Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon | |
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| Overseas Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon Collectivité d'outre-mer de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon | |
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.svg) Location of Saint Pierre and Miquelon | |
| Sovereign state | France |
| Cession from the United Kingdom | 30 May 1814 |
| Current status | 28 March 2003 |
| Capital and largest city | Saint-Pierre 46°49′30″N 56°16′30″W / 46.82500°N 56.27500°W |
| Official languages | French |
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| Government | Devolved parliamentary dependency |
| Emmanuel Macron | |
• Prefect | Thierry Devimeux |
| Stéphane Lenormand | |
| Legislature | Territorial Council |
| French Parliament | |
• Senate | 1 senator (of 377) |
| 1 seat (of 577) | |
| Area | |
• Total | 242 km2 (93 sq mi) |
• Water (%) | negligible |
| Highest elevation | 240 m (790 ft) |
| Population | |
• 2017 estimate | 5,997 [1] (not ranked) |
• 2016 census | 6,008[2] |
• Density | 25/km2 (64.7/sq mi) (not ranked) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2004 estimate |
• Total | €161.131 million[3] |
• Per capita | €26,073[3] |
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| Time zone | UTC−03:00 |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−02:00 |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +508 |
| ISO 3166 code | |
| Internet TLD | .pm |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint Pierre and Miquelon, officially the Overseas Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, is a self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France, situated in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean near the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is the only part of New France that remains under French control, with an area of 242 square kilometres (93 sq mi) and a population of 6,008 at the March 2016 census.