Single territorial collectivity

A single territorial collectivity (French: collectivité territoriale unique) is a chartered subdivision of France that exerts both the powers of a region and a department.

  Single territorial collectivity
  European collectivity (2021)
  Status rejected by referendum

This status has been introduced in Mayotte in 2011, in Martinique and Guiana in 2015, in Corsica in 2018 and in Alsace in 2021.

The nature of a French single territorial collectivity is set forth in Article 72 of the French Constitution of 1958, which provides for local autonomy within limits prescribed by law.[1][2]

See also

References
  1. "Que sont les collectivités territoriales de Martinique et de Guyane ?". www.vie-publique.fr (in French). 2016-01-05. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
  2. "Quel est le statut de la Corse ?". www.vie-publique.fr (in French). 2017-01-02. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
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