Overseas territory (France)
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.
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The division differs from that of overseas department and region (French: Départements et régions d'outre-mer or DROM), but because of some common peculiarities, DOMs, TOMs and other overseas possessions under other statuses are often referred to collectively as les DOM/TOM. Unlike the British Overseas Territories, which are not constitutionally part of the United Kingdom or its national territory, they are integral parts of the French Republic.[1]
Former overseas territories
- 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
- French Territory of the Afars and the Issas, from 1967 to 1977, now the independent state of Djibouti
See also
References
- "On Territorial Communities (Constitution of October 4, 1958)" (PDF). French Constitutional Council. 8 October 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
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