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Miquelon-Langlade ( French pronunciation: [miklɔ̃ lɑ̃ɡlad]) is the larger but less populated of the two communes (municipalities) making up the French overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, located 22 km (14 mi) to the south of Newfoundland in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. [ 4] It consists of three geological islands: Miquelon ...
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (/ ˈ m ɪ k ə l ɒ n /), [3] officially the Overseas Collectivity of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (French: Collectivité d'outre-mer de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon [sɛ̃ pjɛʁ e miklɔ̃] ⓘ), is a self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, located near the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Physical geography. Saint Pierre and Miquelon is an archipelago of eight islands, Saint-Pierre (25 km 2) and Miquelon-Langlade (216 km 2) being the major ones. Collectively the area of the islands is 242 km 2, which is about the size of Brooklyn in New York City. The total coastline is 120 km. The territory also includes the surrounding fishing ...
The history of Saint Pierre and Miquelon is one of early settlement by Europeans taking advantage of the rich fishing grounds near Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, and is characterized by periods of conflict between the French and British. There is evidence of prehistoric native inhabitants on the islands, but there is no record of native inhabitants ...
French. Saint Pierre Island, also spelt as Saint-Pierre Island, [ 3] is one of the three main islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon. It contains the town of Saint-Pierre, which lies on the island's east coast and is the main population centre of the island group. It is part of an overseas collectivity of France, and is located near the Canadian ...
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Saint-Pierre ( French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pjɛʁ] ⓘ) is the capital of the French overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, off the coast of the Canadian island of Newfoundland. Saint-Pierre is the more ...
The Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon ( French: Collectivité territoriale de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon) is an overseas collectivity of France located in the North Atlantic Ocean about 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of the Canadian Island of Newfoundland. [1] The collectivity comprises a group of small islands, the main ones ...
The following is a list of the islands of the French territorial collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon . Saint Pierre and Miquelon was a colony of France. It became a territoire d'outre-mer (overseas territory) in 1946, a département d'outre-mer (overseas department) on 1976-07-19, and then a collectivité territoriale (territorial ...