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In addition, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon 1ère was carried on Shaw Direct satellite and most digital cable services in Canada, converted to NTSC. [citation needed] SPM Telecom is also the department's main internet service provider, with its internet service being named Cheznoo (a play on Chez-Nous, French for "Our Place").
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.
Silverdale is an unincorporated community in Kitsap County, Washington, in the United States. Despite many failed attempts at incorporation, Silverdale has not become a city. [3] The population was 20,733 at the 2020 census. [4] For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Silverdale as a census-designated place (CDP).
After the constitutional reform of 2003, it became a collectivité d'outre-mer, while keeping its particular name of collectivité territoriale de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon. Canada tried to reduce the codfishing around Newfoundland in the 1970s and 1980s, out of fear of seriously damaging the fish population.
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.
Municipal governments in Saint Pierre and Miquelon are responsible for day-to-day function on the islands and are in effect city council or a level of local government under the General Council. There are two communes in the territory, Miquelon-Langlade and Saint-Pierre .
From 1909 it issued its own stamps with the islands' name printed in French, either St. Pierre & Miquelon or Saint Pierre et Miquelon.On July 1, 1976, the islands became an official overseas department of France and the islands used the stamps of France from April 1, 1978, until February 3, 1986, when it once again resumed publishing separate issues.
The following is a list of the islands of the French territorial collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Saint Pierre and Miquelon was a colony of France. It became an overseas territory in 1946, an overseas department on 1976-07-19, and then a collectivité territoriale (territorial collectivity) on 1985-06-11.