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ID: 1016917
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Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Saint Pierre (inhabited place)  Saint Pierre (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 14 44 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 14.7333  decimal degrees
Long: 061 11 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -61.1833  decimal degrees

Note: Founded in 17th cen. by French settlers under Esnambuc; flourished as center of commercial activity on island; was buried under volcanic eruption of Mount Pelée in 1902, killing most inhabitants; today the ruins are a tourist attraction.

Names:
Saint Pierre (preferred,C,V)
Saint-Pierre (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Martinique (dependent state)  ........  Martinique (dependent state) (P)
Hierarchy of lost & found/Martinique (miscellaneous)  ............  lost & found/Martinique (miscellaneous) (P)
Hierarchy of Saint Pierre (inhabited place)  ................  Saint Pierre (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  established in 1635, has been repopulated since the 1902 volcanic eruption
town (C)
tourist center (C)
capital (H)  ............  of island, 17th cen.-1902

Sources and Contributors:
Saint-Pierre..........  [VP]
.......................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 811
Saint Pierre..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 171
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1053
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 811
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 171
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1053
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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