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Canton Of Lamentin
The Canton of Lamentin is a canton in the Arrondissement of Basse-Terre on the island of Guadeloupe. Its population was 16,573 in 2017.Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017
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The canton includes 1 ''commune'':Décret n° 2014-235 du 24 février 2014 portant ...
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Lamentin
Lamentin ( Guadeloupean Creole: ) is a commune in the French overseas department and region of Guadeloupe. It is part of the agglomeration of Pointe-à-Pitre, in the north part of Basse-Terre. Three islets are included in the commune: Christopher, Fajou, Caret. History Founded in 1720 in the commune's name comes from a French word for manatee (''lamantin''), a sea creature which used to inhabit the Lesser Antilles. In the 18th century, the commune underwent a boom, down to coffee, caco, cotton and sugar cane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, perennial grass (in the genus '' Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fibrous stalk .... In 1920, a cyclone destroyed the mayor's office and presbytery, which have since been rebuilt by Ali Tur. Population Tourism Lamentin is home to ''La Ravine Chaude'' (''The hot ravine''), a thermal bathing centre. E ...
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Cantons Of France
The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the France, French Republic's Departments of France, departments and Arrondissements of France, arrondissements. Apart from their role as organizational units in relation to certain aspects of the administration of public services and justice, the chief purpose of the cantons today is to serve as Constituency, constituencies for the election of members of the representative assemblies established in each of France's territorial departments (Departmental council (France), departmental councils, formerly general councils). For this reason, such elections were known in France as "cantonal elections", until 2015 when their name was changed to "departmental elections" to match the departmental councils' name. As of 2015, there were 2,054 cantons in France. Most of them group together a number of Communes of France, communes (the lowest administrative division of the French Republic), although larger communes may be included in mo ...
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Arrondissement Of Basse-Terre
The arrondissement of Basse-Terre is an arrondissement of France in the Guadeloupe department in the Guadeloupe region. It has 18 communes. Its population is 189,210 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of Basse-Terre, and their INSEE codes, are: # Baie-Mahault (97103) # Baillif (97104) # Basse-Terre (97105) # Bouillante (97106) # Capesterre-Belle-Eau (97107) # Deshaies (97111) # Gourbeyre (97109) # Goyave (97114) # Lamentin (97115) # Petit-Bourg (97118) # Pointe-Noire (97121) # Saint-Claude (97124) # Sainte-Rose (97129) # Terre-de-Bas (97130) # Terre-de-Haut (97131) # Trois-Rivières (97132) # Vieux-Fort (97133) # Vieux-Habitants (97134) History The arrondissement of Basse-Terre was established in 1947. The arrondissement of Saint-Martin-Saint-Barthélemy, containing the communes of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy, was created in 1963 from part of the arrondissement of Basse-Terre. As a result of the reorganisation of the canton ...
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Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) is an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the two inhabited Îles des Saintes—as well as many uninhabited islands and outcroppings. It is south of Antigua and Barbuda and Montserrat, north of the Commonwealth of Dominica. The region's capital city is Basse-Terre, located on the southern west coast of Basse-Terre Island; however, the most populous city is Les Abymes and the main centre of business is neighbouring Pointe-à-Pitre, both located on Grande-Terre Island. It had a population of 384,239 in 2019.Populations légales 2019: 971 Guadeloupe
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Institut National De La Statistique Et Des études économiques
The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (french: link=no, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques), abbreviated INSEE or Insee ( , ), is the national statistics bureau of France. It collects and publishes information about the French economy and people and carries out the periodic national census. Headquartered in Montrouge, a commune in the southern Parisian suburbs, it is the French branch of Eurostat. The INSEE was created in 1946 as a successor to the Vichy regime's National Statistics Service (SNS). It works in close cooperation with the Institut national d'études démographiques (INED). Purpose The INSEE is responsible for the production and analysis of official statistics in France. Its best known responsibilities include: * Organising and publishing the national census. * Producing various indices – which are widely recognised as being of excellent quality – including an inflation index used for determining the rates o ...
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Cantons Of Guadeloupe
The following is a list of the 21 cantons of the Guadeloupe department, in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March of 2015: * Les Abymes-1 * Les Abymes-2 * Les Abymes-3 * Baie-Mahault-1 * Baie-Mahault-2 * Basse-Terre * Capesterre-Belle-Eau * Le Gosier * Lamentin * Marie-Galante * Morne-à-l'Eau * Le Moule * Petit-Bourg * Petit-Canal * Pointe-à-Pitre * Sainte-Anne * Sainte-Rose-1 * Sainte-Rose-2 * Saint-François * Trois-Rivières * Vieux-Habitants Saint-Martin-Saint-Barthélemy The arrondissement of Saint-Martin-Saint-Barthélemy was part of the department of Guadeloupe until 22 February 2007, when the communes of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy were detached from Guadeloupe. It was made up of three cantons: * Saint-Barthélemy * Saint-Martin 1st Canton * Saint-Martin 2nd Canton Saint Martin may refer to: People * Saint Martin of Tours (c. 316–397), Bishop of Tours, France * Saint Martin of Braga (c. 520–580), ...
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Communes Of Guadeloupe
The following is a list of the 32 communes of the Guadeloupe overseas department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):BANATIC
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Arrondissements Of Guadeloupe
The 2 arrondissements of the Guadeloupe department are: # Arrondissement of Basse-Terre, (prefecture of the Guadeloupe department: Basse-Terre) with 18 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 189,210 in 2016. # Arrondissement of Pointe-à-Pitre, (subprefecture: Pointe-à-Pitre) with 14 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 204,900 in 2016. History The arrondissements of Basse-Terre and Pointe-à-Pitre were established in 1947. The arrondissement of Saint-Martin-Saint-Barthélemy, containing the communes of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy, was created in 1963 from part of the arrondissement of Basse-Terre. This arrondissement was disbanded when Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy became separate overseas collectivities in February 2007. See also *Cantons of the Guadeloupe department *Communes of the Guadeloupe department References {{Americas topic, Administrative divisions of Guadeloupe Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) ...
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