Morne-à-l'Eau (''Monalô'' in creole) is a

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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: * LGT Faustin Fleret *

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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 (Gerty, Marie, Bernadette Archimède) (born 26 April 1909 in Morne-a-l'Eau, Guadeloupe – died 15 April 1980 in Morne-a-l'Eau, Guadeloupe) was a politician from Guadeloupe who served in the French National Assembly from 1946-195 ...

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(1947–2020), football player. *

Victoire Jasmin Victoire Jasmin (born 23 December 1955) is a French Socialist politician. She represents Guadeloupe in the French Senate. Early life She was born in Morne-à-l'Eau. Medical career Jasmin worked as a nurse in Pointe-à-Pitre. Political ca ...

(born 1955), senator