'Islands Under-the-Wind'; Tahitian: Fenua Raro Mata’i) are the western part of the Society Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France, in the South Pacific Ocean.

There were many native resistance movements and conflicts in reaction to this annexation, known as the Leewards War, which continued until 1897.

There are raised coral beds high up the mountains, and lava occurs in a variety of forms, even in solid flows.

The limited terrestrial fauna includes feral pigs, rats, and small lizards.

Unlike in metropolitan France and its overseas regions, it is not mandatory for the communes in French Polynesia to join an intercommunal council.

The three intercommunal councils in existence as of 2022[update] (including the CCH), all formed on a voluntary basis.