Territoire d'outre-mer
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A Territoire d'outre-mer (in English Overseas Territory) or TOM, is an administrative division of France.
The term is currently only applied to the French Southern Territories.
The status of TOM differs from that of DOM (Département d'outre-mer or Overseas Department), but because of some common peculiarities, DOMs, TOMs and other overseas possessions under other statuses are often referred to as DOM/TOM.
Former territoires d'outre-mer
- French Polynesia, from 1946 to 2003, now a collectivité d'outre-mer
- New Caledonia, from 1946 to 1999, now a with a sui generis status
- Wallis and Futuna, from 1961 to 2003, now a collectivité d'outre-mer
See also
External links
- [Official site]
- [past and current developments of France's overseas administrative divisions like DOMs and TOMs (in French)]
Overseas French departments and territories |
| Département d'outre-mer>Departments : Guadeloupe1 · French Guiana · Martinique · Réunion These overseas departments are also overseas regions. 1Guadeloupe currently includes Saint-Barthélemy and Saint Martin, who have voted to become separate collectivités d'outre-mer in 2003; the change will be implemented in early 2007. |
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Overseas community : Mayotte (collectivité départementale) · French Polynesia (pays d'outre-mer) · Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (collectivité territoriale) · Wallis and Futuna (territoire) Each overseas community has its own status. |
| Special status : New Caledonia |
| Uninhabited lands : French Southern Territories (Amsterdam Island, Saint-Paul Island, Crozet Islands, Kerguelen Islands, Adélie Land) · Clipperton · Scattered islands in the Indian Ocean |
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