Morne-à-l'Eau (; ) is a commune located in the department of

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Events

In March or April each year since 1993, the town organises a crab festival which features crab races and many stalls selling crab-based dishes. In 2008 the event's 18th edition attracted over 20,000 visitors and included a Brazilian music plus a cycle-race passing through the already congested town.

Hamlets

Béguette, Berlette, Blanchette, Boisvin, Bosrédon, Belle-Espérance, Blain, Blanchet, Bonne-Terre, Le Bourg (Grippon), Brion, Bubelloy, Chastel, Chaumette, Chazeau, Chevalier, Chouioutte, Clugny, Cocoyer, Croustère, Dubelloy, Dubisquet, Espérance, Geffrier, Gensolin, Lemesle, Lola, Jabrun, Jabrun-Saint-Cyr, Labuthie, Lasserre, Lebraire, Marchand, Marieulle, Perrin, Pierrefite, Point-à-Retz, Quirine, Réduit, Rousseau, Richeval, Salette, Sauvia,

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Population

Politics

Education

Public preschools include:LISTE DES ECOLES PUBLIQUES ET PRIVEES SOUS CONTRAT
" . Retrieved on 10 March 2018. * Ecole maternelle Jeanne Benin Morne -à -l'eau * Ecole maternelle Edouard Nelson * Ecole maternelle Pointe A Retz * Ecole maternelle Bazile Bertaux Vieux-Bourg Public primary schools include: * Ecole primaire Labuthie Achille * Ecole primaire Marcelle Blanchinet * Ecole primaire Hyppolite Cocles * Ecole primaire Félix Duport * Ecole primaire Coco Marie Emilie * Ecole primaire Ludger Marie * Ecole primaire Ernest Pallas Public elementary schools include: * Ecole élémentaire Pierre Foucan Morne-à-l'eau Public junior high schools include:Établissements du 2nd degré PUBLIC 2017-2018
" . Retrieved on 10 March 2018. * Collège Charles de Gaulle Public senior high schools include: *

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Sports

It is home to L'Etoile de Morne-à-l'Eau, a football team who have won the Coupe D.O.M.

Notable people

Gerty Archimède Gerty Archimède (26 April 1909 – 15 April 1980) was a politician from Guadeloupe who served in the French National Assembly from 1946-1951. She was the first female lawyer to pass the Guadeloupe Bar and the second black woman elected to the Fren ...

(1909–1980), politician and lawyer. *

Éric Danty Éric Leon Danty (9 December 1947 – 9 October 2020) was a French professional footballer who played as a defender. Post-playing career Danty created the Academy FC Meaux in 2007. He was the president of Meaux from 2010 to 2020. Death Dan ...

(1947–2020), football player. *

Victoire Jasmin Victoire Jasmin (23 December 1955 – 6 October 2023) was a French Socialist Party (France), Socialist politician. She represented Guadeloupe in the Senate (France), French Senate. Life and career Victoire Jasmin was born in Morne-à-l'Eau o ...

(born 1955), senator

References

Communes of Guadeloupe Guadeloupe communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Guadeloupe-geo-stub