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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. They attained the status of an overseas collectivity in 2003.


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Location: Northern North America islands in the North Atlantic Ocean south of Newfoundland (Canada)

Geographic coordinates: 46 50 N 56 20 W

Map reference: North America

Area
Total: 242 km²
Land: 242 km²
Water: 0 km²
Note: includes eight small islands in the Saint Pierre and the Miquelon groups
Rank: 214
Comparative: one and half 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 considerable mist and fog; spring and autumn are often windy

Terrain: mostly barren rock

Elevation
Mean elevation: NA
Elevation extremes: lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m: highest point: Morne de la Grande Montagne 240 m

Natural resources: fish deepwater ports

Land use
Agricultural land: 8.7%
Forest: 12.5%
Other: 78.8%

Irrigated land: 0 km² (2012)

Major rivers

Major watersheds area km²

Total water withdrawal

Total renewable water resources

Natural hazards: persistent fog throughout the year can be a maritime hazard

Geography
Note: vegetation scanty; the islands are actually part of the northern Appalachians along with Newfoundland


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Population
Distribution: most of the population is found on Saint Pierre Island; a small settlement is located on the north end of Miquelon Island: 5,533 (July 2017 est.)
Rank: 227
Growth rate: -1.08% (2017 est.)
Growth rate rank: 232
Below poverty line: NA%

Nationality
Noun: Frenchman Frenchwoman(women)
Adjective: French

Ethnic groups: Basques and Bretons (French fishermen)

Languages: French (official)

Religions: Roman Catholic 99% other 1%

Demographic profile

Age structure
0-14 years: 15.29%
15-24 years: 9.05%
25-54 years: 41.79%
55-64 years: 13.54%
65 years and over: 20.33% (2017 est.)

Dependency ratios

Median age
Total: 46.5 years
Male: 46 years
Female: 47 years
Rank: 4

Population growth rate: -1.08% (2017 est.)
Rank: 232

Birth rate: 7.1 births/1000 population (2017 est.)
Rank: 225

Death rate: 9.9 deaths/1000 population (2017 est.)
Rank: 42

Net migration rate: -8 migrant(s)/1000 population (2017 est.)
Rank: 207

Population distribution: most of the population is found on Saint Pierre Island; a small settlement is located on the north end of Miquelon Island

Urbanization
Urban population: 90.6% of total population
Rate of urbanization: 0.09% annual rate of change

Major urban areas
Population: SAINT-PIERRE (capital) 5,000 (2014)

Environment
Current issues: recent test drilling for oil in waters around Saint Pierre and Miquelon may bring future development that would impact the environment

Air pollutants

Sex ratio
At birth: 1.05 male/female
0-14 years: 1.06 male/female
15-24 years: 1.08 male/female
25-54 years: 0.97 male/female
55-64 years: 1.1 male/female
65 years and over: 0.72 male/female
Total population: 0.95 male/female

Mothers mean age at first birth

Maternal mortality ratio

Infant mortality rate
Total: 6.5 deaths/1000 live births
Male: 7.5 deaths/1000 live births
Female: 5.4 deaths/1000 live births
Rank: 165

Life expectancy at birth
Total population: 80.6 years
Male: 78.3 years
Female: 83.1 years
Rank: 37

Total fertility rate: 1.57 children born/woman (2017 est.)
Rank: 186

Contraceptive prevalence rate

Drinking water source

Current health expenditure

Physicians density

Hospital bed density

Sanitation facility access

Hiv/Aids
Adult prevalence rate: NA
People living with hivaids: NA
Deaths: NA

Major infectious diseases

Obesity adult prevalence rate

Alcohol consumption

Tobacco use

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

Education expenditures

Literacy

School life expectancy primary to tertiary education

Youth unemployment


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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
Etymology: Saint-Pierre is named after Saint PETER the patron saint of fishermen; Miquelon may be a corruption of the Basque name Mikelon

Government type: parliamentary democracy (Territorial Council); overseas collectivity of France

