Flag Description

a yellow three-masted sailing ship facing the hoist side rides on a blue background with scattered, white, wavy lines under the ship; a continuous black-over-white wavy line divides the ship from the white wavy lines; on the hoist side, a vertical band is divided into three parts: the top part (called ikkurina) is red with a green diagonal cross extending to the corners overlaid by a white cross dividing the rectangle into four sections; the middle part has a white background with an ermine pattern; the third part has a red background with two stylized yellow lions outlined in black, one above the other; these three heraldic arms represent settlement by colonists from the Basque Country (top), Brittany, and Normandy; the blue on the main portion of the flag symbolizes the Atlantic Ocean and the stylized ship represents the Grande Hermine in which Jacques Cartier "discovered" the islands in 1536

Background:First settled by the French in the early 17th century, the islands represent the sole remaining vestige of France's once vast North American possessions.

Total Area: 242 sq km

Land Area:242 sq km

Water Area:0 sq km

Land Boundries Total:

Border Countries:

Coastline:120 km

Lowest Point:Atlantic Ocean 0 m

Highest Point:Morne de la Grande Montagne 240 m

Population:5,716 (July 2014 est.)

Population Growth Rate:-1.02% (2014 est.)

Religion:Roman Catholic 99%, other 1%

Literacy(%):0.99

Literacy(%) Male:0.99

Literacy(%) Female:99% (1982 est.)

Independence Day:none (territorial collectivity of France; has been under French control since 1763)

National Holiday:Fete de la Federation, 14 July (1789)

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