Grand Baie (or sometimes Grand Bay) is a coastal 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 ...
located in the
Rivière du Rempart District
Rivière du Rempart () is a district of Mauritius, located in the North-East of the island, having an area of 147.6 km². The population estimate was at 108,005 as at 31 December 2015.
History
Places of interest
Places
The Rivière du R ...
, but the western part also lies inside 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 ...
. The village is administered by the Grand Baie Village Council under the aegis of the Rivière du Rempart District Council.
According to the census performed by
Statistics Mauritius
Statistics Mauritius formerly known as the Central Statistics Office (CSO) is the national statistical agency of Mauritius. It operates under the aegis of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development and is responsible for all statistical a ...
in 2011, the population was at 11,910.
Gallery
File:Grand Baie, La Cuvette Beach.jpg, La Cuvette Beach
File:Grand_Baie,_Shiv_Kalyannath_Mandir.JPG, Hindu temple
File:Grand Baie, Vadapazhanee Murugan Kovil.jpg, Tamil hindu temple
File:Grand Baie, Vadapazhanee Murugan Kovil, front.jpg, Tamil hindu temple
File:Grand Baie, catholic church, (1).JPG, Catholic church
File:Grand_Baie,_Adolphe_de_Plevitz_State_Secondary_School.jpg, Secondary School
File:Grand Baie, Public Library, 1865.jpg, Public library
File:Straße grand-Baie 2019-09-27 3.jpg, Street view
See also
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Districts of Mauritius
The Districts of the Republic of Mauritius are the second-level administrative divisions after the Outer Islands of Mauritius.
Mauritius Island
Mauritius Island is divided into nine districts which consist of one city, four towns, and 130 vil ...
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List of places in Mauritius
This is a list of populated places in Mauritius and Agaléga.
Mauritius
Agaléga
See also
* Outer islands of Mauritius
* Districts of Mauritius
* Geography of Mauritius
* ISO 3166-2:MU
References
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Beaches of Mauritius
Populated places in Mauritius
Rivière du Rempart District
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