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Canton Of Vieux-Habitants
The Canton of Vieux-Habitants ( French for ''Old Inhabitants'') is a canton in the Arrondissement of Basse-Terre on the island of Guadeloupe. Municipalities Since the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the communes of the canton are: *Baillif *Bouillante (partly) *Vieux-Habitants See also * Cantons of Guadeloupe *Communes of Guadeloupe *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 P ... References Cantons of Guadeloupe {{guadeloupe-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vieux-Habitants
Vieux-Habitants (French for ''Old Inhabitants'') is a commune on Guadeloupe, a French overseas department in the Caribbean. It is located on the southwest coast of the island of Basse-Terre. History This is the oldest parish, founded in 1636, when the first French settlers inhabited the west coast near the present site of Vieux Habitants. The name, meaning "Old Settlers" derives from the fact that many employees of the West Indies Company retired here and preferred to be called "inhabitants" to distinguish between themselves and the slaves. It grew gradually as an agricultural area, famous for its coffee, vanilla and Creole gardens. Geography Vieux-Habitants is located in the southwest of Basse-Terre island, 87 kilometres southwest of Pointe à Pitre. It is bordered by the commune of Baillif to the south and Bouillante to the north. The commune also contains the village of Marigot to the north, between Vieux-Habitants village and Bouilliante. The Grand-Rivières river and forests ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Language
French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Northern Gaul. Its closest relatives are the other langues d'oïl—languages historically spoken in northern France and in southern Belgium, which French ( Francien) largely supplanted. French was also influenced by native Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul like Gallia Belgica and by the ( Germanic) Frankish language of the post-Roman Frankish invaders. Today, owing to France's past overseas expansion, there are numerous French-based creole languages, most notably Haitian Creole. A French-speaking person or nation may be referred to as Francophone in both English and French. French is an official language in 29 countries across multiple continents, most of which are members of the ''Organisation internationale de la Francophonie'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 INSEE Like the other overseas departments, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of France
The () is a level of administrative division in the French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipalities in the United States and Canada, ' in Germany, ' in Italy, or ' in Spain. The United Kingdom's equivalent are civil parishes, although some areas, particularly urban areas, are unparished. are based on historical geographic communities or villages and are vested with significant powers to manage the populations and land of the geographic area covered. The are the fourth-level administrative divisions of France. vary widely in size and area, from large sprawling cities with millions of inhabitants like Paris, to small hamlets with only a handful of inhabitants. typically are based on pre-existing villages and facilitate local governance. All have names, but not all named geographic areas or groups of people residing together are ( or ), the difference residing in the lack of administrative powers. Except for the municipal arrondi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baillif
Baillif is a commune of Guadeloupe, an overseas region and department of France located in the Lesser Antilles. Baillif is a suburb of Basse-Terre, the prefecture and second-largest urban area of Guadeloupe located on Basse-Terre Island (the western-half of Guadeloupe). History In 1637, Governor De L'Olive conceded a parcel of land to the Dominican friars, from the Fathers' river to that of Baillif, and today these mark out the boundary of the town. Under the leadership of Father Labat, several fortresses were built in Baillif to protect the region from English invasion. The Dominicans came to preach the good news of Jesus. Following the defeat of Napoleon in the Napoleonic Wars in 1815, the governor of Guadeloupe, the Comte de Linois refused to surrender his position to the Bourbon appointed governor of the Windward Islands, the Comte de Vaugiraud, believing the stories of Napoleon's defeat to be propaganda and lies. As such, de Vaugiraud invited the English to invade the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bouillante
Bouillante () is a ''commune'' in the French overseas region and department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. History Bouillante was founded about 1635 with the arrival of some of Guadeloupe's first colonists. It was originally named ''Islets à Goyaves'' ("Islet of Guavas") until the beginning of the 18th century, when the name was changed to ''Fontaines Bouillantes'' after the island's hot springs that were known for their therapeutic virtues. With the end of the Ancien Régime, the civil authorities and religious leaders renamed the city ''Bouillante''. Saint Louis, the religious character, is the patron saint of the commune. Bouillante knew its apogee during the 17th century. It occupied an important place on the island through the policy of the Kingdom of France. The king wanted to make Guadeloupe a colony of settlement based on the family small-scale farming and the introduction of volunteers. The latter, from France, were regarded as the first European inhabitants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Retrieved 3 July 2020. * * * |
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, ) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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