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Sint Eustatius (/ j uː ˈ s t eɪ ʃ ə s / yoo-STAY-shəs, Dutch: [sɪnt øːˈstaː(t)sijʏs] ⓘ), [7] known locally as Statia (/ ˈ s t eɪ ʃ ə / STAY-shə), [8] is an island in the Caribbean. It is a special municipality (officially "public body") of the Netherlands. [9] The island is in the northern Leeward Islands, southeast of the ...
In 1780, the island had an estimated population of 20,000 people including slaves. In 1781, during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, the island was captured and plundered by George Rodney. [5] During the capture, all archives were destroyed. [7] In 1786, it was home to 7,600 people (3,000 white, 600 coloureds and 4,000 slaves).
These are the islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba, [10] [nb 1] as they are also known in legislation, or the BES islands for short. The islands are officially classified as public bodies [ 11 ] in the Netherlands and as overseas territories of the European Union ; as such, European Union law does not automatically apply to them.
The SSS islands (Dutch: SSS-eilanden), locally also known as the Windward Islands (Bovenwindse Eilanden or Bovenwinden), is a collective term for the three territories of the Dutch Caribbean (formerly the Netherlands Antilles) that are located within the Leeward Islands group of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea.
Deux-Montagnes (French pronunciation: [dø mɔ̃taɲ]) is a regional county municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada.It is located immediately north of Laval on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles and on the north shore of the Lake of Two Mountains.
Saint-Eustache (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿østaʃ] ⓘ) is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in western Quebec, Canada, west of Montreal on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille Îles. It is located 35 km (22 mi) northwest of Montreal.
This riding is located in the northern suburbs of Montreal, on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles.Since 2003, it has consisted of the cities of Deux-Montagnes, Saint-Eustache and Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac in the Regional County Municipality of Deux-Montagnes; and the City of Boisbriand in the Regional County Municipality of Thérèse-De Blainville.
Saint-Eustache (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿østaʃ] ⓘ; Arpitan: Sant-Afyo) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. See also [ edit ]