Railways in

France d’outre-mer

Overseas France

France and its overseas territories are organised in a hierarchy which is more geographical than political, in that all the admininstrative divisions are treated as part of France, rather than independent colonies.

France métropolitaine / Metropolitan France

• France continentale / Mainland France
• La Corse / Corsica

Départements et régions d’outre-mer /
Overseas Departments and Regions

• Guadeloupe
• Martinique
• Réunion
• Guyane

There are no railways in Mayotte.

Collectivités d’outre mer / Overseas Collectivities

• Nouvelle Calédonie / New Caledonia

• Polynésie française / French Polynesia

  • Iles de la Société (Society Islands)

    • Tahiti

    There are no railways recorded on any of the other Society Islands.

  • Iles Tuamotu-Gambier (Tuamotu & Gambier Islands)

    • Makatea

    There are no railways recorded on any of the other Tuamotu & Gambier Islands.

  There are no railways in the Iles Australes / Austral Islands and Iles Marquises / Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia.

There are no railways in the Collectivities of Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre & Miquelon and Wallis & Futuna.

Territoire d’outre mer / Overseas territory

• Terres australes et antarctiques françaises (TAAF)

  • Archipel des Kerguelen / Kerguelen Islands

There are no railways recorded on any other islands of TAAF.

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