Morne Rachette or Morne Raquette is a village on the west coast of Dominica, in the northwest corner of Saint Joseph Parish. It is located on the slopes of Morne Jalousie, above

Coulibistrie Coulibistrie is a village on the west coast of Dominica, in the northwest corner of Saint Joseph Parish, Dominica, Saint Joseph Parish. It is between the villages of Colihaut to the north and Morne Rachette to the south. It extends inland from t ...

to its immediate north and Batalie Bay. The village of

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is south of Morne Rachette. The name "Rachette" derives from the French word for

prickly pear cactus ''Opuntia'', commonly called prickly pear or pear cactus, is a genus of flowering plants in the cactus family Cactaceae. Prickly pears are also known as ''tuna'' (fruit), ''sabra'', ''nopal'' (paddle, plural ''nopales'') from the Nahuatl word f ...

, which grows wild there.. The Carib name for the prickly pear, ''bata'', also once named the settlement immediately below Morne Rachette, Batali(e) Estate, and is still reflected in the name of Batalie Bay. Morne Rachette is part of the

constituency in the

Dominica House of Assembly Dominica ( or ; Kalinago: ; french: Dominique; Dominican Creole French: ), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of the island. It is geographically ...

, in which it is represented by

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( UWP) as of the 2009 general election. The village is locally governed by the Coulibistrie/Morne Rachette village council..

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* Populated places in Dominica Saint Joseph Parish, Dominica {{dominica-geo-stub