Category:North America/Saint Barthelemy/

Coordinates: 17°54′00″N 62°49′59″W 17.9, -62.833

Saint Barthelemy

Saint Barthlemy (French Saint-Barthlemy French pronunciation , Swedish Sankt Barthelemy), officially the Collectivity of Saint Barthlemy (French Collectivit de Saint-Barthlemy), is an overseas collectivity of France. To the northwest lies St. Martin, to the southwest Saba, to the south St. Eustatius and St. Kitts, and ultimately to the southeast Barbuda.It has an area of 21 km and a population of 8,398 (census 2006). Its capital is Gustavia, which is also its main harbor. Also known as Saint Barth in French, or St. Barts in English, the collectivity is one of the four territories among the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean that comprise the French West Indies, along with Guadeloupe, Martinique and St. Martin. It is the only one to have historically been a Swedish colony. The Swedish influence can still be found in architecture and street names. The language, cuisine and culture are distinctly French.^[1]

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