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Information about Saint Martin (france)

Saint-Martin redirects here. For the island of Saint Martin on the whole, see Saint Martin. For other uses, see Saint Martin (disambiguation).
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Collectivité de Saint-Martin
Collectivity of Saint Martin
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Flag of Saint Martin (France)
flagCoat of arms
Anthem
La Marseillaise
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Location of Saint Martin (France)
CapitalMarigot
Largest cityMarigot
Official languagesFrench
Government
 - President of FranceNicolas Sarkozy
 - PrefectDominique Lacroix
 - President of the Territorial CouncilLouis-Constant Fleming
Overseas Collectivityof France 
 - Island divided between France and the Netherlands23 March 1648 
 - as separate Overseas Collectivity22 February 2007 
 - Water (%)negligible
Population
 - Oct. 2004 estimate33,102 (not ranked)
 - March 1999 census29,078 
HDI (2003 )n/a (unranked ) (n/a)
CurrencyEuro (€) (EUR)
Time zone (UTC-4)
 - Summer (DST) (UTC-3)
Internet TLD.mf assigned but not in use, .fr and .gp in use
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Saint Martin (French: Saint-Martin), officially the Collectivity of Saint Martin (French: Collectivité de Saint-Martin), is an overseas collectivity of France located in the Caribbean. It came into being on February 22, 2007, encompassing the northern parts of the island of Saint Martin and neighboring islets, the largest of which is Tintamarre. The southern part of the island, Sint Maarten, is part of the Netherlands Antilles.

Politics and government

Saint Martin was for many years a French commune forming part of Guadeloupe, which is an overseas région and overseas département of France and is therefore in the European Union. In 2003 the population of the French part voted in favour of secession from Guadeloupe in order to form a separate overseas collectivity (COM) of France.[1] On February 9, 2007, the French Parliament passed a bill granting COM status to both the French part of Saint Martin and neighbouring Saint Barthélemy.[2] The new status took effect when the law was published in the Official Journal on February 22, 2007.[3] Saint Martin remains part of the European Union. The official currency in Saint Martin is the euro (though the U.S. dollar is also widely accepted).

The new governance structure befitting an overseas collectivity took effect on July 15, 2007 with the first session of the Territorial Council (French: Conseil territorial) and the election of Louis-Constant Fleming as president of the Territorial Council.

Prior to 2007, Saint Martin was coded as GP (Guadeloupe) in ISO 3166-1. In October 2007, it received the ISO 3166-1 code MF (alpha-2 code), MAF (alpha-3 code), and 663 (numeric code).[4]
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'''Summary of the 1 July and 8 July 2007 Saint Martin Territorial Council Saint Martin Territorial Council election, 2007>election results
Parties 1st round 2nd round Seats
Votes % Votes %
Union for Progress/UMP (Union pour le Progrs, Louis Constant-Fleming)2,82940.353,75348.9616
Rally Responsibility Success (Rassemblement responsabilit russite, Alain Richardson)2,23731.903,23142.156
Succeed Saint Martin (Russir Saint-Martin, Jean-Luc Hamlet)76710.946818.891
Alliance (Alliance, Dominique Riboud)6359.05
Democratic Alliance for Saint Martin (Alliance dmocratique pour Saint-Martin, Wendel Cocks)5447.76
Total7,012100.007,665100.0023
Source: RFO1, RFO2

Demographics

The French part of the island has a land area of 53.20 km² (20.5 sq mi). At the October 2004 supplementary French census, the population in the French part of the island was 33,102 (up from only 8,072 inhabitants at the 1982 census), which means a population density of 622 inhabitants per km² in 2004.
Historical population
1885 1961 1967 1974 1982 1990 1999 2004
3,4004,5025,0616,1918,07228,51829,07833,102
Official figures from French censuses.

Maps

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Map showing the former constituent parts of the Guadeloupe region/department among the Leeward Islands, including Saint-Martin, prior to February 2007.
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Map showing French Saint-Martin (north) and Dutch Sint Maarten (south).

See also

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Flags flying in Marigot harbor, Saint-Martin.

References

1. ^ Staff reporter. "French Caribbean voters reject change" (HTML), Caribbean Net News, 2003-12-09. Retrieved on 2007-02-09. (english) “However voters on the two tiny French dependencies of Saint-Barthelemy and Saint-Martin, which have been administratively attached to Guadeloupe, approved the referendum and are set to acquire the new status of "overseas collectivity". 
2. ^ Staff reporter. "Saint-Barth To Become An Overseas Collectivity" (PDF), St. Barth Weekly, 2007-02-09, p. 2. Retrieved on 2007-02-09. (english) 
3. ^ [1]
4. ^ ISO 3166-1 Newsletter. Assignment of code elements for Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin and update of France and other French Territories

See also

  • CIA World Factbook entry on [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/.html Saint Martin]
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Overseas departments and territories of France
Overseas departments1French Guiana Guadeloupe Martinique Runion
Overseas collectivitiesFrench Polynesia Mayotte2 Saint Barthelemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Wallis and Futuna
Special statusNew Caledonia
Uninhabited landsClipperton Island
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