La Preneuse is a public beach in western coast of the island

Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label= Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It ...

in the district of

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located in the village of Black River. It was named after a French ship, the

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''Preneuse'', which served as a commerce raider at Isle de France (as Mauritius was then known) and was also involved in a naval battle with the British in the 18th century. The beach is home to the best preserved

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in Mauritius.

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Beaches of Mauritius {{Mauritius-geo-stub