The Canton of La Désirade is a former
canton in the
Arrondissement of Pointe-à-Pitre
The arrondissement of Pointe-à-Pitre is an arrondissement of France in the Guadeloupe department in the Guadeloupe region. It has 14 communes. Its population is 204,900 (2016), and its area is .
Composition
The communes of the arrondissement of ...
in the department 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 1,532 inhabitants (2012).
[Populations légales 2012: 971 Guadeloupe]
INSEE It is located on
La Désirade Island. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It comprised the commune of
La Désirade
La Désirade is an island in the French West Indies, in the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean. It forms part of Guadeloupe, an overseas region of France.
History
Archaeological evidence has been discovered that suggests that an Amerindian popu ...
,
[ which joined the ]canton of Saint-François
The Canton of Saint-François is a canton in the Arrondissement of Pointe-à-Pitre on the island of Guadeloupe.
Municipalities
Since the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the communes of the canton are:
*La Désir ...
in 2015.Décret n° 2014-235 du 24 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Guadeloupe
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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
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):[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
Desirade
2015 disestablishments in France
States and territories disestablished in 2015
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