Capital
Name: Saint-Pierre
Geographic coordinates: 46 46 N 56 11 W
Time difference: UTC-3
Daylight saving time: +1hr begins second Sunday in March; ends first Sunday in November

Administrative divisions: none (territorial overseas collectivity of France); note - there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government but there are 2 communes at the second order - Saint Pierre Miquelon

Dependent areas

Independence: none (overseas collectivity collectivity of France; has been under French control since 1763)

National holiday: Fete de la Federation 14 July (1790)

Constitution: 4 October 1958 (French Constitution)

Legal system: French civil law

International law organization participation

Citizenship: see France

Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

Executive branch
Chief of state: President Emmanuel MACRON ; represented by Prefect Jean-Regis BORIUS (since 2016)
Head of government: President of Territorial Council Stephane ARTANO
Cabinet: Le Cabinet du Prefet
Electionsappointments: French president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term ; election last held on 23 April and 6 May 2017 (next to be held in 2022); prefect appointed by French president on the advice of French Ministry of Interior

Legislative branch
Description: unicameral Territorial Council or Conseil Territorial
Note: Saint Pierre and Miquelon elect 1 member to the French Senate; elections last held on 28 September 2014 ; results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - AD 1 (affiliated with UMP); Saint Pierre and Miquelon also elects 1 member to the French National Assembly; elections last held on 17 June 2012 (next to be held by June 2017); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Ensemble pour l'Avenir 1 (affiliated with PRG)
Elections: elections last held on 19 March 2017
Election results: percent of vote by party - AD 70.2% Cap sur l'Avenir 29.8%; seats by party - AD 17 Cap sur l'Avenir 2

Judicial branch
Highest court: Superior Tribunal of Appeals or Tribunal Superieur d'Appel
Judge selection and term of office: judge selection and tenure NA
Subordinate courts: NA

Political parties and leaders:

International organization participation: UPU WFTU (NGOs)

Diplomatic representation
In the us: none (territorial overseas collectivity of France)
From the us: none (overseas collectivity of France)

Flag description: a yellow three-masted sailing ship facing the hoist side rides on a blue background with scattered white wavy lines under the ship; a continuous black-over-white wavy line divides the ship from the white wavy lines; on the hoist side a vertical band is divided into three parts: the top part (called ikkurina) is red with a green diagonal cross extending to the corners overlaid by a white cross dividing the rectangle into four sections; the middle part has a white background with an ermine pattern; the third part has a red background with two stylized yellow lions outlined in black one above the other; these three heraldic arms represent settlement by colonists from the Basque Country (top) Brittany and Normandy; the blue on the main portion of the flag symbolizes the Atlantic Ocean and the stylized ship represents the Grande Hermine in which Jacques Cartier 'discovered' the islands in 1536
Note: the flag of France used for official occasions

National symbols: 16th-century sailing ship

National anthem
Note: as a collectivity of France 'La Marseillaise' is official

National heritage


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Economy overview:

Real gdp purchasing power parity: $215.3 million (2006 est.)
Note: supplemented by annual payments from France of about $60 million
Rank: 219

Real gdp growth rate: NA%

Real gdp per capita: $34,900 (2006 est.)
Rank: 56

Gross national saving

Gdp composition by end use

Gdp composition by sector of origin
Agriculture: 2%
Industry: 15%
Services: 83%

Agriculture products: vegetables; poultry cattle sheep pigs; fish

Industries: fish processing and supply base for fishing fleets; tourism

Industrial production growth rate: NA%

Labor force: 3,194 (2006)
Rank: 225
By occupation agriculture: 18%
By occupation industry: 41%
By occupation services: 41%

Unemployment rate: 9.9% (2008 est.)
Rank: 131

Youth unemployment

Population below poverty line: NA%

Gini index

Household income or consumption by percentage share
Lowest 10: NA%
Highest 10: NA%

Distribution of family income gini index

Budget
Revenues: $70 million
Expenditures: $60 million
Surplus or deficit: 4.6% of GDP (1996 est.)
Surplus or deficit rank: 8

