The last remnant of the former colonial empire of New France (that is still under French control) is over 6,400 km away from France, but just 20 km off the Burin Peninsula in Newfoundland. The islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon were claimed for France in 1536 by Jacques Cartier, and they never gave them up, now it's home to about 6,000 people that speak french,use the Euro and have European phone numbers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Pierre_and_Miquelon
http://www.st-pierre-et-miquelon.com/english/index.php
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