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Saint Barthélemy (French: Saint-Barthélemy, [sɛ̃ baʁtelemi] ⓘ), officially the Collectivité territoriale de Saint-Barthélemy, [7] also known as St. Barts (English) [8] or St. Barth (French), is an overseas collectivity of France [9] in the Caribbean.
Saint Barthélemy was first claimed by France in 1648. The island was given to Sweden in exchange for trade rights in Gothenburg in 1784 and Sweden founded the Swedish West India Company . Prospering during the Napoleonic Wars , assets were low thereafter, and the island was sold back to France in 1878.
Coat of arms of Saint Barthélemy. Square banner of arms for Saint Barthélemy Coat of arms of Saint Barthélemy on a vehicle registration plate.. The coat of arms of Saint-Barthélemy is a shield divided into three horizontal stripes (parted per fess), three gold fleurs-de-lis on blue, above a white Maltese cross on red, over three gold crowns on blue, and "Ouanalao" is what the indigenous ...
The Gustavia Lighthouse is a 20th-century lighthouse located in Gustavia, the capital of Saint Barthélemy in the French West Indies.It was constructed in 1961 on the grounds of Fort Gustav, overlooking the Gustavia harbor.
The Collectivity of Saint Barthélemy is an overseas collectivity of France located in the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean Sea. [1] Also known as Saint Barth in French , or St. Barts in English, the collectivity is one of the four French territories in the Leeward Islands that comprise the French West Indies , and it is the only one to have ...
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Saint Barthélemy — a Caribbean island and an overseas territory of France located in the eastern Caribbean. One of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea . Subcategories
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