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The commune of Saint-Pierre is made up of the island of Saint-Pierre proper and several nearby smaller islands, such as L'Île-aux-Marins.Although containing nearly 90% of the inhabitants of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, the commune of Saint-Pierre is considerably smaller in terms of area than the commune of Miquelon-Langlade, which lies to its northwest on Miquelon Island.
1882: Coastal sections of Guinea separated from Senegal, become Rivières du Sud, later French Guinee. 28 June 1882 – 16 November 1882 : Aristide Louis Antoine Vallon (b. 1826–d. 1897) 16 November 1882 – 28 June 1883 : René Servatius: 28 June 1883 – 25 July 1883 : Adolphe Ernest Auguste Le Boucher (b. 1837–d. 1896) (acting)
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Saint Pierre Island, also spelt as Saint-Pierre Island, [3] is one of the three main islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon. It contains the town of Saint-Pierre , which lies on the island's east coast and is the main population centre of the island group.
Saint-Louis (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ lwi] ⓘ) or Saint Louis (Wolof: Ndar), is the capital of Senegal's Saint-Louis Region. Located in the northwest of Senegal, near the mouth of the Senegal River, and 320 kilometres (200 mi) north of Senegal's capital city Dakar. It had a population of 254,171 in 2023. [1]
The exact date of the abbey's foundation is unknown, and research is complicated by the unreliability of the earliest documents. In the 6th century, the "testament" of the bishop of Lyon Ennemond relates that Aldebert, governor of Lugdunum under the reign of Septimius Severus, having converted to Christianity, endowed the "monastery of the Ladies of Saint-Pierre" with land in 208. [1]
Faidherbe Bridge (French: Pont Faidherbe) is a road bridge over the Senegal River which links the island of the city of Saint-Louis in Senegal to the African mainland. [1] The metal bridge is 507.35 m (1,664.5 ft) long and 10.5 m (34 ft) wide, weighing 1,500 t (1,500 long tons; 1,700 short tons).
Senegal's rail network consists of 906 km of railway at 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) gauge, and 36 km of 1,445 mm (4 ft 8 + 7 ⁄ 8 in) gauge. The metre-gauge network is part of the Dakar–Niger Railway which crosses the border to Mali. The railway is operated by Transrail, managed by the Belgian company Vecturis. [1]