Like Las Vegas, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon is one of those places where you can get married in a few days, without having to live there. A “so romantic” approach favored by a dozen foreign or metropolitan couples in recent years.
Getting married in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon: “so romantic” say these couples who have come from far away to unite in the archipelago. Nova Scotia, Quebec, Newfoundland or mainland France, a dozen marriages have been celebrated between two people not residing in the archipelago over the last fifteen years. Without any particular ties here, they nevertheless chose Saint-Pierre and Miquelon to call themselves “oui”.
Ceremonies made possible by a 2009 law, which exempts couples from the residence requirement to be able to marry in most overseas communities. This also concerns people of foreign nationality.
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In the rest of France, you must live at least a month in a town to be able to get married there. In Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, this period is reduced to a dozen days, time to publish banns and prepare the civil ceremony. It is therefore possible to come on vacation and get married at the town hall, whether you are French or foreign.
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This summer, a couple from Quebec took the plunge. They were married by Loïc Fouchard, deputy mayor of Saint-Pierre. “They came one week specifically to get married in Saint-Pierre. They wanted to surprise their family,” smiled the chosen one. He also remembers his first such marriage.
They were two people from Nova Scotia. They had taken the taxi driver and the hotel employee as witnesses!
Loïc Fouchard, deputy mayor of Saint-Pierre
These ceremonies are relatively rare, “but always filled with a particular emotion”remarks the chosen one.
For the territory, the issue is also economic. The market for “destination wedding”which involves getting together far from home in a place considered exotic or romantic, has been growing steadily in recent years. According to a study by the Spherical Insights agency, the size of the global destination wedding market has been estimated at $29.7 billion in 2023. This figure could increase tenfold by 2033.
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