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IEDOM branch in Saint-Denis, Réunion. The Institut d'Émission des Départements d'Outre-Mer (IEDOM, lit. ' Institution of Issue for Overseas Departments ') is a French public financial institution based in Paris which serves overseas departments and overseas communities, namely Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, Mayotte, Réunion, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin, and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.
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").
Banknote of the Banque des Îles Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, 1897. The Banque des Îles Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon was a bank of issue on the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, France. It was established in 1889, lost its monetary role in the late 1910s, and in 2015 became a fully-owned subsidiary of Caisse d'Épargne Provence Alpes Corse (CEPAC).
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.
European Investment Bank Group. Investment Bank; Investment Fund; EIB Institute; ... Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: North Atlantic 242 km 2 (93 sq mi) 6,080: Saint-Pierre:
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]
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.
Extreme points of Saint Pierre and Miquelon High: Morne de la Grande Montagne on Miquelon 240 m (787 ft) Low: North Atlantic Ocean 0 m (0 ft) Land boundaries: none; Coastline: North Atlantic Ocean 120 kilometres (75 mi) Population of Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 7,063 (2009 estimate) Area of Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 242 km 2 (93 sq mi)