Collectivity of Saint Martin

Saint Martin
Saint-Martin
Collectivity of Saint Martin
Collectivité de Saint-Martin
Anthem: "La Marseillaise"
Territorial song: "O Sweet Saint Martin's Land"
Location of Saint Martin in the Leeward Islands
Location of Saint Martin in the Leeward Islands
Location of Saint Martin
Sovereign stateFrance
Partition of island23 March 1648
Separated from Guadeloupe15 July 2007
Capital
and largest city
Marigot
Official languagesFrench
Demonym(s)Saint-Martinois
GovernmentDevolved parliamentary dependency
Emmanuel Macron
• Prefect
Sylvie Feucher
• President of the
Territorial Council
Daniel Gibbs
French Parliament
• Senate
1 senator (of 377)
1 seat shared with Saint Barthélemy (of 577)
Area
• Total
53.2 km2 (20.5 sq mi)
• Water (%)
negligible
Population
• 2017 estimate
35,334 [1] (219th)
• 2014 census
35,107
• Density
682/km2 (1,766.4/sq mi)
Currency
Time zoneUTC-4:00 (AST)
Driving sideright
Calling code+590
ISO 3166 code
Internet TLD

Saint Martin (French: Saint-Martin), officially the Collectivity of Saint Martin (French: Collectivité de Saint-Martin), is a new overseas collectivity of France. It was created on 22 February 2007. It is in the northern parts of the island of Saint Martin and nearby small islands. The southern half of the island is a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

  1. "Saint-Martin: Territory & Places - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information".

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