mauritius was a dutch colony
according to the 2019 economic freedom of the world report mauritius is ranked as having the 9th most free economy in the world
 two famous french governors were the vicomte de souillac who constructed the chausse in port louis and encouraged farmers to settle in the district of savanne and antoine bruni dentrecasteaux who saw to it that the french in the indian ocean should have their headquarters in mauritius instead of pondicherry in india