What is DOM - TOM? DOM - TOM is an acronym for “ Départements d'outre-mer - Territoires d'outre-mer ”, prior naming of DROM - COM : “ Départements et régions d'outre-mer - Collectivités d'outre-mer ” since 2003 or commonly known as French overseas regions and territorial collectivities. In France, there are 18 administrative regions, 13 of which are located in metropolitan France, the rest are overseas/semi-autonomous territories. Origin of DOM - TOM: Dom-Tom and Drom-Com mean the same thing. They all refer to the overseas departments which include a total of 12 territories including Reunion, Saint Barthélemy, Mayotte, French Polynesia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna, New Caledonia, Martinique, the Antarctic and Ancestral Lands and Guadeloupe. These are former colonies of France. Today, they are an integral part of the French Republic. As proof, they participate in the presidential election which takes place in the hexagon. The DOM or overseas departmen...
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