The arrondissement of Saint-Pierre () is an

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in the French

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Martinique Martinique ( ; or ; Kalinago language, Kalinago: or ) is an island in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It was previously known as Iguanacaera which translates to iguana island in Carib language, Kariʼn ...

. It has eight

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. Its population is 22,352 (2021), and its area is .

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Saint-Pierre, and their

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s, are: # Bellefontaine (97234) #

Le Carbet Le Carbet (, ; ) is a village and Communes of France, commune in the France, French Overseas departments of France, overseas department of Martinique. Population See also *Communes of Martinique *Paul Gauguin Interpretation Centre References ...

(97204) # Case-Pilote (97205) #

Fonds-Saint-Denis Fonds-Saint-Denis (; , ; ) is a village and commune in the French overseas department and region, and island, of Martinique. It is the smallest commune of the island. Geography Climate Fonds-Saint-Denis has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppe ...

(97208) #

Le Morne-Rouge Le Morne-Rouge (; ) is a commune and town in the French overseas department and island of Martinique. Geography Le Morne-Rouge is the wettest town of Martinique, It is situated on a plateau between Mount Pelée and the massive of the Carbet M ...

(97218) #

Le Morne-Vert Le Morne-Vert () is a village and commune in the French overseas department of Martinique. Euroleague champion basketball player Mathias Lessort was raised in Le Morne-Vert. See also *Communes of the Martinique department The following is a ...

(97233) #

Le Prêcheur Le Prêcheur (; ) is a village and commune in the French overseas department, region and island of Martinique. Asthon Tardon (1882-1944), father of Manon Tardon, was mayor of the community; their family's estate was at Anse Couleuvre.MAUVOIS, ...

(97219) # Saint-Pierre (97225)

History

The arrondissement of Saint-Pierre, containing eight communes that were previously part of the arrondissement of Fort-de-France, was created in 1995.Décret no 95-725 du 9 mai 1995
/ref> Before 2015, the arrondissements of Martinique were subdivided into

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. The cantons of the arrondissement of Saint-Pierre were, as of January 2015:Populations légales 2012: 972 Martinique
INSEE #

# Case-Pilote-Bellefontaine #

# Saint-Pierre

References

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