Overseas territory (France)

Overseas territory (France)

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The term overseas territory (French: Territoire d'outre-mer or TOM), is an administrative division of France and is currently only applied to the French Southern and Antarctic Lands.

The division differs from that of overseas departments (French: Département d'outre-mer or DOM), but because of some common peculiarities, DOMs, TOMs and other overseas possessions under other statuses are often referred to collectively as DOM/TOM. Unlike the British Overseas Territories they are integral parts of the Republic of France.^{[citation needed]}

Former overseas territories

• French India, from 1946 to 1954, now the Indian Union Territory of Puducherry
• New Caledonia, from 1946 to 1999, now a sui generis collectivity
• French Polynesia, from 1946 to 2003, now an overseas collectivity
• Saint Pierre and Miquelon, from 1946 to 1976 and 1985 to 2003, now an overseas collectivity
• Wallis and Futuna, from 1961 to 2003, now an overseas collectivity
• Mayotte, from 1974 to 2003, now an overseas department

See also

• French overseas departments and territories
• Administrative divisions of France
• Outremer
• Special member state territories and their relations with the European Union

External links

• (French) Official site
• (French) past and current developments of France's overseas administrative divisions like DOMs and TOMs

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Inhabited areas Overseas departments1 French Guiana · Guadeloupe · Martinique · Réunion · Mayotte 2 Overseas collectivities French Polynesia · St. Barthélemy · St. Martin · St. Pierre and Miquelon · Wallis and Futuna Special status New Caledonia
Uninhabited areas Pacific Ocean Clipperton Island French Southern and Antarctic Lands Île Amsterdam · Île Saint-Paul · Crozet Islands · Kerguelen Islands · Adélie Land Scattered islands in the Indian Ocean Banc du Geyser4 · Bassas da India4 · Europa Island4 · Glorioso Islands3, 4, 5 · Juan de Nova Island4 · Tromelin Island4, 5
1 Also known as overseas regions.  2 Claimed by Comoros.  3 Claimed by Madagascar.  4 Claimed by Seychelles.  5 Claimed by Mauritius.

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