Taxes and other revenues: 32.5% of GDP (1996 est.)
Rank: 66

Public debt

Revenue

Fiscal year: calendar year

Inflation rate consumer prices:
Rank: 169

Central bank discount rate

Commercial bank prime lending rate

Stock of narrow money

Stock of broad money

Stock of domestic credit

Market value of publicly traded shares

Current account balance

Exports:
Rank: 217
Commodities: fish and fish products soybeans animal feed mollusks and crustaceans fox and mink pelts

Imports:
Rank: 217
Commodities: meat clothing fuel electrical equipment machinery building materials

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

Debt external: $N/A

Stock of direct foreign investment at home

Stock of direct foreign investment abroad

Exchange rates:


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Electricity
Production: 47 million kWh (2015 est.)
Production rank: 208
Consumption: 43.71 million kWh (2015 est.)
Consumption rank: 206
Exports: 0 kWh (2016 est.)
Exports rank: 191
Imports: 0 kWh (2016 est.)
Imports rank: 195
Installed generating capacity: 27,600 kW (2015 est.)
Installed generating capacity rank: 203
Generation sources fossil fuels: 97.8% of total installed capacity (2015 est.)
Generation sources fossil fuels rank: 40
Generation sources nuclear: 0% of total installed capacity (2015 est.)
Generation sources nuclear rank: 176
Generation sources hydroelectricity: 0% of total installed capacity (2015 est.)
Generation sources hydroelectricity rank: 199
Generation sources other renewable sources: 2.2% of total installed capacity (2015 est.)
Generation sources other renewable sources rank: 117

Coal

Petroleum
Petroleum total petroleum production: 0 bbl/day (2016 est.)
Petroleum total petroleum production rank: 188
Crude oil exports: 0 bbl/day (2014 est.)
Crude oil exports rank: 183
Crude oil imports: 0 bbl/day (2014 est.)
Crude oil imports rank: 184
Crude oil proven reserves: 0 bbl (1 January 2017 es)
Crude oil proven reserves rank: 186

Crude oil

Refined petroleum
Products production: 0 bbl/day (2014 est.)
Products production rank: 192
Products consumption: 630 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Products consumption rank: 208
Products exports: 0 bbl/day (2014 est.)
Products exports rank: 193
Products imports: 624.9 bbl/day (2014 est.)
Products imports rank: 204

Natural gas
Production: 0 m³ (2013 est.)
Production rank: 189
Consumption: 0 m³ (2013 est.)
Consumption rank: 126
Exports: 0 m³ (2013 est.)
Exports rank: 175
Imports: 0 m³ (2013 est.)
Imports rank: 182
Proven reserves: 0 m³ (1 January 2014 es)
Proven reserves rank: 189

Carbon dioxide emissions
From consumption of energy: 200,000 Mt (2013 est.)
From consumption of energy rank: 198

Energy consumption per capita


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Telephones
Fixed lines total subscriptions: 4,800
Fixed lines subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 80
Fixed lines rank: 209

Telephone system
General assessment: adequate
International: country code - 508; radiotelephone communication with most countries in the world; satellite earth station - 1 in French domestic satellite system

Broadcast media: 2 TV stations with a third repeater station all part of the French Overseas Network; radio stations on St. Pierre and on Miquelon are part of the French Overseas Network (2007)

Internet
Country code: .pm
Users total: 4,500
Users percent of population: 79.5%

Broadband fixed subscriptions


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Military expenditures

Military and security forces

Military service age and obligation

Space program

Terrorist groups


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National air transport system

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

Airports: 2 (2013)
Rank: 205
With paved runways total: 2
With paved runways 15-24 to 2437 m: 1
With paved runways 914 to 1523 m: 1

Heliports

Pipelines

Railways

Roadways
Total: 117 km
Paved: 80 km
Unpaved: 37 km
Rank: 215

Waterways

Merchant marine

Ports and terminals
Major seaport: Saint-Pierre


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Disputes international: none

Refugees and internally displaced persons

Illicit drugs
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