Departmental collectivity
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Departmental collectivity (French: collectivité départementale) is a legal designation for the French overseas collectivity of Mayotte. The term is used to indicate that Mayotte is similar to a French Department but is not yet an overseas department. The term was made official by Law No. 2001-616 on 11 July 2001.[1][2]
[edit] Foototes
- ^ (French) Hugues Beringer, "La collectivité départementale de Mayotte: principaux aspects de la loi statutaire no. 2001-616 du 11 juillet 2001," Revue juridique et politique (2002), 56 no. 3, p. 382-391.
- ^ Mayotte on "Statoids"
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Overseas departments1 | French Guiana · Guadeloupe · Martinique · Réunion |
Overseas collectivities | French Polynesia · Mayotte2 · Saint Barthelemy · Saint Martin · Saint Pierre and Miquelon · Wallis and Futuna |
Special status | New Caledonia |
Uninhabited lands | Clipperton Island French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Amsterdam Island • Saint-Paul Island • Crozet Islands • Kerguelen Islands • Adélie Land Scattered islands in the Indian Ocean: Bassas da India3 • Europa Island3 • Glorioso Islands2, 3, 4 • Juan de Nova Island3 • Tromelin Island5) |
1 Also known as overseas regions • 2 claimed by Comoros • 3 claimed by Madagascar • 4 claimed by Seychelles • 5 claimed by Mauritius
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