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Collectivité territoriale de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon | ||||
| Overseas Collectivity of France | ||||
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| Motto A Mare Labor | ||||
| Anthem La Marseillaise | ||||
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| Capital | Saint-Pierre | |||
| Status | Overseas Collectivity | |||
| President of France | ||||
| - From 2007 | Nicolas Sarkozy | |||
| Prefect | ||||
| - From 2009 | Jean-Régis Borius | |||
| History | ||||
| - February 10, 1763 | Established | |||
| - October 27, 1946 | Overseas territory | |||
| - July 17, 1976 | Overseas department | |||
| - June 11, 1985 | Territorial collectivity | |||
| - March 28, 2003 | Overseas collectivity | |||
| Area | 242 km² | |||
| Population | ||||
| - 2009 | 7,063 | |||
| Density | 29.1/km² | |||
| Currency | Euro | |||
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The Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon is an overseas collectivity of France, located in North America.
Background
First settled by the French in the early 17th century, the islands represent the sole remaining vestige of France's once vast North American possessions.[1]
Economy
The inhabitants have traditionally earned their livelihood by fishing and by servicing fishing fleets operating off the coast of Newfoundland. The economy has been declining, however, because of disputes with Canada over fishing quotas and a steady decline in the number of ships stopping at Saint Pierre. In 1992, an arbitration panel awarded the islands an exclusive economic zone of 12,348 sq km to settle a longstanding territorial dispute with Canada, although it represents only 25% of what France had sought. France heavily subsidizes the islands to the great betterment of living standards. The government hopes an expansion of tourism will boost economic prospects. Fish farming, crab fishing, and agriculture are being developed to diversify the local economy. Recent test drilling for oil may pave the way for development of the energy sector.[2]
President of France
- Nicolas Sarkozy (₩) (May 16, 2007 - )
Prefect
- Jean-Régis Borius (₩) (November 1, 2009 - )
Nation
France (Overseas)
French Overseas Collectivities
- Collectivity of Saint Barthélemy (From 1648)
- Collectivity of Saint Martin (From 2007)
- French Polynesia (From 1957)
- New Caledonia (From 1853)
- Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands (1961-2024)
- Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (From 1955)
