Grande-Rivière-du-Nord ( ht, Grann Rivyè dinò) 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
Grande-Rivière-du-Nord Arrondissement
Grande-Rivière-du-Nord ( ht, Grann Rivyè dinò) is an arrondissement
An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands.
Europe
Fr ...
, in the
Nord
Nord, a word meaning "north" in several European languages, may refer to:
Acronyms
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Department
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
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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 ...
.
Jean-Jacques Dessalines
Jean-Jacques Dessalines (Haitian Creole: ''Jan-Jak Desalin''; ; 20 September 1758 – 17 October 1806) was a leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler of an independent First Empire of Haiti, Haiti under the Constitution of Haiti, 1 ...
was born there in 1758 on the Cormiers plantation.
[Dayan, Joan (1995) "Haiti, History, and the Gods" pp. 66–97 ''In'' Prakash, Gyan (editor) (1995) ''After Colonialism: Imperial histories and postcolonial displacements'' Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey]
page 74
References
Populated places in Nord (Haitian department)
Communes of Haiti
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