Back Sint Pierre en Miquelon Afrikaans Saint-Pierre und Miquelon ALS ሰን-ፕዬርና ሚክሎን Amharic Saint-Pierre y Miquelon AN Halga Petrus and Micelong ANG सेंट पियेर आरो मिकेलो ANP سان بيير وميكلون Arabic سان بيير وميكلون ARZ Saint Pierre y Miquelon AST Sen-Pyer və Mikelon Azerbaijani
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (French) | |
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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 |
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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 | |
• 2022 census | 5,819[2] |
• Density | 24/km2 (62.2/sq mi) (not ranked) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2015 estimate |
• Total | €240 million[3] |
• Per capita | €39,778 |
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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 |
| Website | https://www.spm-ct975.fr/ |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (/ˈmɪkəlɒn/ MIK-ə-lon),[4] 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.[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 5,819 as of the January 2022 census[update]. 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.[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 kilometres (10+1⁄2 nautical miles) from Point May on the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland and 3,819 kilometres (2,062 nmi) from Brest, the nearest city in Metropolitan France.[8] The tiny Canadian Green Island lies 10 kilometres (5+1⁄2 nmi) east of Saint Pierre, roughly halfway to Point May.
- ^ ""On est là pour répondre aux crises" : Christian Pouget dresse le bilan de ses deux ans et demi passées à la préfecture de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon". 25 July 2023. Archived from the original on 18 May 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ a b "Populations des collectivités d'outre-mer en 2022" (in French). INSEE. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- ^ "RAPPORT ANNUEL ÉCONOMIQUE | SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON 2021" (PDF). p. 35. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ "Miquelon". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster.
- ^ a b "Saint Pierre and Miquelon", The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency, 10 January 2023, archived from the original on 2 February 2021, 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.