Belle Vue Harel is a village in

Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It incl ...

that is located in the

Pamplemousses District Pamplemousses () is a district of Mauritius, located in the north west of the island, and is one of the most densely populated parts of the island. The name of the district comes from the French word for grapefruits. The district has an area o ...

on the northern part of the island. It is located next to Plaine des Papayes village. It is part of the larger

Plaine des Papayes Plaine may refer to: * Plaine (river), a tributary of the Meurthe (river), river Meurthe in France * Plaine, Bas-Rhin, a commune in Alsace in north-eastern France * Plaine-Haute, a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwester ...

area which as of 2011 had 7,607 inhabitants. The village is the site of the

Stade Anjalay The Anjalay Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Belle Vue Harel, Pamplemousses District, Mauritius. At present, it is used mostly for football (soccer), football matches. The parking area of the stadium is used for car racing and motorcycle racing. ...

, which is a prominent football venue for the nation, with the national football team and two top division teams (

Pamplemousses SC Pamplemousses Sporting Club is a Mauritian football club based in Belle Vue Harel. They play in the top division in Mauritian football. Ground Their home stadium is Stade Anjalay (cap. 18,000), located in Belle Vue Maurel, Pamplemousses. Ach ...

AS Rivière du Rempart AS Rivière du Rempart is a Mauritian football club based in Mapou, Rivière du Rempart District. They play in the Mauritian Premier League, the top division in Mauritian football. They have never won the league or any domestic cups. Ground T ...

) being resident.

Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competi ...

is also accommodated at the stadium and the 1992 African Championships in Athletics was held in the village.

History

Significant strikes by Indo Mauritian sugarcane field labourers escalated into deadly riots in the fields of the Belle Vue Harel Sugar Estate on 27 September 1943 during the

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. This event became known as the

Belle Vue Harel massacre The 1943 Belle Vue Harel Massacre refers to a significant strike which escalated into riots amongst labourers working in the fields of the Belle Vue Harel Sugar Estate, near the village of Belle Vue Harel on the island of Mauritius in September ...

References

Populated places in Mauritius {{Mauritius-geo-stub