The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Saint Barthelemy: The Collectivity of Saint Barthélemy is an

overseas collectivity The French overseas collectivities ( abbreviated as COM) are first-order administrative divisions of France, like the French regions, but have a semi-autonomous status. The COMs include some former French overseas colonies and other French ...

of France located in the

Leeward Islands The Leeward Islands () are a group of islands situated where the northeastern Caribbean Sea meets the western Atlantic Ocean. Starting with the Virgin Islands east of Puerto Rico, they extend southeast to Guadeloupe and its dependencies. In Engl ...

in the

Caribbean Sea The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere, located south of the Gulf of Mexico and southwest of the Sargasso Sea. It is bounded by the Greater Antilles to the north from Cuba ...

. Also known as Saint Barth in French, or St. Barts in English, the collectivity is one of the four French territories in the

that comprise the

French West Indies The French West Indies or French Antilles (, ; ) are the parts of France located in the Antilles islands of the Caribbean: * The two overseas departments of: ** Guadeloupe, including the islands of Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Les Saintes, Ma ...

, and it is the only one to have historically been a Swedish colony.

General reference

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: * Common English country names:

Saint Barthélemy Saint Barthélemy, officially the Collectivité territoriale de Saint-Barthélemy, also known as St. Barts (English) or St. Barth (French), is an overseas collectivity of France in the Caribbean. The island lies about southeast of the island ...

, Saint Barth, or Saint Barts * Official English country name: The French Overseas Collectivity of

* Common

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(s): * Official endonym(s): * Adjectival(s): Barthélemoise *

Demonym A demonym (; ) or 'gentilic' () is a word that identifies a group of people ( inhabitants, residents, natives) in relation to a particular place. Demonyms are usually derived from the name of the place ( hamlet, village, town, city, region, ...

(s): Barthélemoise *

Etymology Etymology ( ) is the study of the origin and evolution of words—including their constituent units of sound and meaning—across time. In the 21st century a subfield within linguistics, etymology has become a more rigorously scientific study. ...

: Name of Saint Barthélemy * ISO country codes: BL, BLM, 652 * ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:BL *

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: .bl

Geography of Saint Barthelemy

* Saint Barthelemy is: an

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, and an

of France * Location: **

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and

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***

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere, Northern and Western Hemisphere, Western hemispheres. North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South Ameri ...

(though not on the mainland) **

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the ...

***

North Atlantic The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the Age of Discovery, it was known for ...

****

Caribbean The Caribbean ( , ; ; ; ) is a region in the middle of the Americas centered around the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, mostly overlapping with the West Indies. Bordered by North America to the north, Central America ...

(West Indies) *****

Antilles The Antilles is an archipelago bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the south and west, the Gulf of Mexico to the northwest, and the Atlantic Ocean to the north and east. The Antillean islands are divided into two smaller groupings: the Greater An ...

******

Lesser Antilles The Lesser Antilles is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea, forming part of the West Indies in Caribbean, Caribbean region of the Americas. They are distinguished from the larger islands of the Greater Antilles to the west. They form an arc w ...

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Time zone A time zone is an area which observes a uniform standard time for legal, Commerce, commercial and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow the boundaries between Country, countries and their Administrative division, subdivisions instead of ...

: Eastern Caribbean Time ( UTC-04) ** Extreme points of Saint Barthelemy *** High: Morne du Vitet *** Low:

0 m ** Land boundaries: ''none'' ** Coastline:

* Population of Saint Barthélemy: * * Area of Saint Barthélemy: 21 km² * Atlas of Saint Barthelemy

Environment of Saint Barthelemy

* Climate of Saint Barthélemy * Renewable energy in Saint Barthelemy * Geology of Saint Barthelemy * Protected areas of Saint Barthelemy ** Biosphere reserves in Saint Barthelemy ** National parks of Saint Barthelemy * Wildlife of Saint Barthelemy ** Fauna of Saint Barthelemy *** Birds of Saint Barthelemy *** Mammals of Saint Barthelemy

Natural geographic features of Saint Barthelemy

* Fjords of Saint Barthelemy * Glaciers of Saint Barthelemy * Islands of Saint Barthelemy * Lakes of Saint Barthelemy * Mountains of Saint Barthelemy ** Volcanoes in Saint Barthelemy * Rivers of Saint Barthelemy ** Waterfalls of Saint Barthelemy * Valleys of Saint Barthelemy * World Heritage Sites in Saint Barthelemy: None

Regions of Saint Barthelemy

Ecoregions of Saint Barthelemy

List of ecoregions in Saint Barthelemy * Ecoregions in Saint Barthelemy

Demography of Saint Barthelemy

Government and politics of Saint Barthelemy

Politics of Saint Barthelemy *

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: *

Capital Capital and its variations may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of primary status ** Capital region, a metropolitan region containing the capital ** List of national capitals * Capital letter, an upper-case letter Econom ...

of Saint Barthelemy: Gustavia * Elections in Saint Barthelemy * Political parties in Saint Barthelemy

Branches of the government of Saint Barthelemy

Government of Saint Barthelemy

Executive branch of the government of Saint Barthelemy

Head of state A head of state is the public persona of a sovereign state.#Foakes, Foakes, pp. 110–11 "

he head of state He or HE may refer to: Language * He (letter), the fifth letter of the Semitic abjads * He (pronoun), a pronoun in Modern English * He (kana), one of the Japanese kana (へ in hiragana and ヘ in katakana) * Ge (Cyrillic), a Cyrillic letter cal ...

being an embodiment of the State itself or representative of its international persona." The name given to the office of head of sta ...

: President of Saint Barthelemy, *

Head of government In the Executive (government), executive branch, the head of government is the highest or the second-highest official of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, autonomous region, or other government who often presid ...

: Prime Minister of Saint Barthelemy, * Cabinet of Saint Barthelemy

Legislative branch of the government of Saint Barthelemy

* Parliament of Saint Barthelemy (

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) **

Upper house An upper house is one of two Legislative chamber, chambers of a bicameralism, bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house. The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smaller and often has more restricted p ...

: Senate of Saint Barthelemy **

Lower house A lower house is the lower chamber of a bicameral legislature, where the other chamber is the upper house. Although styled as "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide, the lower house has come to wield more power or otherwise e ...

: House of Commons of Saint Barthelemy

Judicial branch of the government of Saint Barthelemy

Court system of Saint Barthelemy * Supreme Court of Saint Barthelemy

Foreign relations of Saint Barthelemy

Foreign relations of Saint Barthelemy * Diplomatic missions in Saint Barthelemy * Diplomatic missions of Saint Barthelemy * France-Saint Barthelemy relations

International organization membership

The Collectivity of Saint Barthélemy is a member of: *

Universal Postal Union The Universal Postal Union (UPU, ) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that coordinates postal policies among member nations and facilitates a uniform worldwide postal system. It has 192 member states and is headquartered in Be ...

(UPU) *

World Federation of Trade Unions The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) is an international federation of trade union, trade unions established on October 3, 1945. Founded in the immediate aftermath of World War Two, the organization built on the pre-war legacy of the Int ...

(WFTU)

Law and order in Saint Barthelemy

Law of Saint Barthelemy * Constitution of Saint Barthelemy * Crime in Saint Barthelemy * Human rights in Saint Barthelemy ** LGBT rights in Saint Barthelemy ** Freedom of religion in Saint Barthelemy * Law enforcement in Saint Barthelemy

Military of Saint Barthelemy

Military of Saint Barthelemy * Command ** Commander-in-chief: *** Ministry of Defence of Saint Barthelemy * Forces ** Army of Saint Barthelemy ** Navy of Saint Barthelemy ** Air Force of Saint Barthelemy ** Special forces of Saint Barthelemy * Military history of Saint Barthelemy * Military ranks of Saint Barthelemy

Local government in Saint Barthelemy

History of Saint Barthelemy

* Military history of Saint Barthelemy

Culture of Saint Barthelemy

Culture of Saint Barthelemy * Architecture of Saint Barthelemy * Cuisine of Saint Barthélemy * Festivals in Saint Barthelemy * Languages of Saint Barthélemy * Media in Saint Barthelemy * National symbols of Sainté Barthelemy ** Coat of arms of Saint Barthelemy ** Flag of Saint Barthelemy ** National anthem of Saint Barthélemy * People of Saint Barthelemy * Public holidays in Saint Barthelemy * Records of Saint Barthelemy * Religion in Saint Barthelemy ** Christianity in Saint Barthelemy ** Hinduism in Saint Barthélemy ** Islam in Saint Barthelemy ** Judaism in Saint Barthelemy ** Sikhism in Saint Barthelemy * World Heritage Sites in Saint Barthelemy: None

Art in Saint Barthelemy

* Art in Saint Barthelemy * Cinema of Saint Barthelemy * Literature of Saint Barthelemy * Music of Saint Barthelemy * Television in Saint Barthélemy * Theatre in Saint Barthelemy

Sports in Saint Barthelemy

Sports in Saint Barthelemy * Football in Saint Barthélemy * Saint Barthelemy at the Olympics

Economy and infrastructure of Saint Barthelemy

* Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): * Agriculture in Saint Barthelemy * Banking in Saint Barthelemy ** National Bank of Saint Barthelemy * Communications in Saint Barthelemy ** Internet in Saint Barthelemy * Companies of Saint Barthelemy * Currency of Saint Barthélemy:

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(see also: Euro topics) **

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* Energy in Saint Barthelemy ** Energy policy of Saint Barthelemy ** Oil industry in Saint Barthelemy * Mining in Saint Barthelemy * Tourism in Saint Barthélemy * Transport in Saint Barthélemy * Saint Barthelemy Stock Exchange

Education in Saint Barthelemy

Infrastructure of Saint Barthelemy

* Health care in Saint Barthelemy * Transportation in Saint Barthélemy ** Airports in Saint Barthelemy ** Rail transport in Saint Barthelemy ** Roads in Saint Barthelemy * Water supply and sanitation in Saint Barthelemy

References

Bibliography

Mémoire St Barth : Comprehensive bibliography about the island

External links

; Government
Collectivity of Saint Barthélemy (Official government website)

Comité Territorial du Tourisme (Tourism board website)
; Historical and botanical information
Mémoire St Barth : Saint-Barthelemy's history (slave trade, slavery, abolitions)

Saint Barth Fauna & Flora
; General information
Saint Barthelemy
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