Lapointe (or La Pointe) 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
Port-de-Paix Arrondissement
Port-de-Paix ( ht, Podpè) is an arrondissement in the Nord-Ouest department of Haiti. As of 2015, the population was 336,650 inhabitants. Postal codes in the Port-de-Paix Arrondissement start with the number 31.
The arrondissement consists of ...
, in the
Nord-Ouest department 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 ...
. Once a ''
communal section
The communal section (french: section communale, formerly section rurale) is the smallest administrative division in Haiti. The 144 communes are further divided into 571 communal sections.
Operation
It is headed by an executive body, the CASE ...
'', a presidential decree on 22 July 2015 made it a commune.
References
Populated places in Nord-Ouest (department)
Communes of Haiti
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