Collectivity of Saint Martin

**Saint Martin** (French: _Saint-Martin_), officially the **Collectivity of Saint Martin** (French: _Collectivité de Saint-Martin_), is an overseas collectivity of France. It was created on 22 February 2007. It is in the northern parts of the island of Saint Martin and nearby small islands. The southern half of the island is a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

## Demographics

The French part of the island has a land area of . At the 2011 census, the population in the French part of the island was 36,286 (up from only 8,072 inhabitants at the 1982 census), which means a population density of  in 2011.

|1885|1954|1961|1967|1974|1982|1990|1999|2006|2011|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|3,400|3,366|4,502|5,061|6,191|8,072|28,518|29,078|35,263|36,286|
|colspan=10 align=center|<small>Official figures from French censuses.</small>|||||||||

## Politics and government

Saint Martin was for many years a French commune. It was part of Guadeloupe, which is an overseas _région_ and overseas _département_ of France. Because of this, it is in the European Union. In 2003 the population of the French part voted for a split from Guadeloupe. They wanted to make a separate overseas collectivity (COM) of France. On February 9, 2007, the French Parliament passed a bill granting COM status to both the French part of Saint Martin and neighbouring Saint-Barthélemy. The new took effect when the law was published in the Official Journal.

Saint Martin remains governed as it was when a commune within Guadeloupe—by a mayor and a municipal council elected by the European citizens living on the French side of the island. As is the case in metropolitan France since the promulgation of the Maastricht Treaty, nationals of any member state of the European Union are allowed to vote at the municipal elections. Nationals from countries not part of the European Union, which represent a large part of the population on the French side of the island, are not allowed to vote in the elections. In 2003, the people of the French part of the island voted to separate from Guadeloupe. In 2007, the French Parliament voted to make Saint Martin a overseas collectivity (COM) of France. The new status took effect on 15 July 2007, once the local assemblies were elected,

Saint Martin remains part of the European Union. The official currency in Saint Martin is the euro (though the United States dollar is also widely accepted).

## Related pages

- Guadeloupe, French island in the Caribbean
- Martinique, French island in the Caribbean
- Saint Barthélemy, French island in the Caribbean

## Infobox (dependency)

- **name**: Saint Martin
- **native name**: _Saint-Martin_
- **settlement type**: Overseas collectivity, Overseas collectivity of France
- **official name**: Collectivity of Saint Martin

- **image flag**: Flag of France.svg
- **flag size**: x80px
- **image seal**: St Martin Coat.png
- **seal size**: x80px
- **seal type**: Coat of arms
- **seal link**: Coat of arms of the Collectivity of Saint Martin
- **anthem**: "La Marseillaise"
- **song**: "O Sweet Saint Martin's Land"<div style="display:inline-block;margin-top:0.4em;"></div>
- **song type**: Territorial song
- **image map**: Saint Martin in its region.svg
- **map alt**: Location of Saint Martin in the Leeward Islands
- **map caption**: Location of Saint Martin in the Leeward Islands
- **mapsize**: 250px
- **image map2**: Saint Martin-CIA WFB Map.png
- **mapsize2**: 250px
- **subdivision type**: Sovereign state
- **subdivision name**: France
- **established title**: Treaty of Concordia, Partition of island
- **established date**: 23 March 1648
- **established title2**: Separated from Guadeloupe
- **established date2**: 15 July 2007
- **official languages**: French language, French
- **capital**: Marigot, Saint Martin, Marigot
- **largest city**: capital
- **demonym**: Saint-Martinois
- **government type**: Devolution, Devolved Parliamentary system, parliamentary Dependent territory, dependency
- **leader title1**: President of France
- **leader name1**: Emmanuel Macron
- **leader title2**: Prefect (France), Prefect
- **leader name2**: Sylvie Feucher
- **leader title3**: President of the
Territorial Council
- **leader name3**: Daniel Gibbs
- **national representation**: French Parliament
- **national representation type1**: Senate (France), Senate
- **national representation1**: List of senators of Saint Martin, 1 senator (of 377)
- **national representation2**: List of constituencies of the National Assembly of France#Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin (977) – 1 seat, 1 seat shared with Saint Barthélemy (of 577)
- **area km2**: 53.2
- **percent water**: negligible
- **population estimate**: 35,334
- **population census**: 35,107
- **population census year**: 2014
- **population estimate rank**: 219th
- **population estimate year**: 2017
- **population density km2**: 682
- **population density sq mi**: 1,767
- **timezone**: Atlantic Time Zone, AST
- **utc offset**: -4:00
- **drives on**: right
- **calling code**: +590