FranceListe CSP, n° 140 · Liste naturalisation, n° 190 · History, geography and culture

Which island is a French overseas department?

In the exam (French)

Quelle île est un département d'outre-mer français ?

  1. aCorsicaLa Corse
  2. bMadagascarMadagascar
  3. cRéunionLa RéunionCorrect answer
  4. dHaitiHaïti

Why?

Réunion (La Réunion), in the Indian Ocean, is an overseas department and region. The others are Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana and Mayotte. Corsica is a French island, but it is part of mainland France. Madagascar and Haiti are independent countries.

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Knowledge questions: Ministry of the Interior (DIAN), official lists of knowledge questions CSP and CR, formation-civique.interieur.gouv.fr, Licence Ouverte 2.0, read on 21 October 2026; the official list for naturalisation, immigration.interieur.gouv.fr (DGEF), Licence Ouverte 2.0, read on 25 October 2026. The answer options, the explanations, the situations and the English translation are ours, written with AI; in the exam the questions are in French. This is not a ministry service.

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