Often abbreviated to DOM-TOM (départements d'outre-mer,
territoires d'outre-mer), the French Overseas Departments and Territories are the
French-administered territories outside of Europe.
These territories have varying legal status and different levels of
autonomy, although all have representation in the Parliament of France. Each inhabited
French territory overseas is represented in both the French National Assembly and the
French Senate.
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Collectivités d'outre-mer, Régions d'outre-mer, Sui
Generis Community, Uninhabited Lands.
971 Guadeloupe
(Basse-Terre)
972 Martinique
(Fort-de-France)
973 Guyane
(Cayenne)
974 La Réunion
(Saint-Denis)
French
Polynesia (Papeete).
Mayotte (Mamoudzou) will receive the Région d'outre-mer status in
2011, although it's claimed by Comoros.
Saint-Barthélemy
and Saint Martin
(dependcies of Guadeloupe) will receive the collectivités d'outre-mer status in 2007.
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (Saint-Pierre) - East of Canada.
Wallis and
Futuna (Mata-Utu).
New
Caledonia (Nouméa) - planned referendum for independence in 2014.
Bassas da India (1 km²) - located in the Mozambique Channel and
claimed by Madagascar.
Clipperton (7 km²) - located west of Mexico and claimed by Mexico.
Europa (28 km²) - located in the Mozambique Channel and claimed by
Madagascar.
Glorioso Islands (5 km²) - located in the Mozambique Channel and
claimed by Madagascar.
Juan de Nova (4.4 km²) - located in the Mozambique Channel and
claimed by Madagascar.
Tromelin Island (1 km²) - located in the Indian Ocean and claimed by
Mauritius.
The French Southern Territories are volcanic islands in the
southern Indian Ocean, south of Africa and approximately equidistant between Africa,
Antarctica and Australia.
Îles Crozet (352 km²).
Kerguelen Islands (7.215 km²).
Saint-Paul Island and Amsterdam Island (66 km²).
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