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Saint Pierre and Miquelon (French: Collectivité territoriale de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon) is a self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France, situated in the northwestern Atlantic in the heart of the Grand Banks, near Canada. Saint Pierre and Miquelon is the only remnant of the former colonial empire of New France that remains under French control. The total population of Saint Pierre and Miquelon is around 6,080 (2011 census), of which 5,456 lived in Saint-Pierre and 624 in Miquelon-Langlade.
The archipelago of Saint Pierre and Miquelon is composed of eight islands, totalling 242 sq. km. (93 sq. mi.), of which only two are inhabited. Saint Pierre is the smaller of the two with 26 sq. km. (10 sq. mi.). However, Saint Pierre is the most populous and is the commercial and administrative center of the archipelago. A new airport has been in operation since 1999 and is capable of accommodating long-haul flights from metropolitan France. Miquelon-Langlade, the largest island, is in fact composed of two islands: Miquelon, 110 sq. km. (42 sq. mi.) is connected to Langlade, which has 91 sq. km. (35 sq. mi.), by the Dune de Langlade, a 10-km. (6.2 mi.) -long sandy isthmus.