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Saint Martin (French: Saint-Martin; Dutch: Sint Maarten) is an island in Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles in the northeastern Caribbean, approximately 300 km (190 mi) east of Puerto Rico. The 87 km 2 (34 sq mi) island is divided roughly 60:40 between the French Republic (53 km 2 or 20 sq mi) [1] and the Kingdom of the Netherlands (34 km 2 ...
François Lemaire (French) 1712–1713. Jean Buretel. 1713–1718. Martinus Meyer (1st time) 1718–1720. Louis Guillaume Durepaire (French) 1720–1722. Jan de Windt Sr.
The Unity Flag was officially adopted by the authorities of both halves of the island in a ceremony held in Philipsburg, the capital of Sint Maarten, on 8 November 2022, in presence of the Prime Minister of Sint Maarten, Silveria Jacobs, and the President of the Territorial Council of Saint Martin, Louis Mussington. [6] The flag is now raised ...
The Collectivity of Saint Martin was a French commune for many years and formed part of Guadeloupe, which is an overseas région and département of France and is therefore in the European Union. In 2003, the population of the French part of the island voted in favour of secession from Guadeloupe in order to form a separate overseas ...
History and features. Originally a fishing village on a swamp for which it was named, Marigot was made capital during the reign of King Louis XVI of France, who built Fort St. Louis on a hill near Marigot Bay. Today, that building is the most important in Marigot. Marigot is typical of Caribbean towns, with gingerbread houses and sidewalk bistros.
St. Martin Island Light was constructed in 1905. Robert W. Warner of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin was the first pilot to land on St. Martin Island in the early 1950s. To this day, no one else has traveled to the island by air. [citation needed] The Fred Luber family bought roughly 94% of the island (1,244 acres) in the 1980s, intending to build a ...
Spanish forces captured Saint Martin from the Dutch in 1633, seizing control and driving most or all of the colonists off the island. At Point Blanche, they built Old Spanish Fort to secure the territory. Although the Dutch retaliated in several attempts to win back St. Martin, they failed. Fifteen years after the Spanish conquered the island ...
The Collectivity of Saint Martin ( French: Collectivité de Saint-Martin) is an overseas collectivity of France located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. [1] It came into being on February 22, 2007, encompassing the northern parts of the island of Saint Martin and neighbouring islets, the largest of ...