Saint-Martin
 

Unofficial Local Flag   Map of Saint Martin Hear National Anthem "La Marseillaise" Hear Local Anthem "O Sweet Saint-Martin's Land" Constitution  (28 Sep 1958) Capital: Marigot (formerly Fort Louis) Currency: Euro (EUR); to 1 Jan 2002 French Franc (FRF) National Holiday: 14 Jul (1789) Bastille Day --------------------------------- Local Holiday: 12 Jul (1848) Schoelcher Day (Slavery Abolition Day) Population: 34,550 (2007) GDP: $N/A Exports: $N/A Imports: $N/A Ethnic groups: Creole (mulatto), black, Guadeloupe Mestizo (French-East Asian), white, East Indian, and other  Total French Troops: N/A Defense is the Responsibility of France Merchant marine: None (2007) Religions: Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witness, Protestant, Hindu International Organizations/Treaties: UPU Saint-Martin Index Chronology 11 Nov 1493                Discovered and claimed for Spain by Columbus                               named Isla de San Martin. 1631 - 1633                Dutch colony (see Dutch Sint Maarten). 1633 - 1647                Spanish colony.  23 Mar 1648                Divided into French (Saint-Martin)(north) and Dutch                               Sint Maarten (south); French zone under the                              Compagnie des Îles del'Amérique (to 1651), French                              zone comes to be part of Guadeloupe. 1651 - 1665                French Saint Martin a seigneury of the Order                               of Malta. 1665 - 1713                French Saint Martin subordinated to Saint-Cristophe                               (see Saint Kitts). 1672 - 1679                British occupy French zone. 1674                       French zone a crown colony. 1679 - 1689                French occupy entire island. 1690 - 1699                English occupy entire island. 1699 - 1702                French occupy entire island. 1702 - 1713                British occupy French zone. 1759 - 1764                British occupy French zone.  Jan 1779 - 24 Feb 1779     British occupy French zone.  3 Feb 1781 - 26 Nov 1781  British occupy entire island.  24 Feb 1779 -  3 Feb 1781  French occupy entire island.   3 Feb 1781 - 26 Nov 1781  British occupy entire island.  26 Nov 1781 - 1784         British occupy French zone. 18 May 1793 -  5 Apr 1794  Dutch administer entire island (see Sint Maarten). 1794 - 1795                British occupy French zone.  29 Apr 1795 - 24 Mar 1801  French occupy entire island. 24 Mar 1801 -  1 Dec 1802  British occupy entire island. 1810 - 1816                British occupy entire island (see Sint Maarten). 1816                       French and Dutch zones resumed. 16 Jun 1940 - 14 Jul 1943  Administration loyal to Vichy France                              (from 14 Jul 1943, under Free French). 1948 -  1 Feb 1963         French Saint-Martin made a canton of Guadeloupe                              arrondissement Basse-Terre.   1 Feb 1963 - 21 Feb 2007  Saint-Martin together with Saint-Barthélémy made                              separate arrondissement of Guadeloupe as                              Saint-Martin et Saint-Barthélémy.  7 Dec 2003                Saint-Martin votes to become a separate                              overseas collectivité by 76.17% 21 Feb 2007                Saint-Martin a separate French overseas                              collectivité. Arrondissement Saint-Martin et Saint-Barthélémy (1963-2007)

