Saint Pierre and Miquelon

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

46 50 N, 56 20 W

North America

242 sq km

242 sq km

0 sq km

1.5 times the size of Washington, D.C.

0 km

120 km

12 nm

200 nm

Cold and wet, with considerable mist and fog; spring and autumn are often windy

Mostly barren rock

Morne de la Grande Montagne 240 m

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

Fish, deepwater ports

8.7% (2023 est.)

Arable land: 8.7% (2023 est.)

Permanent crops: 0% (2022 est.)

Permanent pasture: 0% (2022 est.)

5% (2023 est.)

86.3% (2023 est.)

0 sq km (2022)

Most of the population is found on Saint Pierre Island; a small settlement is located on the north end of Miquelon Island

Persistent fog throughout the year can be a maritime hazard

Vegetation scanty; the islands are part of the northern Appalachians, along with Newfoundland

5,070 (2025 est.)

2,442

2,628

Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women)

French

Basques and Bretons (French fishermen)

French (official)

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Roman Catholic 99%, other 1%

13.1% (male 346/female 328)

61.6% (male 1,559/female 1,600)

25.3% (2024 est.) (male 571/female 728)

63.3 (2025 est.)

21 (2025 est.)

42.3 (2025 est.)

2.4 (2025 est.)

51.8 years (2025 est.)

50.5 years

51.9 years

-1.24% (2025 est.)

6.31 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)

11.83 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)

-6.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)

Most of the population is found on Saint Pierre Island; a small settlement is located on the north end of Miquelon Island

90.1% of total population (2023)

0.75% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

6,000 SAINT-PIERRE (capital) (2018)

1.06 male(s)/female

1.05 male(s)/female

0.97 male(s)/female

0.78 male(s)/female

0.93 male(s)/female (2024 est.)

7.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)

9.6 deaths/1,000 live births

5.8 deaths/1,000 live births

81.8 years (2024 est.)

79.5 years

84.3 years

1.6 children born/woman (2025 est.)

0.79 (2025 est.)

Total: 99.9% of population (2022 est.)

Total: 0.1% of population (2022 est.)

65.2% (2020 est.)

Overfishing

Cold and wet, with considerable mist and fog; spring and autumn are often windy

8.7% (2023 est.)

Arable land: 8.7% (2023 est.)

Permanent crops: 0% (2022 est.)

Permanent pasture: 0% (2022 est.)

5% (2023 est.)

86.3% (2023 est.)

90.1% of total population (2023)

0.75% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

57,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)

57,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)

Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Département de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon

Saint-Pierre et Miquelon

Saint-Pierre and Miquelon is reputed to be named after two navigators, one called Peter and one called Michael (in a nickname form) or Mikelon, a Basque name

Parliamentary democracy (Territorial Council); overseas collectivity of France

Overseas collectivity of France

Saint-Pierre

46 46 N, 56 11 W

UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

+1hr, begins second Sunday in March; ends first Sunday in November

May be named after Saint Peter, the patron saint of fisherman; alternatively, the name may come from one of the two navigators for whom the island as a whole is named

No first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US government, but 2 communes are considered second-order: Saint Pierre, Miquelon

French civil law

4 October 1958 (French Constitution)

Amendment procedures of France's constitution apply

See France

18 years of age; universal

President Emmanuel MACRON (since 14 May 2017); represented by Prefect Bruno ANDRE (since September 2023)

President of Territorial Council Marc DIDIO (since 12 January 2026)

Le Cabinet du Préfet

French president directly elected by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); prefect appointed by French president on the advice of French Ministry of Interior; Territorial Council president elected by Territorial Council councilors by absolute majority vote; term NA

13 October 2020

2020: Bernard BRIAND elected President of Territorial Council; Territorial Council vote - 17 for, 2 abstentions 2017: Stephane LENORMAND elected President of Territorial Council vote - NA

Territorial Council (Conseil Territorial)

Unicameral

19 (directly elected)

Plurality/majority

Full renewal

6 years

3/27/2022

AD (15); Focus on the Future (4)

March 2028

Superior Tribunal of Appeals or Tribunal Supérieur d'Appel (composition NA)

Judge selection and tenure NA

Archipelago Tomorrow (Archipel Domain) or AD (affiliated with The Republicans) Focus on the Future (Cap sur l'Avenir) (affiliated with Left Radical Party) Together to Build (Ensemble pour Construire)

None (overseas territory of France)

None (territorial overseas collectivity of France)

UPU, WFTU (NGOs)

None (overseas collectivity collectivity of France; has been under French control since 1763)

Fête de la Fédération, 14 July (1790)

Description: a yellow three-masted sailing ship facing the left side rides on a blue background with wavy white lines; a black-over-white wavy line divides the ship from the white wavy lines; on the left side, a vertical band is divided into three heraldic arms: the top (called ikkurina) is red with a green diagonal cross extending to the corners and overlaid with a white cross, the middle is white with an ermine pattern, and the bottom is red with two yellow lions outlined in black meaning: the arms represent settlers from the Basque Country (top), Brittany, and Normandy in France; blue symbolizes the Atlantic Ocean, and the ship represents explorer Jacques Cartier's ship when he visited the islands in 1536

16th-century sailing ship

"La Marseillaise" (The Song of Marseille)

Claude-Joseph ROUGET de Lisle

Official anthem, as a French collectivity

High-income, French North American territorial economy; primarily fishing exports; substantial French Government support; highly seasonal labor force; euro user; increasing tourism and aquaculture investments

$261.3 million (2015 est.)

$261.3 million (2015 est.)

Vegetables; poultry, cattle, sheep, pigs; fish

Fish processing and supply base for fishing fleets; tourism

Canada 78%, Ireland 5%, France 5%, Djibouti 4%, UK 2% (2023)

Processed crustaceans, shellfish (2023)

France 57%, Canada 37%, Netherlands 3%, Belgium 2%, Spain 0% (2023)

Refined petroleum, packaged medicine, cars, plastic products, other foods (2023)

Euros (EUR) per US dollar -

0.924 (2024 est.)

0.925 (2023 est.)

0.95 (2022 est.)

0.845 (2021 est.)

0.876 (2020 est.)

26,000 kW (2023 est.)

48.714 million kWh (2023 est.)

2 million kWh (2023 est.)

100% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)

400 bbl/day (2023 est.)

4,800 (2015 est.)

76 (2015 est.)

8 TV stations, all part of the French Overseas Network, and local cable provided by SPM Telecom; 3 of 4 radio stations are part of the French Overseas Network (2021)

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88.7% (2022 est.)

2 (2025)

2 (2024)

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0

1

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Miquelon, St. Pierre

Defense is the responsibility of France