A Territoire d'outre-mer (in English Overseas Territory) or TOM, is an administrative division of France.

The term is currently only applied to the French Southern Territories.

The status of TOM differs from that of DOM (Département d'outre-mer or Overseas Department), but because of some common peculiarities, DOMs, TOMs and other overseas possessions under other statuses are often referred to as DOM/TOM.

Former territoires d'outre-mer

• French Polynesia, from 1946 to 2003, now a collectivité d'outre-mer
• New Caledonia, from 1946 to 1999, now a with a sui generis status
• Wallis and Futuna, from 1961 to 2003, now a collectivité d'outre-mer

See also

• French overseas departments and territories
• Administrative divisions of France
• Outremer

External links

• Official site
• past and current developments of France's overseas administrative divisions like DOMs and TOMs (in French)

Subdivisions of France | French overseas departments, territories and collectivities

Französische Übersee-Territorien | Territoires d'outre-mer | Territorio d'Oltremare | Terytorium zamorskie