ThisDecreeshall apply to Mayotte, the OverseasTerritories of New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Wallis and Futunaand the FrenchSouthernandAntarctic Territories.
FrenchPolynesia is made up of some 200 islands -- the Society, Tuamotu, Gambier, Austral and Marquesas groups -- spread over 4.1 million square kilometres of Pacific Ocean: an area roughly eight times the size of France.