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Communes Of The Guadeloupe Department
The following is a list of the 32 communes of the Guadeloupe overseas department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):BANATIC Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Retrieved 3 July 2020. * * Communauté d'agglomération Grand Sud Caraïbe * |
Communes Of France
The () is a level of administrative division in the French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipalities in the United States and Canada, ' in Germany, ' in Italy, or ' in Spain. The United Kingdom's equivalent are civil parishes, although some areas, particularly urban areas, are unparished. are based on historical geographic communities or villages and are vested with significant powers to manage the populations and land of the geographic area covered. The are the fourth-level administrative divisions of France. vary widely in size and area, from large sprawling cities with millions of inhabitants like Paris, to small hamlets with only a handful of inhabitants. typically are based on pre-existing villages and facilitate local governance. All have names, but not all named geographic areas or groups of people residing together are ( or ), the difference residing in the lack of administrative powers. Except for the municipal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ary Chalus
Ary Chalus (born 6 December 1961, in Pointe-à-Pitre) is a French politician from Guadeloupe. He was the mayor of Baie-Mahault from April 2001 to December 2015. He was the deputy for Guadeloupe's 3rd constituency in the National Assembly of France The National Assembly (french: link=no, italics=set, Assemblée nationale; ) is the lower house of the bicameral French Parliament under the Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (). The National Assembly's legislators are know ... from 2012 to 2017, as a member of the GUSR. On 11 May 2021 Ary Chalus was placed in police custody as part of a preliminary investigation for breach of trust, complicity in the embezzlement of public funds and illegal financing of an electoral campaign. References External links Biography on the French National Assembly website 1961 births Living people People from Pointe-à-Pitre Black French politicians Guadeloupean politicians United Guadeloupe, Solidary and Responsi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Désirade (commune)
La Désirade is a commune in the French overseas region and department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. The commune of La Désirade is made up of the island of La Désirade and the uninhabited Petite Terre Islands located about south of it. The administrative centre of the commune is the settlement of Beauséjour on the island of La Désirade. Education Public preschools and primary schools include:LISTE DES ECOLES PUBLIQUES ET PRIVEES SOUS CONTRAT " . Retrieved on 10 March 2018. * Ecole primaire Beauséjour * Ecole maternelle Baie-Mahault * Ecole maternelle Louis Adrien Thionville Public junior high schools include: [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanny Marc
Jeanny Marc-Mathiasin (born 2 December 1950 in Deshaies, Guadeloupe) is a member of the National Assembly of France. She represented Guadeloupe's 3rd constituency on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, and was a member of United Guadeloupe, Solidary and Responsible and sat as part of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche The Socialists and affiliated group (french: groupe Socialistes et apparentés ) is a parliamentary group in the National Assembly including representatives of the Socialist Party (PS). History The first socialist parliamentary group emerged i ... group. References page on the French National Assembly website 1950 births Living people People from Deshaies Guadeloupean politicians United Guadeloupe, Solidary and Responsible politicians Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Guadeloupean socialists {{Guadeloupe-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deshaies
Deshaies (French: ) is a commune in the French overseas region and department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. It is on the northwest coast of Basse-Terre Island. The inhabitants are called ''Deshaisiens''. History Deshaies, and its littoral zone of the Large Cape, preserve the vestiges of the primitive vegetation of Guadeloupe at the time of Christopher Columbus's arrival on November 4, 1493. The deepest bay of all the Caribbean coast and best naturally protected, it was used as shelter to the adventurers of pirates and other corsairs, and there is said to be treasure on the island. In 1635, colonists landed at Allègre point, at the north end of the island. This part of the coast is very damp; Deshaies is an integral part of a wooded territory extending from Pointe Noire to Baie-Mahault. On the site of the current borough was the plantation of Potherie, one of the greatest fortunes of the island in 1686. Ten years later, in 1696, the sugar plantations fell victim to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante
Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante (often simply referred to as Capesterre) is a commune on the island of Marie-Galante, in the French overseas region and department of Guadeloupe, itself in the Lesser Antilles. Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante is located on the southeast coast of Marie-Galante. The surface area is and the population is 3,469 (as of 2006). The population density is 75 persons per km2. History The name of the commune comes from cabesterre, vocabulary of marine of use to the 17th century which indicated a ground exposed to the east winds. In 1928, a cyclone struck hard the borough which had to be rebuilt. Geography Capesterre is situated southeast on the island of Marie-Galante. The port of Capesterre and its long beaches are protected from the waves of the Atlantic by the coral reefs. Climate Like any other Eastern Caribbean town, Capesterre experiences quite evenly spread rainfall during the year, with a wetter season between July and November which coincides with hurric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joël Beaugendre
Joel Beaugendre (born January 19, 1950 in Saint-Claude, Guadeloupe) is a politician from Guadeloupe who was elected to the French National Assembly The National Assembly (french: link=no, italics=set, Assemblée nationale; ) is the lower house of the bicameral French Parliament under the Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (). The National Assembly's legislators are kn ... in 2002. ReferencesPage on the French National Assembly website 1950 births Living people People from Saint-Claude, Guadeloupe Guadeloupean politicians Union for a Popular Movement politicians Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic 21st-century French politicians {{Guadeloupe-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capesterre-Belle-Eau
Capesterre-Belle-Eau is a commune in the French overseas region and department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. It is located in the south-east of Basse-Terre Island. Capesterre-Belle-Eau covers an area of 103.3 km2 (39.884 sq mi). The 1999 population was 19,568. The population density is 189 persons per km2. The inhabitants are called ''Capesterriens''. Etymology Its name comes from an expression of the navy of the 17th century: cab-be-ground, which indicates a ground exposed to the east wind. The abundance of the cascades, the rivers and the water levels led to the addition of the phrase Belle Eau, hence the name Capesterre-Belle-Eau. History Petroglyphs discovered in the rivers of Peru and Bananier show the presence of Native Americans. On 4 November 1493, Christopher Columbus's second voyage unloaded there. Columbus would have met Amerindians. To commemorate this event, a bust of the navigator was raised in 1916 at the entry of Sainte-Marie. In the 17th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Claude Malo
Jean-Claude is a French masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Jean-Claude Ades, an Italian electronic music producer * Jean-Claude Alibert (died 2020), a French racing driver * Jean-Claude Amiot (born 1939), a French composer, music professor and conductor * Jean-Claude Andruet (born 1942), a retired French professional rally driver * Jean-Claude Bajeux (1931–2011), a professor and director of the Ecumenical Center for Human Rights in Port-au-Prince, Haiti * Jean-Claude Baker (1943–2015), a French-born American restaurateur * Jean-Claude Bastos de Morais (born 1967), a Swiss entrepreneur with strong connections to Angola * Jean-Claude Beaulieu (born 1944), a member of the National Assembly of France * Jean-Claude Bergeron (born 1968), a retired Canadian ice hockey goaltender * Jean-Claude Bertrand (born 1954), a retired French badminton player * Jean-Claude Biver (born 1949), the CEO, board member and minority shareholder of Hublot * Jean-Claude Blanc ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bouillante
Bouillante () is a ''commune'' in the French overseas region and department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. History Bouillante was founded about 1635 with the arrival of some of Guadeloupe's first colonists. It was originally named ''Islets à Goyaves'' ("Islet of Guavas") until the beginning of the 18th century, when the name was changed to ''Fontaines Bouillantes'' after the island's hot springs that were known for their therapeutic virtues. With the end of the Ancien Régime, the civil authorities and religious leaders renamed the city ''Bouillante''. Saint Louis, the religious character, is the patron saint of the commune. Bouillante knew its apogee during the 17th century. It occupied an important place on the island through the policy of the Kingdom of France. The king wanted to make Guadeloupe a colony of settlement based on the family small-scale farming and the introduction of volunteers. The latter, from France, were regarded as the first European inhabitants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucette Michaux-Chevry
Lucette Michaux-Chevry (5 March 1929 – 9 September 2021)Lucette Michaux-Chevry, ancienne ministre de Jacques Chirac, est décédée was a French politician, who served as President of the Regional Council of the overseas department of between 1992 and 2004. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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