Overseas department

See also: DOM

The overseas departments ( DOM ) are also areas of overseas , from where the more exact name of DOM-ROM , sometimes DROM . They are territorial collectivities integrated into the French Republic as well as the departments or areas of the Metropolitan France.

Each one of these departments constitutes a area mono-secondary road, known as area of overseas since the constitutional revision of 2003. The four DOM are:

Other territories

These territories can be comparable at the overseas departments but do not form part of it, to see also France of overseas
Moreover, two Communities of overseas ( COM ), have a statute close to that of the DOM, and have in particular a general advice:
  • Saint-Pierre-and-Miquelon (975), which was an overseas department of 1976 with 1985
  • Mayotte (985 become 976) (which carries since 2001 the title of departmental community ). Mayotte could in the long term become the fifth French DOM.

Following the constitutional revision of 2003, with the referendum of December 2004 and with the organic law of beginning 2007 and since the July 15th 2007, two new COM pursuant to the third subparagraph of article 73 of the constitution were create and are administratively separated today from the Guadeloupe. It is about:

  • Saint Martin's day;
  • St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre.

History

The four overseas departments are old colony S, remained French almost without interruption since their establishment in the middle of the 17th century. The statute of overseas department their was allotted by the law of the March 19th 1946 forming the French Union. It is it should be noted that historically, the Algérie was divided into French departments, without it being specified their metropolitan statute or of overseas ( departments of Algeria ).

The people originating in the DOM or living are the Domiens there.

European context

In the European Union, the DOM have a statute of ultraperipheric Régions.

See too

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