Saint-Barth�lemy
 

6 Mar 1785 - 16 Mar 1878   Adopted 16 Mar 1878   Adopted 22 Feb 2007 (Logo adopted 1977) Collectivit� Flag Adopted May 2018 Map of Saint-Barth�lemy Hear National Anthem "La Marseillaise" Local Anthem "L'Hymne � Saint-Barth�lemy" (Hymn to St. Barthelemy) Adopted 11 Dec 1999 Constitution  (28 Sep 1958) Capital: Gustavia (Le Car�nage to 1786) Currency: Euro (EUR); to 1 Jan 2002 French Franc (FRF) National Holiday: 14 Jul (1789) F�te Nationale  (National Holiday "Bastille Day") -------------------------------------- Local Holiday: 24 Aug (1572) F�te de la Saint-Barth�lemy (Saint Barthelemy Day) Population: 7,086 (2024) GDP: $487 million (2014) Exports: $22.9 million (2017) Imports: $123 million (2017) Ethnic groups: French, Portuguese, Caribbean, Afro-Caribbean Total Police Force: 11 (2012) Defense is the Responsibility of France Merchant marine: None (2024) Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant (Anglican and Pentecostal), Jehovah's Witnesses International Organizations/Treaties: ACS (associate), UPU Saint- Barth�lemy Chronology 1493                       Discovered and claimed for Spain by Christopher                              Columbus named Isla de San Bartolomeo in honor of                              his brother Bartolomeo's namesake saint. 1648                       French possession (Saint-Barth�lemy), first                              settlement from Saint Christopher.  24 May 1651                Compagnie des �les de l'Am�rique sells right to                              administer Saint-Barth�lemy (and other islands)                              to the Knights of Malta. 24 May 1651 -  4 Jan 1666  Administered by the Knights of Malta (abandoned                              1656-1659). 1656                       Settlement attacked and massacred by Caribs. 1659                       Beginning of permanent settlement of St. Barth. 10 Aug 1665                Knights of Malta agree to sell their rights to                              Compagnie Fran�aise des Indes Occidentales                              (effected 4 Jan 1666).  4 Jan 1666 -  7 Mar 1785  Saint-Barth�lemy a dependency of Guadeloupe.  4 Jan 1690 - 26 Jan 1690  English occupation (Saint Bartholomew), French                              settlers are deported. 26 Jan 1690 - 1698         Abandoned. 1744 - 1748                British occupation averted when islanders sign                              a declaration of neutrality. Jan 1779 - 28 Feb 1779     British raids destroy French defenses. 17 Mar 1781 - 26 Nov 1781  British occupation (Saint Bartholomew).  1 Jul 1784                France agrees to sell the island to Sweden.  7 Mar 1785 - 16 Mar 1878  Swedish colony (Sankt Barth�lemy)(by treaty of                              1 Jul 1784 with France). 1786 - 1806                Under Swedish West India Company (Svenska                              V�stindiska Kompaniet) administration. 21 Mar 1801 - 10 Jul 1802  British occupation (Saint Bartholomew). 1812 - 1845                Personal property of the King of Sweden. 10 Aug 1877                Sweden agrees to sell the island to France. 16 Mar 1878                French possession. 16 Mar 1848 - 10 Feb 2025  Part of Guadeloupe d�partement. 24 Jun 1940 - 14 Jul 1943  Administration loyal to Vichy France                              (from 14 Jul 1943, under Free French).   19 Mar 1946 -  7 Feb 1963  Saint-Barth�lemy made a canton of d�partement of                              Guadeloupe arrondissement La Basse-Terre.   7 Feb 1963 -  9 Jul 2007  Saint-Barth�lemy within Guadeloupe as part of the                              arrondissement of Saint-Martin et Saint-Barth�lemy                              (des �les du Nord)(see under Saint-Martin).  7 Dec 2003                Saint-Barth�lemy votes to become a separate                              overseas collectivit� of France by 95.5%.  9 Jul 2007                Saint-Barth�lemy a separate French overseas                              collectivit� (Collectivit� de Saint-Barth�lemy).

