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Overseas Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon Collectivité d'outre-mer de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (French)
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| Status | Overseas collectivity |
| Capital and largest city | Saint-Pierre 46°49′30″N 56°16′30″W / 46.82500°N 56.27500°WCoordinates: 46°49′30″N 56°16′30″W / 46.82500°N 56.27500°W |
| Official languages | French |
| Demonym(s) | Saint-Pierrais Miquelonnais Pierrian |
| France | |
| Government | Overseas collectivity |
| Emmanuel Macron | |
• Prefect | Thierry Devimeux |
| Stéphane Lenormand | |
| Legislature | Territorial Council |
| Overseas collectivity of France | |
| 30 May 1814 | |
| 27 October 1946 | |
| 17 July 1976 | |
| 11 June 1985 | |
| 28 March 2003 | |
| Area | |
• Total | 242 km2 (93 sq mi) (unranked) |
• Water (%) | negligible |
| Population | |
• March 2016 census | 6,008[1] |
• Density | 25/km2 (64.7/sq mi) (188th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2004 estimate |
• Total | €161.131 million[2] |
• Per capita | €26,073[2] |
| Currency | Euro (€) unofficially: Canadian dollar ($) (EUR CAD) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−2 |
| observes North American DST | |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +508 |
| ISO 3166 code | PM |
| Internet TLD | .pm |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (French Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon) is a French overseas collectivity. It is made up of several small islands. They are close to Newfoundland on the eastern coast of Canada. It is the only remaining bit of the former French colonial empire territory of New France.
Communes
The communes are:
Historically L'Île-aux-Marins was a separate commune. Then in 1945 it was added into the commune of Saint-Pierre.
In each commune there are settlements Miquelon, Miquelon-Langlade and Saint-Pierre, Saint-Pierre.
References
- ↑ INSEE, Government of France. "Populations légales des collectivités d'outre-mer en 2016" (in fr). https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/3677820?sommaire=3677855. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Evaluation du PIB 2004 de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon – janvier 2007" (PDF). p. 24. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. https://www.webcitation.org/6EIX6F6dk?url=http://www.iedom.fr/IMG/pdf/cerom4_spm.pdf. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
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