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SAINT MARTIN (FRANCE)

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:Saint-Martin ''redirects here. For the island of Saint Martin on the whole, see Saint Martin. For other uses, see Saint Martin (disambiguation).''
'Saint Martin' (French: ''Saint-Martin''), officially the 'Collectivity of Saint Martin' (French: ''Collectivité de Saint-Martin''), is an overseas collectivity of France that came into being on February 22, 2007, encompassing the northern parts of the island of Saint Martin and neighboring islets. The southern part of the island, Sint Maarten, is part of the Netherlands Antilles.
Map showing the former constituent parts of the Guadeloupe region/department among the Leeward Islands, including Saint-Martin, prior to February 2007.


Contents
Politics and government
Demographics
See also
References
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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]
Map showing French Saint-Martin (north) and Dutch Sint Maarten (south)

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.

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
3,400 4,502 5,061 6,191 8,072 28,518 29,078 33,102
Official figures from French censuses.

Flags flying in Marigot harbor, Saint-Martin.

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Culture of St. Martin

History of St. Martin

Saint Martin, the island itself

★ ''O sweet Saint-Martin's Land'' (bi-national song/anthem of Saint-Martin/Sint-Maarten)

List of Sint Maarten governors

References


1. French Caribbean voters reject change
2. Saint-Barth To Become An Overseas Collectivity
3. http://www.newmedia-fr.info/ixm_ixpnews.php?file=article&story_id=21579

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