Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
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National motto: A mare labor | |||||
Official language | French | ||||
Capital city | Saint-Pierre | ||||
President of the General Council | Stéphane Artano | ||||
Prefect | Albert Dupuy | ||||
Area – Total – % water |
242 km² (93.4 mi²) 0.0% |
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Number of people living there – Total (2005) |
7,012 |
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Currency ( What is the money called they use) | Euro (€;EUR) | ||||
GDP (How much money they produce for, per year) | $48.3 Million (225) | ||||
Time zone | UTC-3 | ||||
Calling Code | 508 ¹ | ||||
Internet TLD | .pm | ||||
1. 0508 from metropolitan France or overseas départements. |
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (French Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon) 46°47′N 56°12′W is a French overseas collectivity. It is made up of several small islands. Those islands are near the eastern coast of Canada. They are close to Newfoundland. It is the only thing left of the former colonial territory of New France.
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