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Saint Pierre and Miquelon Information

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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.

Population

6,010 (July 2010 est.)

Government type

none (territorial overseas 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

Administrative divisions

NA

Independence

Bastille Day, 14 July (1789)

International organization participation

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

Economy - overview

Market value of publicly traded shares

fish processing and supply base for fishing fleets; tourism

Agriculture - products

NA%

Industries

53 million kWh (2007 est.)

Industrial production growth rate

49.29 million kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - production

0 kWh (2008 est.)

Oil - production

0 bbl/day (2007 est.)

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