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 ...
overseas department and region
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of
Martinique
Martinique ( , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Matinik or ; Kalinago: or ) is an island and an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France. An integral part of the French Republic, Martinique is located in th ...
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Overview
Saint-Esprit was founded in the 18th century. The economy of the village used to based on
sugar plantations
A plantation is an agricultural estate, generally centered on a plantation house, meant for farming that specializes in cash crops, usually mainly planted with a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on. The ...
. The original name of the village was ''Bourg des Coulisses'', due to the sugar cane which was transported by streams from the hill down to the mill in the valley. In 1833, Saint-Esprit was established as a commune.
The Saint-Esprit Church was constructed in 1758 by the Capuchins. The church was relocated, and its former location is currently in use by the hospital. One of the bells of the church is named Sebastopol, and was taken during the
Crimean War
The Crimean War, , was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between Russia and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom and Piedmont-Sardinia.
Geopolitical causes of the war included the de ...
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The village is located in a forested zone along the Cacaos and the Coulisses River.
The local football club is Stade Spiritain.
Population
Notable people
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Eugène Dervain Emile Eugène André Dervain (1928–2010) was a Martinican-Ivorian playwright, lawyer and judge.
Life
Émile Eugène André Dervain was born on February 4, 1928, in Saint-Esprit in central Martinique. He married a woman from the west of the Ivor ...
(1928-2010), playwright, lawyer and judge.
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Jimmy Jean-Joseph
Jimmy Jean-Joseph (born 15 October 1972 in Saint-Esprit, Martinique) is a former French athlete who specialised in the 800 meters. Jean-Joseph competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI O ...