.