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ID: 1016917
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Record Type:
administrative
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:
World
(facet)
....
North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Martinique
(dependent state) (
P
)
............
lost & found/Martinique
(miscellaneous) (
P
)
................
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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