End of French colonial empire The result section in the infobox include the statement that this was the end of the French colonial empire I think that is a questionably ascertain If one is to look formally than the French colonial empire ended 1946 being replaced with the French Union and French Algeria wasn t even considered a colony but a part of France If one defines the French colonial empire as the possessions of France outside metropolitan France than the empire still existed with Overseas departments and territories like Guadeloupe Martinique French Guiana and others So in neither sense is the statement really true and should therefore be removed