Grande-Rivière-du-Nord (; ) is a commune in the

Grande-Rivière-du-Nord Arrondissement Grande-Rivière-du-Nord () is an arrondissement in the Nord Department of Haiti Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It o ...

, in the Nord Department of

Haiti Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...

Jean-Jacques Dessalines Jean-Jacques Dessalines (Haitian Creole: ''Jan-Jak Desalin''; ; 20 September 1758 – 17 October 1806) was the first Haitian Emperor, leader of the Haitian Revolution, and the first ruler of an independent First Empire of Haiti, Haiti under th ...

was born there in 1758 on the Cormiers plantation.Dayan, Joan (1995) "Haiti, History, and the Gods" pp. 66–97 ''In'' Prakash, Gyan (editor) (1995) ''After Colonialism: Imperial histories and postcolonial displacements'' Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey
page 74

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Populated places in Nord (Haitian department) Communes of Haiti {{Haiti-geo-stub