Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon is under the fire of the news after the highly decried remarks of Laurent Wauquiez (LR). But beyond the political controversy, what do we know about this overseas community? INSEE and IADOM data draw up the “identity sheet” of this territory plagued by a constant demographic drop. © screenshot / Street View-In 2020, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon had 3,297 dwellings. Save save Receive Receiving Demography alerts Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon has been in the media light since April 8, but this light there, the French community of Overseas would have gone well. The national political class is indeed tearing after the shock proposal made in the JDNews by the deputies of the republican right, Laurent Wauquiez. The latter suggested “locking up” in a retention center in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon the most dangerous people subject to an obligation to leave French territory (OQTF), highlighting the fact that this territory, located off Canada, was not part of the Schengen area. The immediate shield, in many political parties. The Minister of Overseas, Manuel Valls, recalls that “Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, it is France-not a prison or a detention center” while the Liot deputy for the community, Stéphane Lenormand, replied to Laurent Wauquiez that Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon “is not the trash of France”. Outside the political debate, this news is an opportunity to look at the demographic specificities of this archipelago, based on INSEE data. To read also: “13,800 euros for each OQTF”: we checked the cost of obligations to leave French territory an average inflation of 5 % with 5,819 inhabitants during the last census in 2022 (54 less than in 2021), the population of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon now decreases by almost 1 % per year, three times more than between 1999 and 2020. The main reasons are identified, the rate of Down birth and young people definitively leaving the archipelago. Regarding the birth curve, its downward trend has been constant since 2016. Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon has more deaths than births each year: 63 new babies in 2015, 26 in 2024, the data are speaking (even if they do not include births in Canada, specifies France Info). In 2023, IEDOM (Institute for the issue of Overseas Departments) Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon. According to these documents, that year, the territory experienced an average inflation of 5 %, down compared to the 9.3 %of 2022, approaching the national level of 4.9 %. This decrease is awarded to the decrease in energy and transport costs prices, as well as a more favorable exchange rate with the Canadian dollar. Tourism attendance has regained its level before the health crisis. On the other hand, the fishery sector was affected by the difficulties of industrial fishing. Read also: for the Governor of the Banque de France, “the battle of inflation” will be won the tertiary sector concentrates 86.7 % of jobs activity rate high, at 81.6 % in 2020, greater than the national average of 71.9 %. The unemployment rate was 3.3 % in 2022, compared to 7.3 % for the country. The economy of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon is based mainly on the tertiary sector, which concentrates 86.7 % of jobs in 2020, up compared to the 81 % recorded in 1999. Public administrations, education, health and social action constitute a significant part of these jobs. Read also: Low wages, telework … Why the tertiary sector is also struggling to recruit executives finally, IADOM analyzes also relate to housing. In 2020, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon had 3,297 dwellings, divided into 2,639 main residences, 498 secondary residences and 160 vacant dwellings. Despite the demographic decline, demand remains sustained, in particular due to the increase in the number of households due to decohabitation. Between 2010 and 2023, the median price of housing increased 93 % in Saint-Pierre, reaching 1,790 euros per square meter, and 15 % in Miquelon. The rents have also progressed since 2012, especially for small areas, where the supply does not meet growing demand. The social rental park includes 113 housing units, including 38 managed by the local authority and 75 by the town hall of Saint-Pierre. >> Real estate prices and rents in 100 cities in France (Capital/FNAIM/CLAMER indicator) Receive our latest news every day, the selection of the main news of the day. (tagstotranslate) d u00e9mography
