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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.
The Saint Pierre and Miquelon archipelago adjacent to Newfoundland (Island), Cabot Strait, and Cape Breton Island Saint Pierre and Miquelon is: an overseas collectivity of France Location: 46°47′N 56°12′W / 46.783°N 56.200°W / 46.783; -
Miquelon on the left and Saint-Pierre on the right. This is a list of cities in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon. The communes are: Miquelon-Langlade; Saint-Pierre; Historically L'Île-aux-Marins was a separate commune up until 1945 when it was annexed into the commune of Saint-Pierre. Within each commune there are settlements: Miquelon, Miquelon-Langlade
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.
Saint Pierre and Miquelon chose to remain part of France. A political leadership crisis in Saint Pierre and Miquelon erupted in 1965. France sent in an armed force of gardes mobiles. In response, the residents of Saint Pierre and Miquelon mounted a three-day general strike in protest of this interference in local affairs.
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.
Miquelon-Langlade (French pronunciation: [miklɔ̃ lɑ̃ɡlad]) is the larger but less populated of the two communes (municipalities) making up the French overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, located 22 km (14 mi) to the south of Newfoundland in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. [4]