Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon

The commune is named after Saint Peter, who is one of the patron saints of fishermen.{{Citation |title=Saint Pierre and Miquelon |date=2022-05-10 |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/saint-pierre-and-miquelon/ |work=The World Factbook |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |language=en |access-date=2022-05-18}}

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 main settlement and communal seat is situated on the north side of a harbour called Barachois, which faces the Atlantic Ocean, on the Saint-Pierre Island's east coast. The mouth of the harbour is guarded by a small chain of islands.

Jacques Cartier claimed the islands for France in 1536, after they were discovered by the Portuguese in 1520. At the end of the Seven Years' War in 1763, the islands were turned over to Britain; it was given back to France in 1816.

Saint-Pierre was an outpost used to transport alcohol from Canada to the United States during Prohibition.{{Cite web |last=Wortman |first=Marc |date=January 17, 2018 |title=This Tiny French Archipelago Became America’s Alcohol Warehouse During Prohibition |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/tiny-french-archipelago-became-americas-illegal-warehouse-during-prohibition-180967868/ |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=Smithsonian Magazine}}

Until 1945, there existed a third commune in Saint Pierre and Miquelon: L'Île-aux-Marins. The commune of L'Île-aux-Marins was annexed by the commune of Saint-Pierre in 1945.

The population of Saint-Pierre in 2022 was 5,223; many of them are of Basque, Breton, Norman or Acadian descent.{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}} All inhabitants in the commune live on the island of Saint-Pierre proper.

{{see also|Municipal governments in Saint Pierre and Miquelon}}

The commune is led by a mayor and a council. The current mayor, elected in 2020, is Yannick Cambray.{{Cite web |last=Ministère de l'Intérieur |title=Résultats des élections municipales et communautaires 2020 |url=http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Municipales/elecresult__municipales-2020 |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=interieur.gouv.fr |language=fr-FR}}

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Close to the centre of the harbour's edge lie the Post office and Custom House (staffed by Directorate-General of Customs and Indirect Taxes), behind which is General Charles de Gaulle Square, the town's centre.

Other prominent landmarks include the St. Pierre Cathedral, to the north of the square, rebuilt from 1905 to 1907 after a major fire, and the Pointe aux Canons Lighthouse, at the mouth of the harbour. Further north, close to the town's former hospital, is the Fronton Zazpiak Bat - an arena for the traditional Basque sport of pelota.

File:Place du General de Gaulle square, St Pierre.JPG|General Charles de Gaulle Square

File:Cathedral in St Pierre.JPG|The Cathedral in Saint-Pierre

File:Cannons that Defended the Harbour Against The English.JPG|Pointe aux Canons Lighthouse in Saint Pierre

File:Arena For That Basque Game St Pierre.JPG|Fronton Zazpiak Bat arena in Saint-Pierre

The François Dunan Hospital Centre (opened in 2011{{Cite web|date=|title=Centre Hospitalier François Dunan - Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon - Hôpitaux Et Cliniques - TLR et ASSOCIES - Architecture Bordeaux|url=http://www.tlr-associes.com/nos-projets__17_sante_hopitaux-et-cliniques_centre-hospitalier-francois-dunan-saint-pierre-et-miquelon_79.htmlpitalier-francois-dunan-saint-pierre-et-miquelon_79.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120409154533/http://www.tlr-associes.com/nos-projets__17_sante_hopitaux-et-cliniques_centre-hospitalier-francois-dunan-saint-pierre-et-miquelon_79.html|archive-date=April 9, 2012|access-date=2021-12-18|website=www.tlr-associes.com}}) is the only hospital in Saint Pierre and Miquelon. There is an attached senior home offering health services at the Maison de retraite Eglantine.{{Cite web |title=Présentation de la maison de retraite |url=http://www.ch-fdunan.fr/maison_retraite_presentation.php |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=www.ch-fdunan.fr |language=fr}}

Additionally, there is a municipal library, opened in the 1970s, and a municipal sailing school, opened in 1986.{{Cite web |title=Loisirs et Culture |url=http://www.mairie-stpierre.fr/fr/268-loisirs-et-culture.html |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=Ville de Saint-Pierre |language=fr}}

Saint-Pierre Pointe-Blanche Airport, the international airport of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, is located south of the settlement of Saint-Pierre and is served by Air Saint-Pierre with flights both to Miquelon Airport, five Canadian airports and seasonal service to Paris.

