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Metropolitan France
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Metropolitan France
Metropolitan France
( or
la Métropole
) is the part of
France
located in
Europe
. It includes mainland France and nearby
islands
in the
Atlantic Ocean
, in the
English Channel
, and in the
Mediterranean Sea
, including
Corsica
. By contrast,
Overseas France
(
la France d'outre-mer
) is the collective name for the part of France located outside Europe:
French
overseas regions
(
départements et régions d'outre-mer
or
DROM
),
territories
(
territoires d'outre-mer
or
TOM
),
collectivities
(
collectivités d'outre-mer
or
COM
), and the
sui generis collectivity
(
collectivité sui generis
) of
New Caledonia
.
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