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Metropolitan France ( or la Métropole) is the part of France located in Europe, including Corsica (French: Corse). Overseas France (French: la France d'outre-mer, or l'Outre-mer, or colloquially les DOM-TOM) is the collective name for the French overseas departments (French: départements d'outre-mer or DOM), territories (French: territoires d'outre-mer or TOM), and collectivities (French: collectivitiés d'outre-mer or COM). In overseas France, a person from metropolitan France is often called a métro, short for métropolitain. Metropolitan France and overseas France together form what is officially called the French Republic.