Saint Martin Saint-Martin (French) | |
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| Collectivity of Saint Martin Collectivité de Saint-Martin | |
| Anthem: La Marseillaise ("The Marseillaise") | |
| Territorial anthem: "O Sweet Saint Martin's Land" | |
 Location of Saint Martin in the Leeward Islands | |
 Saint Martin is located on the northern half of the island of Saint Martin. | |
| Sovereign state |  France |
| Partition of island | 23 March 1648 |
| Separated from Guadeloupe | 15 July 2007 |
| Capital and largest city | Marigot |
| Official languages | French |
| Demonym(s) | Saint-Martinois |
| Government | Devolved parliamentary dependency |
| Emmanuel Macron | |
• Prefect | Serge Gouteyron[1] |
| Louis Mussington[2] | |
| Legislature | Territorial Council |
| French Parliament | |
• Senate | 1 senator (of 377) |
| 1 seat shared with Saint Barthélemy (of 577) | |
| Area | |
• Total | 53.2[3] km2 (20.5 sq mi) |
• Water (%) | negligible |
| Population | |
• Jan. 2021 census | 31,477[4] |
• Density | 592/km2 (1,533.3/sq mi) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2014 estimate |
• Total | US$771.9 million (€581.8 million)[5] |
• Per capita | US$21,987 (€16,572)[5] |
| Currency |
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| Time zone | UTC-4:00 (AST) |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +590 |
| INSEE code | 978 |
| ISO 3166 code | |
| Internet TLD | |
The Collectivity of Saint Martin (French: Collectivité de Saint-Martin), commonly known as simply Saint Martin (Saint-Martin, [sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃] ), is an overseas collectivity of France in the West Indies in the Caribbean, on the northern half of the island of Saint Martin, as well as some smaller adjacent islands.[6] Saint Martin is separated from the island of Anguilla by the Anguilla Channel.[7] Its capital is Marigot.[6]
With a population of 31,477 as of January 2021[4] on an area of 53.2 square kilometres (20.5 sq mi),[3] it encompasses the northern 60% of the divided island of Saint Martin, and some neighbouring islets, the largest of which is Île Tintamarre. The southern 40% of the island of Saint Martin constitutes Sint Maarten, which has been a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands[6] since 2010 following the dissolution of Netherlands Antilles. This marks the only place in the world where France borders the Netherlands.
Before 2007, the French part of Saint Martin was a commune belonging to the French overseas department and region of Guadeloupe. Despite seceding from Guadeloupe in 2007 and gaining more autonomy as an overseas collectivity of France, Saint Martin has remained an outermost region of the European Union and is part of the eurozone. For statistical purposes, it is still included in the NUTS 2 (FRY1) and NUTS 3 (FRY10) of Guadeloupe by Eurostat.
- ^ "Serge Gouteyron, nouveau préfet de Saint-Martin et de Saint-Barthélémy]". Outremers 360 (in French). 25 December 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ "Louis Mussington becomes the 6th president of French Saint Martin on Sunday". SMX Island Time. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Mise à jour du plan de prévention des risques naturels de la collectivité territoriale de Saint-Martin" (PDF). Preferecture of Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin (in French). Government of France. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ a b "Décret n° 2023-1256 du 26 décembre 2023 authentifiant les chiffres des populations de métropole, des départements d'outre-mer de la Guadeloupe, de la Guyane, de la Martinique et de La Réunion, et des collectivités de Saint-Barthélemy, de Saint-Martin, et de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon". legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Government of France. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Estimation of per capita GDP in Saint-Martin" (PDF). CEROM. INSEE. May 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ a b c "CIA World Factbook – Saint Martin". Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ "Encyclopedia Britannica – Saint Martin". Retrieved 24 July 2019.