Territoire d'outre-mer
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A Territoire d'outre-mer (TOM, French for "Overseas territory") is an administrative divisions of France.
The term is currently only applied to the French Southern Territories.
The status of TOM differs from that of DOM, but because of some common peculiarities, DOMs, TOMs and other oversea 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 pays d'outre-mer
- New Caledonia, from 1946 to 1999, now a collectivité sui generis
- Wallis and Futuna, from 1961 to 2003, now a collectivité d'outre-mer
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