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The "Outreau case", which concerned an alleged criminal network in Outreau, a working class town next to Boulogne-sur-Mer in the Pas-de-Calais region, began in November 2001. The first trial took place in Saint-Omer in 2004, and the appeal took place in Paris in 2005. Seventeen people were prosecuted, but more than fifty people were investigated.
Overseas France ( French: France d'outre-mer, also France ultramarine) [ note 3] consists of 13 French territories outside Europe, mostly the remnants of the French colonial empire that remained a part of the French state under various statuses after decolonisation. Most, but not all, are part of the European Union .
The Archives nationales d'outre-mer in Aix-en-Provence is a branch of the Archives Nationales of France that documents the French colonial empire. According to one scholar, "half the history of France overseas was represented in the mass of papers" first assembled in Aix in 1966. The materials originated in various offices and repositories ...
Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer ( French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t maʁi də la mɛʁ], also Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, lit.: " (the) Saint Marys of the Sea", locally Les Saintes, Provençal Occitan: Li Santi Mario de la Mar ), is the capital of the Camargue ( Provençal Occitan Camarga) in the south of France. It is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône ...
Patrouilleur Outre-mer. The Patrouilleurs Outre-mer ( POM ), or Félix Éboué class, are a class of offshore patrol vessels of the French Navy. They are to be based at Nouméa, Tahiti and La Réunion, replacing the P400-class patrol vessels which are nearing the end of their service. At 1,300 tonnes, the POM class ships have four times the ...
Each overseas department is the sole department in its own overseas region (French: région d'outre-mer) with powers identical to the regions of metropolitan France. Because of the one-to-one correspondence, informal usage does not distinguish the two, and the French media use the term département d'outre-mer (DOM) almost exclusively.
France portal. v. t. e. The French overseas collectivities ( French: collectivité d'outre-mer abbreviated as COM) are first-order administrative divisions of France, like the French regions, but have a semi-autonomous status. The COMs include some former French overseas colonies and other French overseas entities with a particular status, all ...
The network also operates Radio Outre-mer La Première as a national internet radio station, which carries a mix of music and programmes from all of the La Première stations. France Télévisions previously operated an equivalent national television channel, France Ô , but it was closed in 2020 due to declining viewership, and replaced by a ...