Overseas territory (France)
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.
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 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
French India, from 1946 to 1954, now the Indian Union Territory of Puducherry
New Caledonia, from 1946 to 1999, now a special 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
Administrative divisions of France
Outremer
Overseas department
Overseas France
Overseas region
Special member state territories and their relations with the European Union