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An overseas department (French: département d’outre-mer or DOM) is a department of France that is outside metropolitan France. They have the same political status as metropolitan departments. As integral parts of France and the European Union, overseas departments are represented in the National Assembly, Senate, and Economic and Social Council, vote to elect European Parliament (MEP), and also use the Euro as their currency. Each overseas department is also an overseas region.

As of March 2011, the overseas departments of France are the following:

• French Guiana in South America
• Guadeloupe in North America (the Caribbean)
• Martinique in North America (the Caribbean)
• Réunion in Africa (the Indian Ocean)
• Mayotte in Africa (the Indian Ocean)

History[link]

France's earliest, short-lived attempt at setting up overseas départements was after Napoleon's conquest of the Republic of Venice in 1797, when the hitherto Venetian Ionian islands fell to the French Directory and were organised as the départments of Mer-Égée, Ithaque and Corcyre. In 1798 the Russian Admiral Ushakov evicted the French from these islands, and though France regained them in 1802, the three départments were not revived.

Under the 1946 Constitution of the Fourth Republic, the French colonies of Algeria^[1] in North Africa (independent since 1962), Guadeloupe and Martinique in the Caribbean, French Guiana in South America, and Réunion in the Indian Ocean were defined as overseas departments.

Since 1982, following the French government’s policy of decentralisation, overseas departments have elected regional councils with powers similar to those of the regions of metropolitan France. As a result of a constitutional revision that occurred in 2003, these regions are now to be called overseas regions; indeed the new wording of the Constitution gave no precedence to the terms overseas department or overseas region, though the latter is still virtually unused by the French media.

Following a yes vote in a referendum held on March 29th, 2009, Mayotte became an overseas department on March 31st, 2011 after previously being an overseas collectivity.

The overseas collectivity Saint Pierre and Miquelon was an overseas department from 1976 to 1985.

Demographics[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• (French) Ministry of the overseas departments and territories
• (French) past and current developments of France’s overseas administrative divisions like DOMs and TOMs

v t e Overseas departments and territories of France   Inhabited areas Overseas departments1 French Guiana Guadeloupe Martinique Réunion Mayotte2 Overseas collectivities French Polynesia St. Barthélemy St. Martin St. Pierre and Miquelon Wallis and Futuna Special status New Caledonia   Uninhabited areas Pacific Ocean Clipperton Island French Southern and Antarctic Lands Île Amsterdam Île Saint-Paul Crozet Islands Kerguelen Islands Adélie Land Scattered islands in the Indian Ocean Banc du Geyser4 Bassas da India4 Europa Island4 Glorioso Islands3, 4, 5 Juan de Nova Island4 Tromelin Island4, 5 1 Also known as overseas regions 2 Claimed by Comoros 3 Claimed by Madagascar 4 Claimed by Seychelles 5 Claimed by Mauritius

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Sigrid Agren (born April 24, 1991) is a French fashion model from Martinique, and rose to prominence during the Elite Model Look in 2006, at age 14.^[2]

Early life[link]

Sigrid was born on April 24, 1991, in Martinique, the Caribbean overseas department of France. Her mother is from Normandy and her father is Swedish. When she was 13, she entered the Elite Model Look France, and she went to the semifinals in Paris. She and two other contestants were chosen to move onto the finals in Shanghai.^[3] Sigrid Agren lost to one of the other French finalists, Charlotte Beillard (now known as Charlotte Di Calypso).^[4]

Career[link]

After the Elite Model Look ended, Sigrid signed with Elite Model Management in Paris. She was doing small jobs until her decision to put off modeling to finish her school in 2007 (she passed her scientific degree with honnor).^[2]

She came back to the modeling world in 2008, signing with New York Model Management, and re-signed with Elite Models in all the major fashion capitals.^[1] She debuted on the runway by closing the Prada Resort show.^[2][3] She then walked for her first New York Fashion Week, walking for Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Donna Karan, and Rodarte.^[2] She also opened for Shiatzy Chen, Yves Saint Laurent, Karl Lagerfeld, and Alexander McQueen, and closed for Prada, CoSTUME NATIONAL, and Louis Vuitton.^[2]

For the Spring/Summer 2009 season, she became the face of Prada, with Giedre Dukauskaite and Anna Jagodzinska, and also became the face of Armani Jeans and Nicole Farhi.^[5]

Sigrid has appeared many editorials for magazines like Vogue Paris, Harper's Bazaar, and Numéro.^[2][5] She appeared on one of the three cover magazine of i-D's June/July issue, alongside Tasha Tilberg and Raquel Zimmermann.^[5]

For the Fall/Winter 2009 season, Sigrid appeared in 68 international fashion shows, for designers like Dolce & Gabbana, Jil Sander, and Christian Dior.^[1] Sigrid was featured first in the shows of Valentino,^[6] Alberta Ferretti, Karl Lagerfeld, Pucci, Diane von Furstenberg, CoSTUME NATIONAL, Marni, Ruffian, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Antonio Berardi, Max Azria, and opened and closed for Chloé.^[6] For the Fall/Winter 2009 season, Sigrid featured as the face of Stella McCartney, replacing Kate Moss, as well as Chloé, alongside Kasia Struss and Karlie Kloss, Ck Calvin Klein, alongside Jourdan Dunn, and Bottega Veneta, alongside Anna Jagodzinska.^[5]

She is currently ranked No. 9 on the Top 50 models-Women list.^[5]

Sigrid appeared^[when?] in a Vogue Paris editorial, alongside fellow French models Charlotte Di Calypso, Jennifer Messelier, Mélodie Dagault, Constance Jablonski, and Mathilde Frachon, declaring France the new producer of models.

Sigrid skipped the Spring/Summer 2010 fashion weeks to study for her baccalauréat exam.

For the Spring/Summer 2010 season, she was featured in the campaigns of Faconnable, Yves Saint Laurent cosmetics, and Chanel's fragrance "Chance".

Sigrid returned to the runway the following season, walking 70 shows and opening six of them, including Matthew Williamson and Bottega Veneta, and for the Spring/Summer 2011 season she was the model who walked the most shows, reaching the number of 65.^{[citation needed]}

In march 2012 she was on the front page of the ELLE magazine.

Personal life[link]

Agren has made friends with Jennifer Messelier, Taryn Davidson, and Toni Garrn,^[2] and has an interest in ballet.^[2]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Sigrid Agren at the Fashion Model Directory