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overseas territory

former top-level subdivision of France applied to certain overseas entities
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overseas territory

Summary

overseas territory ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (400 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • overseas territory is in the country of France[2].
  • overseas territory is a type of administrative territorial entity of France[3].
  • overseas territory is a type of Overseas France[4].
  • overseas territory's Commons category is recorded as French overseas territories[5].
  • overseas territory ended on March 28, 2003[6].
  • overseas territory's topic's main category is recorded as Category:French overseas territories[7].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include administrative territorial entity of France[3] and Overseas France[4].

Why It Matters

overseas territory ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (400 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

Related Entities

France

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · ~2026-37038-25 · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    End time → +2003-03-28T00:00:00Z
    Great norwegian encyclopedia id → oversjøisk_territorium
    Country → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P4342]]: oversjøisk_territorium"
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