.bl is an
Internet
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country code top-level domain
A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, sovereign state, or dependent territory identified with a country code. All ASCII ccTLD identifiers are two letters long, and all tw ...
(
ccTLD
A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, sovereign state, or dependent territory identified with a country code. All ASCII ccTLD identifiers are two letters long, and all tw ...
) that was to be created for
Saint Barthélemy
Saint Barthélemy, officially the Collectivité territoriale de Saint-Barthélemy, also known as St. Barts (English) or St. Barth (French), is an overseas collectivity of France in the Caribbean. The island lies about southeast of the island ...
, following the decision on 21 September 2007 by the
ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency to allocate BL as the
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes are two-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166-1, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), to represent countries, dependent territories, and special ...
code for Saint Barthélemy. This decision followed Saint Barthélemy's new status as an
Overseas collectivity
The French overseas collectivities ( abbreviated as COM) are first-order administrative divisions of France, like the French regions, but have a semi-autonomous status. The COMs include some former French overseas colonies and other French ...
of France which took effect on 15 July 2007.
Currently Saint Barthélemy uses
Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre Island, Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galant ...
's ccTLD,
.gp,
[CIA – The World Factbook – Saint Barthelemy](_blank)
Communications. 18 October 2007. Accessed 22 October 2007. ".bl; note – .gp, the ccTLD for Guadeloupe, and .fr, the ccTLD for France, might also be encountered" and France's ccTLD,
.fr.
See also
*
ISO 3166-2:BL
*
Internet in France
*
.eu –ccTLD for the
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are Geography of the European Union, located primarily in Europe. The u ...
References
External links
IANA .bl whois information
Country code top-level domains
Communications in Saint Barthélemy
Internet properties established in 2007
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