Departmental collectivity was a legal designation used to describe the particular status of
French overseas collectivity of
Mayotte between 2001 and 2011. The term is used to indicate that Mayotte at the time was similar to a
French Department but not yet an
overseas department. The term was made official by Law No. 2001-616 on 11 July 2001. Mayotte became a department in 2011.