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InFrance, anoverseas collectivity (French:collectivité d'outre-mer, abbreviated asCOM) is a first-orderadministrative division, on the same level asits regions, but have a semi-autonomous status. The COMs include some former Frenchoverseas colonies and other overseas entities with a particular status, all of which became COMs byconstitutional reform on 28 March 2003. The COMs differ fromoverseas regions and overseas departments, which have the same status asmetropolitan France but are located outside Europe.As integral parts of France, overseas collectivities are represented in theNational Assembly,Senate andEconomic and Social Council. Though some are outside theEuropean Union, all can vote to elect members of theEuropean Parliament (MEPs). (All of France became one multi-member EU constituency in 2019.) The Pacific COMs use theCFP franc, a currencypegged to the euro, whereas the Atlantic COMs use theeuro itself. As of 31 March 2011, there were five COMs:
| Overseas collectivity | Capital |
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 French Polynesia | Papeete |
 Saint Barthélemy | Gustavia |
 Saint Martin | Marigot |
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Saint-Pierre |
 Wallis and Futuna | Mata Utu |
| Sui generis collectivity and territory | Capital |
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 French Southern and Antarctic Lands | Saint-Pierre |
 New Caledonia | Nouméa |
