What is Overseas France?
[[File:Outre-mer en.png|right|thumb|French overseas departments, territories and claims on Antarctica|400px]] [[File:Flag of the Minister of Overseas France.svg|thumb|120px|Banner of the Minister of Overseas France]] '''Overseas France''' ({{lang-fr|France d'outre-mer}}) is the part of [[France]] that is outside of the [[Europe]]an continent. It consists of all [[Overseas departments of France|overseas departments]], territories and [[French overseas collectivities|collectivities]]. These territories have several different legal statuses and levels of [[autonomy]]. Overseas France includes island territories in the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]], [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] and [[Indian Ocean|Indian]] oceans, [[French Guiana]] in South America, and [[Adélie Land]] in [[Antarctica]]. Each inhabited territory is represented in both the [[French National Assembly]] and the [[French Senate]] (which together make up the [[Parliament of France]]). 2,685,705 people lived in the overseas departments and territories in January 2011.<ref name=population>{{cite web|url=http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/document.asp?ref_id=ip1332#inter1|title=Bilan démographique 2010|publisher=INSEE|accessdate=2011-01-21}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref> == Types of territories == [[File:France-Constituent-Lands.png|thumb|300px|The lands making up the French Republic, shown at the same [[scale (map)|geographic scale]].]] === Overseas departments and regions === {{main|Overseas departments of France}} Overseas departments and regions are completely part of France. *[[Guadeloupe]] (since 1946) *[[Martinique]] (since 1946) *[[French Guiana]] (since 1946) *[[Réunion]] (since 1946) *[[Mayotte]] (since 2011) :From 1976 to 2003, Mayotte was a unique overseas territory. Between 2003 and 2011, it was an ''overseas community''. It became an overseas department on 31 March 2011, after its citizens voted to become a full part of France. === Overseas collectivities === {{main|French overseas collectivities}} The category of ''overseas collectivity'' was created by chang