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Miquelon-Langlade
Explore this region’s place in the atlas and its connection to Saint Pierre and Miquelon.
Photo: Marie Cuvelier / Wikimedia Commons (resized) Image licenceCC BY-SA 4.0Photograph by Marie Cuvelier / Wikimedia Commons (resized). Display crop may differ from the original.
AT A GLANCE
Miquelon-Langlade in facts
- TypeCommune
- Population5852020
- Area205 km²
- CountrySaint Pierre and Miquelon
All geographic & statistical details (13)
- Density
- 3 people per km²
- World region
- Americas · Northern America
- Share of Saint Pierre and Miquelon’s area
- 84.7% of Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Share of Saint Pierre and Miquelon’s people
- 9.8% of Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- National anthem
- "La Marseillaise" (The Song of Marseille) · Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle
- Official language
- French
- Currency
- Euro
- Calling code
- +508
- Drives on the
- right
- Official website
- miquelon-langlade.fr (opens in a new tab)
- Time zone
- UTC-3
- Location
- 47.1°N, 56.4°W
- Distance from Saint-Pierre
- 40 km (straight line)
Facts: Wikidata Q570289, retrieved 1 November 2026. Figures can change; check the source for the latest. Location, time zone and distances are worked out by The Landlore from Wikidata coordinates and the IANA time zone database.
The flag and symbols of Miquelon-Langlade
Flag, coat of arms, motto and anthem: Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (credited above), retrieved 1 November 2026.
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Directory: UN M49 countries or areas, with 193 UN members, 2 observers and 53 other areas. Subdivisions: GeoNames, CC BY 4.0; filtered to this catalogue. Flags/symbols: flag-icons (MIT). Snapshot: 28 October 2026. Geographic groups are statistical. Associated-country links describe the cited relationship and do not settle sovereignty claims.
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