Overseas collectivity

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The French overseas collectivities (collectivités d'outre-mer or COM), like the French regions (French: régions), themselves, are first-order administrative divisions of France. The French overseas collectivities include some former French overseas territories and other French overseas entities with a particular status, all of which were given the name collectivités d'outre-mer by constitutional reform on 28 March 2003.

As of 22 February 2007, there were six French overseas collectivities:

French Polynesia, with a great degree of autonomy, two symbolic manifestations of which are the title of the President of French Polynesia (Le président de la Polynésie française) and the territory's additional designation as a pays d'outre-mer. Legislature: Assembly of French Polynesia.
Mayotte, an island in the Indian Ocean, which was detached from Comoros in 1976. Its current status closely resembles that of a department. The entity has an elected general council and the additional designation of departmental collectivity.
Saint Barthélemy, an island in the Lesser Antilles.
Saint Martin, the northern part of the island of Saint Martin in the Lesser Antilles.
Saint Pierre and Miquelon, a group of islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. The entity has a territorial council.
Wallis and Futuna, three small islands in the Pacific Ocean and the only inhabited part of France that is not divided into communes.

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Overseas collectivity

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