Commandants
1648 - 1656                Jacques Gente
1656 - 1659                abandoned
16.. -  1 Jan 1666         sieur du Guery
 1 Jan 1666 - 16..         sieur Beauplan
1673 - 16..                ....
c.1687                     Legrand
                             (captain-commandant)
1687/88 -  4 Jan 1690      Henri Charles de Vaultier, sieur   (d. 1690)
                             de Moyencourt
 4 Jan 1690 - 26 Jan 1690  Sir Timothy Thornhill              (b. 1648? - d. 1693)
                             (English commander)
26 Jan 1690 - 1698         abandoned
31 Mar 1698  (1 day)       de la Hogue                        (d. 1700)
                             (held title to 19 Dec 1700)     
 1 Apr 1698 - af.1700      Vacant
1713 - 1719?               Alexandre Vaultier de Moyencourt,  (b. 1658 - d. 1728)
                             comte de Moyencourt
c.1720 - c.1730?           Jacques Gr�aux
c.1732                     Christophe Mahieu
17.. - 1744                Jacques Gr�aux, Jr.                (d. 1744)
1744 - c.1746              V�ret (acting)
c.1750                     Gr�aux
1757 - 1763                Vacant
1763 - 1764                Alexis Brin (acting)
1764 - 1771                Ren� Camille, comte de Carn� de    (b. 1719 - d. 1785)
                             Tr�cesson
1771 - c.1774              Pierre Bernier
 6 Jun 1775 - Jan 1784     Alexandre Ren� d'Agneau-Douville   (b. 1736 - d. 1789)
17 Mar 1781 - 26 Nov 1781  Lawrence Graeme -British commander
1784? -  7 Mar 1785        Jean S�bastien, chevalier de Durat (b. 1757 - d. 1814)
                             (interim governor)
1784? -  7 Mar 1785        Laurent Fran�ois Isnard (commander)(d. 1787)
Governors
 7 Mar 1785 - 23 Apr 1787  Salomon Mauritz von Rajalin        (b. 1757 - d. 1825)
23 Apr 1787 -  6 Jun 1790  Pehr Herman Rosen von Rosenstein   (b. 1763 - d. 1799)
 6 Jun 1790 - 17 Nov 1795  Carl Fredrik Bagge af S�derby      (b. 1750 - d. 1828)
17 Nov 1795 - 26 Jan 1801  Georg Henrik Johan af Trolle       (b. 1763 - d. 1824)
26 Jan 1801 - 14 Feb 1812  Hans Henrik Anckerheim             (b. 1748 - d. 1814)
21 Mar 1801 - 10 Jul 1802  Sir Thomas Trigge -U.K. commander  (b. 1741 - d. 1814)
Mar 1801 - Jul 1801        John Wilson -U.K. military governor(b. c.1764 - d. 1818)
Aug 1801 - Jul 1802        John Gordon -U.K. military governor
14 Feb 1812 - 10 Aug 1816  Bernd Robert Gustaf Stackelberg    (b. 1784 - d. 1845)
10 Aug 1816 - 10 Dec 1818  Johan Samuel Rosensv�rd            (b. 1782 - d. 1818)
19 Sep 1818 - 20 Aug 1819  Carl Fredrik Berghult              (b. 1794 - d. 1834)
                             (acting [for Rosensv�rd to 10 Dec 1818])
20 Aug 1819 - 27 Apr 1826  Johan Norderling                   (b. 1760 - d. 1828)
27 Apr 1826 - 11 Oct 1833  James Haarlef Haasum               (b. 1791 - d. 1871)
                           + Lars Gustaf Morsing              (b. 1794 - d. 1860)
11 Oct 1833 - Dec 1860     James Haarlef Haasum               (s.a.)
Dec 1860 - 11 Aug 1868     Fredrik Carl Ulrich                (b. 1808 - d. 1868)
11 Aug 1868 -  4 Dec 1868  Georg Wilhelm Netherwood (acting)  (b. 1828 - d. 1903)
 4 Dec 1868 - 16 Mar 1878  Bror Ludvig Ulrich                 (b. 1818 - d. 1887)         
                             (acting to 10 Sep 1870)
Prefects to the State Representative in the Collectivit�s of Saint-Martin and
of Saint-Barth�lemy (until 10 Feb 2025, Pr�fets d�l�gu�s aupr�s du repr�sentant de l'�tat dans les collectivit�s de Saint-Martin et de Saint-Barth�lemy [delegated to the prefect of Guadeloupe, who was from 9 Jul 2007, also Representative of the State in the Collectivit� of Saint-Barth�lemy])
 9 Jul 2007 -              the prefects of Saint-Martin

Mayors
1878 - 1900                Hippolyte Duchatellard             (b. 1833 - d. 1910)
1900 - 1913                Jean-Bertrand Sourd                (b. 1859 - d. 1918)
1913 - 1919                Louis D�ravin
1919 - 1925                Th�odore L�d�e                     (b. c.1840 - d. 19..)
1925 - 1927                Adolphe Leroy
1927 - 1929                Eug�ne Magras
1929 - 1931                Ruben D�ravin (1st time)           (b. 1870 - d. 1941)
1931 - 1933                Stephan Tara
1933 - 1941                Ruben D�ravin (2nd time)           (s.a.)
1941 - 1942                Cl�ment L�d�e (1st time)
1942 - 1943                Jean L�d�e
1943 - 1944                Cl�ment L�d�e (2nd time)
1944 - 1947                Raynal Rosey (delegate to 1945)    (b. 1901 - d. 1950)   Ind;1947 RI
1947 - 1962                Alexandre Magras                   (b. 1917 - d. 2016)
1962 - 1977                R�my de Haenen                     (b. 1916 - d. 2008)   UNR + DVD
Mar 1977 - Mar 1983        Charles Querrard                   (b. 1948)
 8 Mar 1983 - 1995         Daniel Blanchard                   (b. 1946)             MAPA-SB
Jun 1995 - 15 Jul 2007     Bruno Magras                       (b. 1951)            MAPA-SB/UMP
Presidents of the Territorial Council
15 Jul 2007 -  3 Apr 2022  Bruno Magras                       (s.a.)            SBA+UMP;2015 LR
 3 Apr 2022 -              Xavier L�d�e                       (b. 1980)             UPS

Territorial Disputes: None identified.    

Party abbreviations: DVD = Divers Droite (Diverse Right, right-wing candidates not members of any large party); Ind = Ind�pendant (Independent); LR = Les R�publicains (The Republicans, center-right, former UMP, est.30 May 2015); SBA = Saint-Barth d'Abord! (Saint Barth First!, liberal conservative, Francophile, St. Barth regionalist, Bruno Magras election list, affiliated with UMP/LR, est.2007); UPS = Unis pour Saint-Barth�lemy (United for Saint Barthelemy, Xavier L�d�e election list, est.2017);
- Former parties: MAPA-SB = Mouvement pour le Progr�s et l'Avenir de St.-Barth (Movement for Action and Progress for the Future of Saint Barth, conservative, est.1973?); RI = R�publicain Ind�pendant (Republican Independent); UMP = Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (Union for a Popular Movement [to 17 Nov 2002: Union for the Presidential Majority], conservative, merger of RPR, DL and the main part of UDF, 23 Apr 2002-30 May 2015, renamed LR); UNR = Union pour la Nouvelle R�publique (Union for the New Republic, Gaullist, conservative, 1958-1968)