| GEOGRAPHY |
| Country name: |
conventional long form: Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon
conventional short form: Saint Pierre and Miquelon
local long form: Departement de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
local short form: Saint-Pierre et Miquelon |
| Capital: |
Saint-Pierre |
| Location: |
Northern North America, islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, south of Newfoundland (Canada) |
| Geographic
Coordinates: |
46 50 N, 56 20 W |
| Area: |
total: 242 sq km
land: 242 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes eight small islands in the Saint Pierre and the Miquelon groups |
| Area
Comparative: |
1.5 times the size of Washington, DC |
| Land
Boundaries: |
0 km |
| Coastline: |
120 km |
| Maritime
Claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
| Climate: |
cold and wet, with much mist and fog; spring and autumn are windy |
| Terrain: |
mostly barren rock |
| Elavation
Extremes: |
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Morne de la Grande Montagne 240 m |
| Natural
Resources: |
fish, deepwater ports |
| GOVERNEMENT |
| Governement
Type: |
NA |
| Administratives
Divisions: |
none (territorial collectivity of France); note - there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are two communes - Saint Pierre, Miquelon at the second order |
| Independence |
none (territorial collectivity of France; has been under French control since 1763) Dependency status:self-governing territorial collectivity of France |
| National
Holiday: |
Bastille Day, 14 July (1789) |
| Constitution: |
28 September 1958 (French Constitution) |
| Legal
System; |
French law with special adaptations for local conditions, such as housing and taxation |
| Suffrage |
18 years of age; universal |
| Executive
Branch: |
chief of state: President Jacques CHIRAC of France (since 17 May 1995), represented by Prefect Albert DUPUY (since 10 January 2005)
head of government: President of the General Council Marc PLANTAGENEST (since NA)
cabinet: NA
elections: French president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; election last held, first round - 21 April 2002, second round - 5 May 2002 (next to be held NA 2007); prefect appointed by the French president on the advice of the French Ministry of Interior; president of the General Council is elected by the members of the council |
| Legislative
Branch: |
unicameral General Council or Conseil General (19 seats - 15 from Saint Pierre and 4 from Miquelon; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms)
elections: elections last held 19 and 26 March 2000 (next to be held NA April 2006)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - PS 12, PRG 2, UDF-RPR 5
note: Saint Pierre and Miquelon elect 1 seat to the French Senate; elections last held NA September 1995 (next to be held NA September 2004); results - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - RPR 1; Saint Pierre and Miquelon also elects 1 seat to the French National Assembly; elections last held, first round - 9 June 2002, second round - 16 June 2002 (next to be held NA 2007); results - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - UDF 1 |
| Judicial
Branch: |
Superior Tribunal of Appeals or Tribunal Superieur d'Appel |
| Political
parties and Leaders: |
Left Radical Party or PRG [leader NA]; Rassemblement pour la Republique or RPR (now UMP) [leader NA]; Socialist Party or PS [leader NA]; Union pour la Democratie Francaise or UDF [leader NA] |
| PEOPLE |
| Population: |
7,012 (July 2005 est.) |
| Age structure: |
0-14 years: 24% (male 861/female 825)
15-64 years: 65.3% (male 2,330/female 2,251)
65 years and over: 10.6% (male 335/female 410) (2005 est.) |
| Median age: |
total: 33.7 years
male: 33.39 years
female: 33.96 years (2005 est.) |
| Nationality: |
noun: Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women)
adjective: French |
| Ethnic groups: |
Basques and Bretons (French fishermen) |
| Religions: |
Roman Catholic 99% |
| Languages: |
French (official) |
| COMUNICATIONS |
| Telephones - main
lines in use: |
4,800 (2002) |
| Telephones - mobile
cellular: |
0 (1994) |
| Telephone system: |
general assessment: adequate
domestic: NA
international: country code - 508; radiotelephone communication with most countries in the world; 1 earth station in French domestic satellite system |
| Radio broadcast
stations: |
AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 0 (1998) |
| Television broadcast
stations: |
0 (there are, however, two repeaters which rebroadcast programs from France, Canada, and the US) (1997) |
| Internet country
code: |
.pm |
| Internet hosts: |
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| Internet users: |
NA |
| TRANSPORT |
| Railways: |
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| Highways: |
total: 114 km
paved: 69 km
unpaved: 45 km |
| Waterways: |
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| Pipelines: |
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| Ports and harbors: |
Saint-Pierre |
| Merchant marine: |
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| Airports: |
2 (2004 est.) |
| Airports - with
paved runways: |
total: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2004 est.) |
| Airports - with
unpaved runways: |
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| Heliports: |
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