s than 1.5 times the size of Washington, DC
note:
includes eight small islands in the Saint Pierre and the Miquelon
groups
Land boundaries:
0 km
Coastline:
120 km
Maritime claims:
exclusive economic zone:
200 nm
territorial sea:
12 nm
International disputes:
focus of maritime boundary dispute between Canada and France
Climate:
cold and wet, with much mist and fog; spring and autumn are windy
Terrain:
mostly barren rock
Natural resources:
fish, deepwater ports
Land use:
arable land:
13%
permanent crops:
0%
meadows and pastures:
0%
forest and woodland:
4%
other:
83%
Irrigated land:
NA sq km
Environment:
current issues:
NA
natural hazards:
NA
international agreements:
NA
Note:
vegetation scanty

@Saint Pierre and Miquelon, People

Population:
6,704 (July 1994 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.78% (1994 est.)
Birth rate:
13.23 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Death rate:
5.98 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Net migration rate:
0.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
11.72 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
75.6 years
male:
73.99 years
female:
77.55 years (1994 est.)
Total fertility rate:
1.7 children born/woman (1994 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women)
adjective:
French
Ethnic divisions:
Basques and Bretons (French fishermen)
Religions:
Roman Catholic 98%
Languages:
French
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1982)
total population:
99%
male:
99%
female:
99%
Labor force:
2,850 (1988)
by occupation:
NA

@Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Government

Names:
conventional long form:
Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon
conventional short form:
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
local long form:
Departement de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
local short form:
Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
Digraph:
SB
Type:
territorial collectivity of France
Capital:
Saint-Pierre
Administrative divisions:
none (territorial collectivity of France)
Independence:
none (territorial collectivity of France; has been under French
control since 1763)
National holiday:
National Day, Taking of the Bastille, 14 July
Constitution:
28 September 1958 (French Constitution)
Legal system:
French law
Suffrage:
18 years of age; universal
Executive branch:
chief of state: