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Transport In Martinique
Martinique is a small Caribbean island that is an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France. An integral part of the French Republic, Martinique is located in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It has a land area of and a population of 376,480 inhabitants as of January 2016. One of the Windward Islands, it is directly north of Saint Lucia, northwest of Barbados and south of Dominica. Martinique is also an Outermost Region (OMR) of the European Union and a special territory of the European Union; the currency in use is the euro. Virtually the entire population speaks both French (the sole official language) and Martinican Creole. Given its geography, the balance of its transport network is unusual: there are three airports, only 2.5 km of heritage railway, and 2,105 km of paved highways (in 2000). Sea transport is also important, and there are two harbours at Fort-de-France and La Trinité. Road trans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transport Network
A transport network, or transportation network, is a network or graph in geographic space, describing an infrastructure that permits and constrains movement or flow. Examples include but are not limited to road networks, railways, air routes, pipelines, aqueducts, and power lines. The digital representation of these networks, and the methods for their analysis, is a core part of spatial analysis, geographic information systems, public utilities, and transport engineering. Network analysis is an application of the theories and algorithms of graph theory and is a form of proximity analysis. History The applicability of graph theory to geographic phenomena was recognized at an early date. Many of the early problems and theories undertaken by graph theorists were inspired by geographic situations, such as the Seven Bridges of Königsberg problem, which was one of the original foundations of graph theory when it was solved by Leonhard Euler in 1736. In the 1970s, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Airports In Martinique
Martinique is an island in the eastern Caribbean. It is an overseas department (, ''DOM'') of France. There is a public international airport, and three private airports on the island. ICAO location identifiers are linked to each airport's Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP), which are available online in Portable Document Format (PDF) from the Frenc''Service d'information aéronautique'' (SIA) Locations shown in bold are as per the airport's AIP page. __TOC__ List See also *List of airports by ICAO code: T#Martinique *List of airports in France *List of airports in the Caribbean *Transport in Martinique *Wikipedia: Airline destination lists: North America#Martinique (France) References ;French Civil Aviation sites: Aeronautical Information Service / ''Service d'information aéronautique'' (SIA)*Union des Aéroports Français ;Notes: External links *Lists of airports in Martinique: Great Circle MapperThe Airport Guide** {{DEFAULTSORT:Airports in Martiniq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport
Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport (, ) is an international airport of Martinique in the French West Indies. Located in Le Lamentin, a suburb of the capital Fort-de-France, it was opened in 1950 and renamed in 2007, after author and politician Aimé Césaire. Facilities The airport is at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 10/28 with an asphalt surface measuring . When Air Martinique existed, its headquarters were located on the airport property. The runway is of a length that can accommodate large jets, including 747s from France. On at least two occasions, the Concorde flew from Paris and landed at the airport in Martinique. Passenger facilities include police, customs, baggage claim, pharmacy, vaccination bureau, handicap facilities, tobacconist, bank, money changing, souvenir shops, tax-free shopping, gift shop, florist, hairdresser, car rentals, taxi, parking, restaurants, cafés and bars, and two hotels. Cargo facilities in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Pierre, Martinique
Saint-Pierre (, ; ; Martinican Creole: ) is a town and commune of France's Caribbean overseas department of Martinique, founded in 1635 by Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc. Before the total destruction of Saint-Pierre by a volcanic eruption in 1902, it was the most important city of Martinique culturally and economically, being known as "the Paris of the Caribbean". While Fort-de-France was the official administrative capital, Saint-Pierre was the cultural capital of Martinique. After the disaster, Fort-de-France grew in economic importance. History Saint-Pierre was founded in 1635 by Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc, a French trader and adventurer, as the first permanent French colony on the island of Martinique. The Great Hurricane of 1780 produced a storm-surge of which "inundated the city, destroying all houses" and killed 9,000 people. Eruption of Mount Pelée The town was again destroyed in 1902, when the volcano Mount Pelée erupted, killing 28,000 people. The entire populat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sainte-Marie, Martinique
Sainte-Marie (; ) is a town and the fifth-largest commune in the French overseas department of Martinique. It is located on the northeast (Atlantic Ocean) side of the island of Martinique. Geography Climate Sainte-Marie has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification ''Af''). The average annual temperature in Sainte-Marie is . The average annual rainfall is with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Sainte-Marie was on 23 September 2005; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 8 March 1987. Population See also *Communes of Martinique 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 ** List of comm ... References External links Officia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Train Des Plantations
Le Train des Plantations of the Les Rails de la Canne à Sucre association is a long, privately owned heritage railway with Usine Sainte-Marie's (USM's) original gauge of in Sainte-Marie in Martinique. Location The narrow gauge train runs from Rhum Museum at the Saint James Distillery in Sainte-Marie through sugarcane and banana plantations over two Bailey bridges to the Banana Museum. Operation The heritage train is operated by an enthusiastic team of retired employees of RATP, SNCF, Police and Post Office. It runs Tuesday to Saturday from 9:30 to 13:30. Locomotives A Davenport diesel locomotive ''Moïse'' with a 232 hp Deutz engine was salvaged from the bed of the Cherry River ( Rivière Cerise). A Corpet-Louvet Corpet-Louvet was a steam locomotive manufacturer based in Paris, France. History Founded in 1855 as Anjubault, based in the Avenue Phillippe-Auguste in Paris, the firm was taken over by Lucien Corpet in 1868. Corpet's daughter Marguerite married ... s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Coteaux, Martinique
LES or Les may refer to: People * Les (given name) * Les (surname) * L.E.S. (producer), hip hop producer Space flight * Launch Entry Suit, worn by Space Shuttle crews * Launch escape system, for spacecraft emergencies * Lincoln Experimental Satellite series, 1960s and 1970s Biology and medicine * Lazy eye syndrome, or amblyopia, a disorder in the human optic nerve * The Liverpool epidemic strain of ''Pseudomonas aeruginosa'' * Lower esophageal sphincter * Lupus erythematosus systemicus Places * The Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City * Les, Catalonia, a municipality in Spain * Leş, a village in Nojorid Commune, Bihor County, Romania * ''Les'', the Hungarian name for Leșu Commune, Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania * Les, a village in Tejakula district, Buleleng regency, Bali, Indonesia * Lesotho, IOC and UNDP country code * Lès, a word featuring in many French placenames Transport * Leigh-on-Sea railway station, National Rail station code * Leyton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivière Salée
The Rivière Salée (in its upper course: ''Rivière les Coulisses'') is a river of Martinique. It flows into the Caribbean Sea near the town Rivière-Salée. It is long. See also *List of rivers of Martinique This is a list of rivers of Martinique. Rivers are listed in clockwise order, starting at the north end of the island. * Grande Rivière * Rivière Roche * Rivière Capot ** Rivière Falaise * Rivière du Lorrain * Rivière du Galion * Rivière De ... ReferencesNOAA map Rivers of Martinique Rivers of France {{Martinique-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ducos, Martinique
Ducos (; Martinican Creole: ) is a town and Communes of France, commune in the France, French overseas departments of France, overseas department and region, and island of Martinique. It is where the prison is located. It was called "Trou-au-chat" until 1855, and was renamed after the French politician Théodore Ducos. Its inhabitants are Ducossais. Population References External links * Communes of Martinique Populated places in Martinique {{Martinique-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamentin
Lamentin (; or ) is a commune in the French overseas department and region of Guadeloupe. It is part of the agglomeration of Pointe-à-Pitre, in the north part of Basse-Terre. Three islets are included in the commune: Christopher, Fajou, Caret. History Founded in 1720 in the commune's name comes from a French word for manatee (''lamantin''), a sea creature which used to inhabit the Lesser Antilles. In the 18th century, the commune underwent a boom, down to coffee, caco, cotton and sugar cane. In 1920, a cyclone In meteorology, a cyclone () is a large air mass that rotates around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure, counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere as viewed from above (opposite to an ant ... destroyed the mayor's office and presbytery, which have since been rebuilt by Ali Tur. Population Tourism Lamentin is home to ''La Ravine Chaude'' (''The hot ravine''), a thermal bathing centre. Education Public pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
