Saint Pierre is a village in the
district
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of
Moka in
Mauritius
Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, about off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Ag ...
. It is considered to be found in the heart of Mauritius.The climatic conditions is cold and ideal especially during summer with cold breeze.
The village has significantly changed over the years with a new shopping centre, namely Kendra, gyms, driving more traffic to the village. With a growing population, Saint-Pierre is gradually starting to look like a town. The bus station is situated within walking distance to the market, the Kendra shopping centre, the mosque, but a bit further from the local primary and secondary schools, which will require travellers to stop further or to get on another connecting bus.
Saint Pierre has three banks, a market, numerous shops, a primary and a secondary school, a church, a mosque, two petrol stations, a couple of gyms a big shopping centre and much more.
Transport
It had a railway station until this was closed down in the 1960s.
Education
Primary School:
* Saint Pierre Roman Catholic School
* Petit Verger Govt. School
Secondary Schools:
*
Loreto College Saint-Pierre
*Nelson College
French international schools:
*
Lycée des Mascareignes - Senior high/Sixth form
* École du Centre/Collège Pierre-Poivre - Primary and junior high school
Home page
École du Centre - Collège Pierre-Poivre.
See also
* Railway stations in Mauritius
* Suzanne Leclézio
References
Populated places in Mauritius
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