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is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Saint Pierre and Miquelon: The Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (french: Collectivité territoriale de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon) is an

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of France located in the

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about south of the

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. The collectivity comprises a group of small islands, the main ones being Saint Pierre and

Miquelon Miquelon-Langlade is the larger but less populated of the two communes (municipalities) making up the French overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, located to the south of Newfoundland in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It consists of t ...

. The islands are part of France and the European Union but due to special immigration procedures, EU nationals who are not French citizens are not allowed to exercise free movement and business establishment in the

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The archipelago is the only remnant of the former colonial territory of

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that remains under French control.

General reference

* Pronunciation: ; * Common English country name:

Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Pierre and Miquelon (), officially the Territorial Collectivity of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (french: link=no, Collectivité territoriale de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon ), is a self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France in t ...

* Official English country name: The French Territorial Collectivity of

* Common endonym:

Saint-Pierre et Miquelon Saint Pierre and Miquelon (), officially the Territorial Collectivity of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (french: link=no, Collectivité territoriale de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon ), is a self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France in t ...

* Official endonym: Collectivité territoriale de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon * Adjectival(s): Saint-Pierrais, Miquelonnais * Demonym(s): Saint-Pierrais, Pierrois (older usage,See also French verb morphology for suffixes. particularly for residents of

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), Miquelonais, French,

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Etymology Etymology ()The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time". is the study of the history of the Phonological chan ...

Name of Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Pierre and Miquelon (), officially the Territorial Collectivity of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (french: link=no, Collectivité territoriale de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon ), is a self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France in t ...

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: PM, SPM, 666 *

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: See ISO 3166-2:PM *

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.pm .pm is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Saint Pierre and Miquelon. It is managed by AFNIC, with registration services opening on 6 December 2011. As of June 2021, there are more than 7000 registered .pm domains. British Domain H ...

Geography of Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Geography of Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Pierre and Miquelon is a French overseas collectivity in the Western Hemisphere and the Northern Hemisphere. It consists of an island archipelago, off the coast of Newfoundland, near North America. The collectivity shares a maritime bou ...

* Saint Pierre and Miquelon is: an

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* Location: ** Northern Hemisphere and

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*** North America (though not on the

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) **

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*** North Atlantic (south of Newfoundland,

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) **

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: UTC-03, summer UTC-02 ** Extreme points of Saint Pierre and Miquelon *** High: Morne de la Grande Montagne on

*** Low:

** Land boundaries: ''none'' ** Coastline:

* Population of Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 7,063 (2009 estimate) * Area of Saint Pierre and Miquelon: * Atlas of Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Environment of Saint Pierre and Miquelon

* Climate of Saint Pierre and Miquelon * Renewable energy in Saint Pierre and Miquelon * Geology of Saint Pierre and Miquelon * Protected areas of Saint Pierre and Miquelon ** Biosphere reserves in Saint Pierre and Miquelon ** National parks of Saint Pierre and Miquelon * Wildlife of Saint Pierre and Miquelon ** Fauna of Saint Pierre and Miquelon *** Birds of Saint Pierre and Miquelon *** Mammals of Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Natural geographic features of Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon The following is a list of the islands of the French territorial collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Saint Pierre and Miquelon was a colony of France. It became a territoire d'outre-mer (overseas territory) in 1946, a département d'outr ...

* Rivers of Saint Pierre and Miquelon * World Heritage Sites in Saint Pierre and Miquelon: None

Regions of Saint Pierre and Miquelon

List of cities in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon This is a list of cities in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon. The communes are: * Miquelon-Langlade * Saint-Pierre Historically L'Île-aux-Marins was a separate commune up until 1945 when it was annexed into the commune of Saint-Pierre. Within each ...

Demography of Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Demographics of Saint Pierre and Miquelon This is a demographics, demography of the population of Saint Pierre and Miquelon including population density, Ethnic group, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the popul ...

Neighbours of Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Saint Pierre and Miquelon shares a

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with: * **

Government and politics of Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Politics of Saint Pierre and Miquelon The politics of Saint Pierre and Miquelon take place in the framework of a parliamentary representative democratic French overseas collectivity, whereby the President of the Territorial Council is the head of government, and of a multi-party syst ...

* Form of government: * Capital of Saint Pierre and Miquelon: Saint-Pierre *

Elections in Saint Pierre and Miquelon Elections are held in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon for the French president, a member of the National Assembly, a member of the Senate, and a territorial legislature. Presidential elections Electors from Saint-Pierre and Miquelon vote in all French ...

