Grand-Gosier ( ht, Gran Gozye) is a
commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Belle-Anse Arrondissement
Belle-Anse ( ht, Bèlans) is an arrondissement in the Sud-Est department of Haiti. As of 2015, the population was 158,081 inhabitants. Postal codes in the Belle-Anse Arrondissement start with the number 93.
The arondissement consists of the fo ...
, in the
Sud-Est department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
of
Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
.
It has 10,852 inhabitants.
It is the birthplace of celebrated Haitian poet and
Haitian Creole
Haitian Creole (; ht, kreyòl ayisyen, links=no, ; french: créole haïtien, links=no, ), commonly referred to as simply ''Creole'', or ''Kreyòl'' in the Creole language, is a French-based creole language spoken by 10–12million people wor ...
language advocate
Félix Morisseau-Leroy
Félix Morisseau-Leroy (13 March 1912 – 5 September 1998), was a Haitian writer who used Haitian Creole to write poetry and plays, the first significant writer to do so. By 1961 he succeeded in having Creole recognized as an official languag ...
.
References
Populated places in Sud-Est (department)
Communes of Haiti
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