SPM Ferries provides ferry connections with Fortune, Newfoundland, Canada; the port in Miquelon town; and a quay at La Colo on Langlade.{{cite web |title=Top Tips for a Visit to Saint-Pierre and Miquelon |url=https://www.newfoundlandlabrador.com/trip-ideas/travel-stories/top-tips-for-a-visit-to-saint-pierre-and-miquelon |website=Newfoundland and Labrador tourism |access-date=2 August 2024}}{{cite web |title=Getting here |url=https://en.spm-tourisme.fr/stay/getting-here/ |website=Tourism Saint-Pierre and Miquelon |access-date=2 August 2024}} BPE runs a ferry between Saint-Pierre town and Île aux Marins.{{cite web |title=BPE desserte Île aux Marins (PDF) |url=https://www.mairie-stpierre.fr/files/file/Ile-aux-marins/desserteIAM.pdf |website=Mairie Saint-Pierre |access-date=2 August 2024}}{{cite web |title=Transports circulation |url=https://www.mairie-stpierre.fr/fr/207-transports-circulation.html |website=Ville de Saint-Pierre |access-date=2 August 2024 |language=fr}}

Transport around the island itself is either by private car, or by taxi, cars with drivers for hire, or car or bike rental. There are no public buses or railways on Saint Pierre.{{cite web |title=Getting around the Archipelago |url=https://en.spm-tourisme.fr/stay/getting-around-the-archipelago/ |website=Tourism Saint-Pierre and Miquelon |access-date=2 August 2024}}

• Saint Pierre and Miquelon La Première (formerly RFO Saint Pierre and Miquelon)
• Radio Atlantique

Public primary schools in the commune:{{Cite web |title=Établissements Publics - Service de l'éducation nationale de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon |url=http://www.ac-spm.fr/spip.php?rubrique3 |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=www.ac-spm.fr |language=fr}}

• École maternelle Île aux Enfants
• École maternelle Henriette Bonin
• École élémentaire du Feu-Rouge - As of 2016 it had 172 students."[http://www.feurouge.net/index.php/biscuiterie/commentaires/415#bloccentral 172 élèves. Evaluation en CE2]." Ecole élémentaire du Feu Rouge. Retrieved on September 14, 2016. It is in the downtown area of the commune and is one nautical cable from the Île aux Enfants nursery."[http://www.feurouge.net/index.php/biscuiterie/contact#infoscontact Contact]." Ecole élémentaire du Feu Rouge. Retrieved on September 14, 2016. "L'école élémentaire du Feu Rouge est située au centre-ville de Saint-Pierre à une encablure de l'école maternelle l'Ile aux Enfants." Address: "Ecole élémentaire du Feu Rouge 28, rue Louis Pasteur, BP 4234 St Pierre et Miquelon, 97500 "

Lycée-Collège d'État Émile Letournel is the public secondary school in the commune, with junior high, vocational high, and general senior high/sixth-form programmes.

Private schools:

• École maternelle Saint-Louis de Gonzague{{Cite web |title=Ecole maternelle privée Saint Louis de Gonzague de Saint pierre (9750020Y) |url=https://annuaire-education.fr/etablissement/saint-pierre/ecole-maternelle-privee-saint-louis-de-gonzague/9750020Y.html |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=L'Annuaire de l'éducation |language=fr}}
• École élémentaire Sainte-Croisine{{Cite web |title=Ecole élémentaire privée ste Croisine de Saint pierre (9750012P) |url=https://annuaire-education.fr/etablissement/saint-pierre/ecole-elementaire-privee-ste-croisine/9750012P.html |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=L'Annuaire de l'éducation |language=fr}}
• École primaire Sainte-Odile{{Cite web |title=Ecole élémentaire privée Sainte -Odile de Saint pierre (9750023B) |url=https://annuaire-education.fr/etablissement/saint-pierre/ecole-elementaire-privee-sainte-odile/9750023B.html |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=L'Annuaire de l'éducation |language=fr}}
• Collège Saint-Christophe[http://www.saint-christophe.org/ Home]. Collège Saint Christophe. Retrieved on September 14, 2016.

Saint-Pierre has been twinned with Port-en-Bessin-Huppain (France) since 1976.{{Cite web |title=Jumelages |url=http://www.mairie-stpierre.fr/fr/43-jumelage.html |url-status=dead |access-date=2012-06-06 |archive-date=2019-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408161700/http://www.mairie-stpierre.fr/fr/43-jumelage.html }}

• Miquelon-Langlade

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