** Legislative elections:

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- 2006 *

Political parties in Saint Pierre and Miquelon Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies ...

Branches of the government of Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Government of Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Executive branch of the government of Saint Pierre and Miquelon

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: Prefect of Saint Pierre and Miquelon * Cabinet of Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Legislative branch of the government of Saint Pierre and Miquelon

* National: **

Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon's 1st constituency The 1st constituency of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon is a French legislative constituency on the islands of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon Saint Pierre and Miquelon (), officially the Territorial Collectivity of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (french: link ...

** 1 deputy in the National Assembly of France ** 1 senator in the

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* Territorial: **

Territorial Council of Saint Pierre and Miquelon The Territorial Council (french: Conseil territorial) is the legislative branch of the government of the French territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon. It was previously known as the ''General Council'' (french: Conseil général), but the nam ...

Judicial branch of the government of Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Foreign relations of Saint Pierre and Miquelon

International organization membership

The Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon is a member of: *

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(UPU) *

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(WFTU)

Law and order in Saint Pierre and Miquelon

** LGBT rights in Saint Pierre and Miquelon * Law enforcement in Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Military of Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Local government in Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Municipal governments in Saint Pierre and Miquelon Municipal governments in Saint Pierre and Miquelon are responsible for day-to-day function on the islands and are in effect city council or a level of local government under the General Council. There are two levels of local government in the terri ...

History of Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Culture of Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Culture of Saint Pierre and Miquelon * Languages of Saint Pierre and Miquelon * National symbols of Saint Pierre and Miquelon ** Coat of arms of Saint Pierre and Miquelon **

Flag of Saint Pierre and Miquelon The flag of Saint Pierre and Miquelon is officially the flag of France, as Saint Pierre and Miquelon is a self-governing overseas collectivity of France. History In 1982 an unofficial local flag was designed, based on the Collectivity's coat ...

** National anthem of Saint Pierre and Miquelon * Public holidays in Saint Pierre and Miquelon * Roman Catholic Vicariate Apostolic of Iles Saint Pierre and Miquelon * World Heritage Sites in Saint Pierre and Miquelon: None

Art in Saint Pierre and Miquelon

* Art in Saint Pierre and Miquelon * Cinema of Saint Pierre and Miquelon ** ''

The Widow of Saint-Pierre ''The Widow of Saint-Pierre'' (french: La veuve de Saint-Pierre) is a 2000 Canadian-French film by Patrice Leconte with Juliette Binoche, Daniel Auteuil and Emir Kusturica. Loosely inspired by an actual case, it tells the story of a disillusioned ...

'' * Literature of Saint Pierre and Miquelon * Music of Saint Pierre and Miquelon * Television in Saint Pierre and Miquelon * Theatre in Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Sport in Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Sport in Saint Pierre and Miquelon * Football in Saint Pierre and Miquelon ** Saint Pierre and Miquelon national football team * Saint Pierre and Miquelon at the Olympics

Economy and infrastructure of Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Economy of Saint Pierre and Miquelon The economy of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, due to the islands' location, has been dependent on fishing and servicing fishing fleets operating off the coast of Newfoundland. The economy has been declining, however, due to disputes with Canada over- ...

* Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): *

Communications in Saint Pierre and Miquelon Telecommunications in France are highly developed. France is served by an extensive system of automatic telephone exchanges connected by modern networks of fiber-optic cable, coaxial cable, microwave radio relay, and a domestic satellite system; ...

** Internet in Saint Pierre and Miquelon Euro banknotes 2002

* Currency of Saint Pierre and Miquelon:

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Transport in Saint Pierre and Miquelon While Saint Pierre and Miquelon no longer has any functioning railways, today it has of highways plus of unpaved roads. Its only major harbour is at Saint-Pierre although there is a smaller harbour at Miquelon. The dependency has no mercha ...

Airports in Saint Pierre and Miquelon An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...

Education in Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Education in Saint Pierre and Miquelon Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Vari ...

References

External links

; Community, culture and history
Municipal Government of St-Pierre

* ttps://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/saint-pierre-and-miquelon/ CIA World Factbook entry for Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
History of French submarine telegraph cables

; Tourism * ttp://www2.st-pierre-et-miquelon.info Tourist Office Official web site st-pierre-et-miquelon.info
Tourism and Travel Resources for St Pierre & Miquelon

Frequently Asked Questions Tourism and Travel

Maps of Towns in Saint-Pierre & Miquelon
* ; Territorial issues
Saint-Pierre & Miquelon Continental Plate - "Defend Saint-Pierre & Miquelon"
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