Grande-Rivière-du-Nord ( ht, Grann Rivyè dinò) is a

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

in the Grande-Rivière-du-Nord Arrondissement, in the

Nord Nord, a word meaning "north" in several European languages, may refer to: Acronyms * National Organization for Rare Disorders, an American nonprofit organization * New Orleans Recreation Department, New Orleans, Louisiana, US Film and televisi ...

Department of

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and s ...

Jean-Jacques Dessalines Jean-Jacques Dessalines ( Haitian Creole: ''Jan-Jak Desalin''; ; 20 September 1758 – 17 October 1806) was a leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler of an independent Haiti under the 1805 constitution. Under Dessalines, Haiti be ...

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

References

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