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.
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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