thanx
very nice
france is a fun country to try for the extremities of
it is certainly farther flung than russia
maybe even than the usa & or uk too
hmm
but how to objectively decide the winner
would you just add the highest n&s latitudes to the
highest e&w longitudes
to arrive at the full cardinal amplitude in degrees of
magnitude
how silly & what fun
i am going to try & figure out the winner right away
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x.maillard@...> wrote:
> > first it seems new caledonia is no longer
> considered outre mer
> > so please forget the specific bits about domtom or
> ultramarine
> > oops hard to keep track of french territorial
> categories
>
> AFAIK French Overseas currently include:
>
> - Collectivités d'Outre-Mer (overseas territories:
> Corsica, Mayotte,
> Saint-Pierre-&-Miquelon), with some local autonomy.
> These islands
> used to be counties (departements), but this former
> status was not
> efficient for them, so it was eventualy changed into
> collectivité
> départementale or collectivité territoriale. People
> use Euro as
> currency and these territories are part of France
> and of the
> European Union.
>
> - Départements d'Outre-Mer (overseas counties, which
> are fully part
> of France and of the EU - the same as in mainland
> France - :
> Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyane & Réunion island),
> with the same law
> as in mainland France. Of course, they have the Euro
> as currency.
>
> - Pays d'Outre-Mer (overseas countries: New
> Caledonia, French
> Polynesia). They don't have the Euro as currency
> (but a Franc
> Pacifique). They are part of France but are
> considered as «Pays et
> territoires d'outre-mer» (Overseas countries and
> territories)
> associated to the EU. They are not part of the
> Schengen agreement.
> In 2014 New Caledonia will have a poll to decide if
> the inhabitants
> want to get independance or to remain French.
>
> St.Martin and St.Barths, currently part of
> Guadeloupe, will
> certainly soon become collectivité d'Outre-Mer (like
> Mayotte and
> SPM).
>
> Iles Éparses (Bassas da India, Europa, îles
> Glorieuses, Juan de Nova
> et Tromelin) have a specific status (part of France,
> not part of the
> EU).
>
> So it is not easy to determine which ultramarine
> COM, POM or DOM do
> constitute the easternmost/westernmost/southernmost
> points of France
> (nothernmost point being - I assume - Miquelon).
>
> The status of Matthew & Hunter seems to be like
> Spanish Sahara.
>
> > for some reason i wasnt expecting uninhabitable
> > islands to be used for eez projections
> > but they evidently are fair game
>
> Clipperton island (with EEZ), which is part of
> France, is also
> uninhabitated.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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