SAINT MARTIN (FRANCE)

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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 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.

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Politics and government

Demographics

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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]

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.

See also

★ 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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