Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (French) | |
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Overseas collectivity of France | |
| Overseas Collectivity of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon Collectivité d'outre-mer de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon | |
| Motto: | |
| Anthem: La Marseillaise ("The Marseillaise") | |
 Location of Saint Pierre and Miquelon in North America. | |
| Sovereign state |  France |
| Cession from the United Kingdom | 30 May 1814 |
| Current status | 28 March 2003 |
| Capital and largest city | Saint-Pierre 46°46′40″N 56°10′40″W / 46.7778°N 56.1778°W |
| Official languages | French |
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| Government | Devolved parliamentary local authority within French Republic |
| Emmanuel Macron | |
• Prefect | Bruno André[1] |
| Bernard Briand | |
| Legislature | Territorial Council |
| French Parliament | |
• Senate | 1 senator (of 377) |
| 1 seat (of 577) | |
| Area | |
• Total | 242 km2 (93 sq mi) |
• Water (%) | negligible |
| Highest elevation | 240 m (790 ft) |
| Population | |
• 2020 census | 6,092[2] |
• Density | 25/km2 (64.7/sq mi) (not ranked) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2004 estimate |
• Total | €161.1 million[3] |
• Per capita | €26,073[3] |
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| Time zone | UTC−03:00 |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−02:00 |
| Date format | dd/mm/yyyy (AD) |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +508 |
| INSEE code | 975 |
| ISO 3166 code | |
| Internet TLD | .pm |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (/ˈmɪkəlɒn/),[4] officially the Overseas Collectivity of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (French: Collectivité d'outre-mer de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon [sɛ̃ pjɛʁ e miklɔ̃] ), is a self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, located near the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.[5][6] An archipelago of eight islands, St. Pierre and Miquelon is a vestige of the once-vast territory of New France.[5] Its residents are French citizens. The collectivity elects its own deputy to the National Assembly and participates in senatorial and presidential elections. It covers 242 km2 (93 sq mi) of land and had a population of 6,008 as of the March 2016 census[update].[2]
The islands are in the Gulf of St. Lawrence near the entrance of Fortune Bay, which extends into the southwestern coast of Newfoundland, near the Grand Banks of Newfoundland.[7] St. Pierre is 19 km (12 mi) from Point May on the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland and 3,819 km (2,373 mi) from Brest, the nearest city in Metropolitan France.[8] The tiny Canadian Green Island lies 10 km (6 mi) east of Saint Pierre, roughly halfway to Point May.
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- ^ a b "Populations légales des collectivités d'outre-mer en 2020" (in French). INSEE. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Evaluation du PIB 2004 de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon – janvier 2007" (PDF). p. 24. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ^ "Miquelon". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster.
- ^ a b "Saint Pierre and Miquelon", The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency, 10 January 2023, retrieved 8 February 2023
- ^ "Encyclopedia Britannica – St Pierre and Miquelon". Archived from the original on 15 December 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ Premio Real (22 February 2005). "Les iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon – Notes de la conférence donnée à l'Institut Canadien, devant la Société Géographique de Québec, le 29 avril 1880, par Son Excellence le comte de Premio-Real, consul-général d'Espagne". Archived from the original on 3 January 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2013 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Flight distance from Brest, France to Saint Pierre and Miquelon". Travelmath.com. Archived from the original on 31 May 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.