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==Immigration into Saint Pierre and Miquelon== | ==Immigration into Saint Pierre and Miquelon== | ||
*Saint Pierre and Miquelon, officially the Territorial Collectivity of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, is a self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean near the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is the only remaining vestige of French sovereignty in North America. Its residents are French citizens. | *Saint Pierre and Miquelon, officially the Territorial Collectivity of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, is a '''self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France '''in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean near the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is the only remaining vestige of French sovereignty in North America. Its residents are French citizens. | ||
*The islands were not permanently settled until the end of the 17th century. France ceded them to the British in 1713. The British renamed St Pierre to 'St Peter', and small numbers of British and American settlers began arriving. | *The islands were not permanently settled until the end of the 17th century. France ceded them to the British in 1713. The British renamed St Pierre to 'St Peter', and small numbers of British and American settlers began arriving. | ||
*In 1763, at the end of the Seven Years' War, France ceded all its North American possessions, but Britain granted fishing rights to France along the Newfoundland coast, and as part of that arrangement returned Saint-Pierre and Miquelon to France. | *In 1763, at the end of the Seven Years' War, France ceded all its North American possessions, but Britain granted fishing rights to France along the Newfoundland coast, and as part of that arrangement returned Saint-Pierre and Miquelon to France. | ||