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<p>1976 until 31 March 2011, when it became an <a href="page.php?w=overseas_departments_and_regions_of_France">overseas department</a>.<br/>
* <b><a href="page.php?w=New_Caledonia">New Caledonia</a></b> was classified as an overseas territory beginning in 1946, but as a result of the 1998 <a href="page.php?w=Noum%C3%A9a_Accord">Nouméa Accord</a>, it gained a <a href="page.php?w=Overseas_France">special status</a> (statut particulier or statut original) in 1999. A New Caledonian citizenship was established, and a gradual transfer of power from the</p><p>
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