Les AbymesLes Abymes (French pronunciation:; Antillean Creole: Zabim) is the most populous commune in the Frenchoverseas region and department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. It is located on the west side of the island of Grande-Terre, and is part of the largest metropolitan area of Guadeloupe, which also covers Pointe-à-Pitre. GeographyLes Abymes is located some 3 km north-east of Pointe-à-Pitre, 7 km east of Baie-Mahault, and 10 km south-west of Morne-à-l'Eau.
Arrondissement of Pointe-à-PitreThe arrondissement of Pointe-à-Pitre is an arrondissement of France in the Guadeloupedepartment in the Guadelouperegion. It has 14 communes. Its population is 199,303 (2021), and its area is 774.1 km (298.9 sq mi).
GuadeloupeGuadeloupe is an overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and two Îles des Saintes—and 30 uninhabited islets and 3 inhabited islets. It is south of Antigua and Barbuda and Montserrat and north of Dominica.
Basse-TerreBasse-Terre (, bas-TAIR; French: [bɑstɛʁ] ; Guadeloupean Creole: Bastè [bastɛ]) is a commune in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. It is also the prefecture (capital city) of Guadeloupe. The city of Basse-Terre is located on Basse-Terre Island, the western half of Guadeloupe. Although it is the administrative capital, Basse-Terre is only the second-largest city in Guadeloupe, behind Pointe-à-Pitre.
Communes of FranceFrench territorial subdivision for municipalities Communes of FranceCategoryMunicipalityLocationFranceFound inDepartmentsNumber34,965 (list) (as of January 2021)Populations0 (Beaumont-en-Verdunois, Bezonvaux, Cumières-le-Mort-Homme, Fleury-devant-Douaumont, Haumont-près-Samogneux, and Louvemont-Côte-du-Poivre) – 2,175,601 (Paris)Areas0.04 km2 (Castelmoron-d'Albret) – 18,360 km2 (Maripasoula)GovernmentMunicipal council Part of a series on theAdministrative divisions of France Administrative divisions Regions Departments Arrondissements Cantons Intercommunality Métropole Communauté urbaine Communauté d'agglomération Communauté de communes Communes Associated communes Municipal arrondissements Overseas France Overseas departments and regions Overseas collectivities Overseas country (French Polynesia) Sui generis collectivity (New Caledonia) Overseas territory (French Southern and Antarctic Lands) Clipperton Island Geocodes ISO NUTS France portalvte A commune (French pronunciation: [kɔmyn] ⓘ) is a level of administrative division of France.
Urban unitIn France, an urban unit (French: unité urbaine) is a statistical area defined by INSEE, the French national statistics office, for the measurement of contiguously built-up areas. According to the INSEE definition , an "unité urbaine" is a commune alone or a grouping of communes which: a) form a single unbroken spread of urban development, with no distance between habitations greater than 200 m and b) have all together a population greater than 2,000 inhabitants.
FranceCountry primarily in Western EuropeFrance, officially the French Republic, is a country primarily located in Western Europe. Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean.
Subprefectures in FranceIn France, a subprefecture (French: sous-préfecture, pronounced [su pʁefɛktyʁ]) is the commune that hosts the administrative centre of an arrondissement, the primary division of a department, except for the commune that serves that function for the whole department, known as the prefecture. The proper legal name is arrondissement chief place (French: chef-lieu d'arrondissement).
Lesser AntillesThe Lesser Antilles is a group of islands at the edge of the Caribbean Sea, forming part of the West Indies in the Caribbean region of the Americas. They are distinguished from the larger islands of the Greater Antilles to the west.
Overseas departments and regions of FranceThe overseas departments and regions of France (French: départements et régions d'outre-mer, pronounced; DROM) are the five departments and regions of the French Republic which are located outside European France (also known as "Metropolitan France"). These overseas entities have exactly the same status as European France's departments and regions.
Functional areaAn aire d'attraction d'une ville (or AAV, literally meaning "catchment area of a city") is a statistical area used by France's national statistics office INSEE since 2020, officially translated as functional area in English by INSEE, which consists of a densely populated urban agglomeration and the surrounding exurbs, towns and intervening rural areas that are socioeconomically tied to the central urban agglomeration, as measured by commuting patterns.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.