Saint-Martin - Collectivité de Saint-Martin (collectivité unique depuis 2007, auparavant une commune du département de la Guadeloupe)
Saint-Martin, dont les habitants sont appelés les Saint-Martinois, est une collectivité française située dans la partie nord de l'île de Saint-Martin (tandis que la moitié sud est sous le nom de Sint-Maarten l'une des cinq régions des Antilles néerlandaises).
The Collectivity of Saint-Martin is the northern part of Saint Martin, a tropical island in the northeast Caribbean, approximately 240 km (150 miles) east of Puerto Rico. The 98 km² (38 square-mile) island is divided roughly in half between France and the Netherlands; it is one of the smallest inhabited landmasses in the world that is divided between two nations. The northern French half is a French overseas collectivity (the southern Dutch half is called ► Sint Maarten and is part of the former ► Netherlands Antilles). Collectively, the two territories are known as, "St.-Martin/St. Maarten", "St. Martins", or simply, "SXM" (SXM is the IATA identifier for Princess Juliana International Airport, the island's main airport). The island lies near ► Anguilla, ► Saint-Barthélemy and the ► British Virgin Islands.
Short name
Saint-Martin
Official name
Collectivity of Saint-Martin
Status
► French overseas collectivity since 2007 (French since 1648)
Français : Localisation de Saint-Martin par rapport aux autres îles dans les Antilles françaises : Saint-Barthélemy et îles du département français d'outre-mer de la Guadeloupe.
English: Location of Saint-Martin relative to other islands in the French Antillas : Saint-Barthélemy and islands of the French overseas department of Guadeloupe.
Nederlands: Ligging van Sint Maarten binnen Guadeloupe.
Français : L'île de Saint-Martin et les îles environnantes.
English: The Saint Martin island and its surrounding islands.
Nederlands: Sint Maarten en omgeving.
Français : Localisation de Saint-Martin (partie française) par rapport à Sint-Marteen (partie des Antilles néerlandaises).
English: Location of Saint-Martin (French part) relative to Sint Maarten inside the Netherlands Antilles.
Nederlands: Ligging van Sint Maarten binnen de Nederlandse Antillen.
Français : Carte de Saint-Martin.
English: Map of Saint-Martin.
Nederlands: Kaart van Sint Maarten.
Français : Carte topographique de Saint-Martin.
English: Topographic map of Saint-Martin.
Nederlands: Kaart van Sint Maarten.
Français : Carte de Saint-Martin.
English: Map of Saint-Martin.
Nederlands: Kaart van Sint Maarten.
Satellite maps
Français : Photo satellite.
English: Satellite photo.
Nederlands: Satellietfoto.
Notes and references
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