Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | |
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| Motto: | |
| Anthem: La Marseillaise ("The Marseillaise") | |
Location of Saint Pierre and Miquelon in North America. | |
| Sovereign state | France |
| Cession from the United Kingdom | May 30, 1814 |
| Territorial status within the French Union | October 27, 1946 |
| Collectivity status | March 28, 2003 |
| Capital and largest city | Saint-Pierre 46°46′40″N 56°10′40″W / 46.7778°N 56.1778°W |
| Official languages | French |
| Common languages | Saint Pierre and Miquelon French |
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| Government | Devolved parliamentary local authority within French Republic |
| Emmanuel Macron | |
• Prefect | Bruno André |
| 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 | |
• 2022 census | 5,819 |
• Density | 24/km2 (62.2/sq mi) (not ranked) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2015 estimate |
• Total | €240 million |
• Per capita | €39,778 |
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| Time zone | UTC−03:00 |
| UTC−02:00 | |
| Date format | dd/mm/yyyy (AD) |
| Driving side | Right |
| Calling code | +508 |
| INSEE code | 975 |
| ISO 3166 code | |
| Internet TLD | .pm |
| Website | https://www.spm-ct975.fr/ |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (/ˈmikəlɒn/ MEEK-ə-lon), officially the Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (French: Collectivité territoriale de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon), is a self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, located near the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. An archipelago of eight islands, St. Pierre and Miquelon is a vestige of the once-vast territory of New France. 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 5,819 as of the January 2022 census. Saint Pierre and Miquelon is an Overseas Country and Territory (OCT) of the European Union, although not an integral part of it. It is neither part of the Schengen area, nor of the European customs territory. On the other hand, Saint Pierre and Miquelon is part of the Eurozone, and its inhabitants have European Union citizenship. The territory is also part of the Regional Joint Cooperation Commission (Atlantic Canada Cooperation) and the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization.
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. St. Pierre is 19 kilometres (10+1⁄2 nautical miles) from Point May on the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland and 3,819 kilometres (2,373 mi) from Brest, the nearest city in Metropolitan France. The tiny Canadian Green Island lies 10 kilometres (5+1⁄2 nmi) east of Saint Pierre, roughly halfway to Point May.