The Canton of Goyave is a former
canton
Canton may refer to:
Administrative division terminology
* Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland
* Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French
Arts and ent ...
in the
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 ...
on the island of
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 ...
. It had 11,234 inhabitants (2012).
[Populations légales 2012: 971 Guadeloupe]
, INSEE It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of two communes, which joined the
canton of Petit-Bourg
The Canton of Petit-Bourg 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:
* Goyave
* Peti ...
in 2015.
Municipalities
The canton included two ''communes'':
[
*]Goyave
Goyave (, unlike ''goyave'' ; gcf, label= Guadeloupean Creole, Gwayav, italic=no) is a commune in the French overseas region and department of Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles. It is part of the urban area of Pointe-à-Pitre, the largest metropol ...
*Petit-Bourg
Petit-Bourg ( gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Tibou, ) is the seventh-largest commune in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe. It is located on the east side of the island of Basse-Terre, and is part of the metropolitan area of Pointe-à-P ...
(partly)
See also
*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-Maha ...
* 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 Pointe- ...
References
Former cantons of Guadeloupe
2015 disestablishments in France
States and territories disestablished in 2015
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