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The "Tour Cycliste de Nouvelle-Calédonie" is a multi-day cycling stage race that is held usually in October. The race is organised by the Comite Cycliste New Caledonia. The race attracts riders from Australia, New Zealand, France, Réunion, Europe and Tahiti.
In 1997 the decision was made to split the two parts into separate universities and so in 1999 the Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie and the Université de la Polynésie française were formed. UNC welcomes around 3,000 local and international students and 100 professors and researchers each year.
On February 1, 1999, RFO Nouvelle-Calédonie became Télé Nouvelle-Calédonie (also referred to by the acronym TNC), following the transformation of RFO into Réseau France Outre-mer. Since July 9, 2004, Télé Nouvelle-Calédonie has belonged to France Télévisions SA, a single national company into which RFO has become a subsidiary of the ...
New Caledonia (French: Nouvelle-Calédonie) is an overseas territory (territoire d'outre-mer or TOM) of France, made up of a main island (Grande Terre) and several smaller islands. It is located in the region of Melanesia in the southwest Pacific.
About 80 percent of the 700-member regiment is composed of soldiers on short-term (four month) deployments from metropolitan France. As of 2018, only about 30 personnel in the regiment were locally recruited. [2] [3] Navy: Based at the Pointe Chalaix Naval Base, the flagship is Vendémiaire (F734).
Chesterfield Islands from space. The Chesterfield Islands (îles Chesterfield in French) are a French archipelago of New Caledonia located in the Coral Sea, 550 km (300 nmi) northwest of Grande Terre, the main island of New Caledonia.
The location of New Caledonia An enlargeable map of New Caledonia. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to New Caledonia: . New Caledonia [1] – "sui generis collectivity" (in practice an overseas territory) of France, comprising a main island (Grande Terre), the Loyalty Islands, and several smaller islands. [2]
New Caledonia or Territoire des Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances, is approximately 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) off the northeast coast of Australia. [4] [5] Of its 500 islands, the five main ones are inhabited, are spread across an area 30 miles (48 km) wide and over 250 miles (400 km) in length.