Saint Petersburg
a city of Florida in Pinellas co. It is on the peninsula separating Tampa Bay from the Gulf of Mexico, and is on the Atlantic Coast and the Tampa and Gulf Coast lines. It has an excellent harbor and in recent years has developed an important commerce. It is also a favorite winter resort. The population since 1910 has rapidly increased. Pop. (1910) 4,127; (1920) 14,237.
ST. PETERSBURG. See PETROGRAD.
ST. PIERRE, the largest town, though not the capital, of the island of MARTIN- IQUE (q. v.), W. I. It was founded in 1665, and at the time of its destruction by an eruption of Mont Pelée in 1902 it had a population of from 26,000 to 30,- 000, and was of considerable commercial importance. It was the birthplace of Josephine, consort of Napoleon I.
SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON, a French colony, 10 miles S. of Newfoundland, consisting of the three islands of Saint Pierre, Ile-aux-Chiens, and Miquelon, having in all an area of 93 square miles. They are only moderately fertile, but are of importance as the center of the SAINT-PIERRE SAINT-SAËNS French cod fisheries, which employ many brai. The church of St. Quentin is a rethousand persons, with exports amount- markably fine Gothic structure, dating ing to nearly $3,000,000 per annum. The capital of the colony is Saint Pierre, where the headquarters of the governor are situated, and a representative of the colony sits in the French Chamber of Deputies. The capital has cable communication with Europe and lines of steamers run between it and Boston and Halifax. Pop. about 6,000. The islands were the subject of controversies and wrangling between French and English from 1713 to 1816, but in the latter year France was confirmed in their possession.