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List All Cities in Saint Pierre and Miquelon Listing cities Saint Pierre and Miquelon database :
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Background
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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.
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Population
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6,010 (July 2010 est.)
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Government type
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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
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Administrative divisions
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NA
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Independence
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Bastille Day, 14 July (1789)
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International organization participation
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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
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Economy - overview
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Market value of publicly traded shares
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fish processing and supply base for fishing fleets; tourism
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Agriculture - products
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NA%
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Industries
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53 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial production growth rate
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49.29 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity - production
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Oil - production
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0 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Internet country code
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