Petit-Bourg (Martinique)
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Petit-Bourg (; gcf, label=
Guadeloupean Creole Antillean Creole (Antillean French Creole, Kreyol, Kwéyòl, Patois) is a French-based creole that is primarily spoken in the Lesser Antilles. Its grammar and vocabulary include elements of Carib, English, and African languages. Antillean Creol ...
, Tibou, ) is the seventh-largest commune in the French
overseas department The overseas departments and regions of France (french: départements et régions d'outre-mer, ; ''DROM'') are departments of France that are outside metropolitan France, the European part of France. They have exactly the same status as mainlan ...
of
Guadeloupe Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) is an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the ...
. It is located on the east side of the island of Basse-Terre, and is part of the metropolitan area of
Pointe-à-Pitre Pointe-à-Pitre (; gcf, label=Guadeloupean Creole, Pwentapit, , or simply , ) is the second largest (most populous) city of Guadeloupe after Les Abymes. Guadeloupe is an overseas region and Overseas department, department of France located in the ...
, the largest metropolitan area in Guadeloupe. It has many tourist attractions: the Cascade aux Ecrevisse (waterfall), the National Park of Guadeloupe, the Saut de la Lézarde (waterfall), as well as the Kassaverie (cassava/manioc factory) located downtown.


Geography


Climate

Petit-Bourg has a
tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate, humid tropical climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator. There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as the coast of southea ...
(
Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...
''Af''). The average annual temperature in Petit-Bourg is . The average annual rainfall is with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in February, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Petit-Bourg was on 23 September 2005; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 13 April 2001.


Population


Education

Public preschools include:LISTE DES ECOLES PUBLIQUES ET PRIVEES SOUS CONTRAT
" . Retrieved on 10 March 2018.
* Ecole maternelle Carrère * Ecole maternelle Albertine Mignard * Ecole maternelle Pointe à Bacchus Public primary include: * Ecole primaire Maurice Chovino * Ecole primaire Fribert Fessin * Ecole primaire Robert Freti * Ecole primaire Marie Bilioti de Gage * Ecole primaire Hyacinththe Geriac * Ecole primaire M-thérèse Lamothe * Ecole primaire La Lézarde * Ecole maternelle Mayeko Massina * Ecole primaire Montébello Public junior high schools include:Établissements du 2nd degré PUBLIC 2017-2018
" . Retrieved on 10 March 2018.
* Collège Félix Eboue Public senior high schools include: * LGT Droits de l'Homme


See also

* Communes of the Guadeloupe department


References

Communes of Guadeloupe {{Guadeloupe-geo-stub