Single_territorial_collectivity

Single territorial collectivity

Single territorial collectivity

Chartered subdivision of France


A single territorial collectivity (French: collectivité territoriale unique) is a chartered subdivision of France that exercises the powers of both a region and a department. This subdivision was introduced in Mayotte in 2011, in French Guiana and Martinique in 2015, and in Corsica in 2018.

  Single territorial collectivity (map not to scale)

The nature of a French single territorial collectivity is set forth in Articles 72 and 73 of the French Constitution of 1958 (as amended since), 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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