Governors
Mar 1648 - 1651            Robert de Lonvilliers de Poincy
1651 - 1660                Philippe de Lonvilliers de Poincy
1660 - 1664                Charles de Sales
1664                       Savinien de Courpon de la Tour
1666 - 1672                Laurent de Maynie
1672 - 1679                English occupation
1679 - 1685                ....
1685 - 1689                chevalier de Rionville -Royal lieutenant
1690 - 1699                English occupation
1699 - 1701                Jean Dyel du Parquet
1701 - 1702                Louis Cacqueray de Valmenière
1702 - 1713                British occupation
1713 - 1717                Martel
1717 - 1731                François de Larréol (de Lauriol)
1731? - 1736               J. Gréaux
1736 - 1753                Pymon
1753 - 1768                Alexis Brin
1759 - 1764                British occupation
1764 - 1768                ....
1768 - 1770                Ismard
1769                       Gaspard Bayon
1770 - 1783                Auguste Descoudrelles 
Jan 1779 - 25 Feb 1779     John Fahie -British commander
 3 Feb 1781 - 1784         British occupation
Commandants 
1783 - 1785                Auguste Descoudrelles
1785 - 1795                Jean Sébastien de Durat
1794 - 1795                John Madenbrough -British commander
1795                       Romney -British commander
1795 - 1798                La Bruyère
                           + Jean Rouvellet
1795 - 1808?               Charles Dormoy
1801 - 1802                British occupation
1803 - 1804                Jean-Baptiste Bresson
1804 - 1804                Robert Nicholson -British commandant
1808 - 1810                Jean Pruilh
1810 - 1816                British occupation
1815                       Saint Jire
1815 - 1816                Incker
1816                       Laffranque (Leffrenque)
1816                       Baron de Proissie (1st time)
1816                       Gaston
1816 - 1817                Baron de Proissie (2nd time)
1817                       Rogers
1817 - 1823                Louis Auguste Elliot
1823 - 1824                Aurange
1824 - 1831                Rougemont
1831 - 1832                Carol
1832                       Belongrie
1832 - 1840                Forget
1840 - 18..                Munier
Presidents of the Municipality
1828 - 1832                Marigot 
1832 - 1838                O'Reilly
Prefects (delegated to the prefect of Guadeloupe, who from 9 Jul 2007 is also
state representative in Saint-Martin)
21 Feb 2007 - 21 Mar 2007  Yvon Alain (interim subprefect)    (b. 1955)
21 Mar 2007 -              Dominique Lacroix                  (b. 1955)

Mayors
21 Jul 1838 - 1866         Pierre Georges Dormoy
1866 - 1867                Pierre Martin
1867 - 1871                Louis Murat
1871                       Télèphe Sainte-Hélène
1871 - 1874                Victor Foulquier
1874 - 1878                Pierre Auguste Beauperthuy
1878 - 1879                Charles Becker (1st time)(acting)
1879 - 1891                Jean Frédéric Becker
1891 - 1904                Charles Becker (2nd time)
1904 - 1919                Charles Daniel Esprit Beauperthuy
1919 - 1925                Louis Emmanuel Fleming
1925 - 1928                Ferdinand Morales
1928 - 1949                Louis Constant Fleming             (d. 1949)
1949 - 1959                Hugues Élie Fleming (1st time)
1959 - 1977                Fernand Hubert Petit               (d. 2006)
1977 - 1983                Hugues Élie Fleming (2nd time)
1983 - 15 Jul 2007         Albert Fleming
President of the Territorial Council
15 Jul 2007 -              Louis Constant Fleming                               UPP

Sous-Préfets (Sub-Prefects) of the Northern Islands (of St. Martin and St. Barthélémy)
Apr 1962 - Apr 1963        Guy Maillard 
May 1963 - Sep 1965        S. Thirioux 
Sep 1965 - Jul 1967        J. Vidal 
Aug 1967 - Oct 1969        J. Ducret 
Dec 1969 - Dec 1971        R. Stambouli 
Feb 1972 - Feb 1975        K. Khrissate 
Apr 1975 - Jun 1978        P. Etchegoyen 
Aug 1978 - Jul 1980        J.P. Lacave 
10 Jul 1980 - Jan 1981     Bernard Prévost 
Jan 1981 - Sep 1981        J. Limoge 
15 Oct 1981 - Sep 1984     Gonthier Friédérici 
Nov 1984 - Oct 1986        J.P. Hubert 
Oct 1986 - May 1989        François Senners 
Jun 1989 - Sep 1990        Michel Magnier 
Sep 1990 - Dec 1991        Pierre Vache 
Dec 1991 - Apr 1992        ....
Apr 1992 - Nov 1993        Bernard Guerin 
Jan 1994 - Jan 1995        Jean-Jacques Dudilieu 
Jan 1995 - Aug 1996        Antoine Pichon 
Aug 1996 - Aug 1998        Jean-Loup Petit 
Oct 1998 - 22 Jun 2000     Didier Juilliard
Jun 2000 - Aug 2003        Patrice Latron
Sep 2003 - 21 Dec 2006     Maurice Michaud
Dec 2006 - 21 Mar 2007     Yvon Alain (interim)                  (s.a.)

Party abbreviations: RRR = Rassemblement Responsabilité et Réussite (Togetherness, Responsiblity and Success, Saint-Martin regionalist); UMP = Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (Union for a Popular Movement [to 17 Nov 2002: Union for the Presidential Majority], conservative, est. 23 Apr 2002 from RPR, DL and the main part of UDF); UPP = Union Pour le Progres (Union for Progress)