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*The islands were resettled in 1816. The settlers, mostly '''Basques, Bretons and Normans''', were joined by various other peoples, particularly from the '''nearby island of Newfoundland'''. Only around the middle of the century did increased fishing bring a certain prosperity to the little colony. | *The islands were resettled in 1816. The settlers, mostly '''Basques, Bretons and Normans''', were joined by various other peoples, particularly from the '''nearby island of Newfoundland'''. Only around the middle of the century did increased fishing bring a certain prosperity to the little colony. | ||
*The colony became a French Overseas Territory in 1946. | *The colony became a French Overseas Territory in 1946. | ||
*The total population of the islands at the January 2016 census was 6,008, of which 5,412 lived in Saint-Pierre and 596 in Miquelon-Langlade. At the time of the 1999 census '''76% of the population was born on the archipelago, while 16.1% were born in metropolitan France''', a sharp increase from the 10.2% in 1990. In the same census, less than 1% of the population reported being a foreign national. | |||
==Emigration From Saint Pierre and Miquelon== | ==Emigration From Saint Pierre and Miquelon== | ||