Jersey and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon : the influence of geographical marginalities and cultural resurgences on economic development of islands borders

• Main Author: Fleury, Christian
• Other Authors: Espaces et Sociétés (ESO), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Le Mans Université (UM)-Université d'Angers (UA)-AGROCAMPUS OUEST-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Géographie et d'Aménagement Régional de l'Université de Nantes (IGARUN), Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2009
• Subjects: Jersey; Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon; insularity; border; cultural resurgence; insularité; frontière; résurgence culturelle; [SHS.GEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Geography; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://shs.hal.science/halshs-00524004

International audience Despite their obvious differences, comparing Jersey with Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon cases makes sense due to their both respective institutional status and location. Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, situated close from the Canadian island of Newfoundland, is fully included within French Republic but doesn't belong to European Union. So it has room for manoeuvre further ordinary abilities allotted to some part of metropolitan territory. Jersey, British Crown's dependency, lies 24 kilometres off the Cotentin Peninsula, part of the French region of Basse-Normandie. Out of United Kingdom, and by extension out of EU, it was able to develop a set of skilled activities, mainly in the financial sector. Each at their quite different level and temporality, these island-border territories are therefore institutional and geographical margins trending to develop dematerialised activities integrating extended spatial system. Besides this issue, the paper will also stress the other hand of the island's relational pattern which lead them to remember former and rather forgotten cultural links which has existed with their neighbourhood. These resurgence is noticed as well considering Jersey for which it seems like a counterbalance to the global drift movement their financial industry involves, as about Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, specially concerning the reactivation of links with Acadia.