age 15 and over can
read and write (1982)

_#_Labor force: 2,850 (1988)

_#_Organized labor: Workers' Force trade union

_*_Government
_#_Long-form name: Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and
Miquelon

_#_Type: territorial collectivity of France

_#_Capital: Saint-Pierre

_#_Administrative divisions: none (territorial collectivity of France)

_#_Independence: none (territorial collectivity of France);
note--has been under French control since 1763

_#_Constitution: 28 September 1958 (French Constitution)

_#_Legal system: French law

_#_National holiday: National Day, 14 July (Taking of the Bastille)

_#_Executive branch: commissioner of the Republic

_#_Legislative branch: unicameral General Council

_#_Judicial branch: Superior Tribunal of Appeals (Tribunal Superieur
d'Appel)

_#_Leaders:

Chief of State--President Francois MITTERRAND (since 21 May
1981);

Head of Government--Commissioner of the Republic Jean-Pierre
MARQUIE (since February 1989); President of the General Council Marc
PLANTEGENEST (since NA)

_#_Political parties and leaders: Socialist Party (PS);
Union for French Democracy (UDF/CDS), Gerard GRIGNON

_#_Suffrage: universal at age 18

_#_Elections:

General Council--last held September-October 1988 (next to be
held September 1994);
results--percent of vote by party NA;
seats--(19 total) Socialist and other left-wing parties 13, UDF and
right-wing parties 6;

French President--last held 8 May 1988 (next to be held May 1995);
results--(second ballot) Jacques CHIRAC 56%, Francois MITTERRAND 44%;

French Senate--last held 24 September 1989 (next
to be held September 1992);
results--percent of vote by party NA;
seats--(1 total) PS 1;

French National Assembly--last held 5 and 12 June 1988
(next to be held June 1993);
results--percent of vote by party NA;
seats--(1 total) UDF/CDS 1

_#_Member of: FZ, WFTU

_#_Diplomatic representation: as a territorial collectivity of France,
local interests are represented in the US by France

_#_Flag: the flag of France is used

_*_Economy
_#_Overview: The inhabitants have traditionally earned their
livelihood by fishing and by servicing fishing fleets operating off the
coast of Newfoundland. The economy has been declining, however, because
the number of ships stopping at Saint Pierre has dropped steadily over
the years. In March 1989, an agreement between France and Canada set fish