L'Asile (; ) is a commune in the

Anse-à-Veau Arrondissement Anse-à-Veau () is an arrondissement in the Nippes Department of Haiti. As of 2015, the population was 153,639 inhabitants. Postal codes in the Anse-à-Veau Arrondissement start with the number 75. The arrondissement consists of the following co ...

, in the

Nippes Nippes (French language, French, ) or Nip (Haitian Creole) is one of the ten Departments of Haiti, departments (the highest-level political subdivisions) of Haiti located in southern Haiti. It is the most recently created department, having be ...

department of

Haiti Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...

. It has 41,073 inhabitants in 2015. The name comes from French meaning "the asylum". Probably it was used for an asylum during the

colonial era Colonial period (a period in a country's history where it was subject to management by a colonial power) may refer to: Continents *European colonization of the Americas * Colonisation of Africa * Western imperialism in Asia Countries * Col ...

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Populated places in Nippes Communes of Haiti {{Haiti-geo-stub