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.
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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 departments1
Guadeloupe2 •French Guiana •Martinique •Réunion
Overseas communities | Special status
Mayotte3 •French Polynesia4 •Saint-Pierre and Miquelon5 • Wallis and Futuna6 | New Caledonia
Uninhabited lands
French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Amsterdam Island • Saint-Paul Island • Crozet Islands • Kerguelen Islands • Adélie Land • Scattered islands in the Indian Ocean) •
Clipperton (French Polynesia)
1 These overseas departments are also overseas regions (régions d'outre-mer). 2 Guadeloupe currently includes Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin which in 2003 voted to become separate overseas communities (collectivités d'outre-mer) ; the change will be implemented in early 2007. 3 "Departmental community" (collectivité départementale). 4 "Overseas country" (Pays d'outre-mer). 5 "Territorial community" (collectivité territoriale). 6 Territory (territoire).
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