PIERRE, St, a small island belonging to France, off the south coast of Newfoundland. Its area is about 8 square miles. It is occupied with rocky heights about 500 feet above the sea, and with ponds and marshes in the lower ground. Stunted pines and birches are almost the only vegetation; and the people live chiefly by fishing. A village of the same name, with a roadstead and fort, stands on the S.E. coast. Pop. about 1200.