Mon Repos is a village on the
island nation
An island country, island state, or island nation is a country whose primary territory consists of one or more islands or parts of islands. Approximately 25% of all independent countries are island countries. Island countries are historically ...
of
Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. Part of the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), Saint Vincent ...
. It is located on the
Atlantic Ocean
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coast of Saint Lucia, near
Praslin
Praslin () is the second largest island (38.5 km2) of the Inner Seychelles, lying northeast of Mahé, Seychelles, Mahé. Praslin has a population of around 7,533 people and comprises two administrative districts: Baie Sainte Anne and Grand ...
,
Micoud District
Micoud District is one of 10 districts (formerly called quarters) of the Caribbean island nation of Saint Lucia The seat of this district is the town of Micoud inside this district. According to the 2002 census, the population of the distric ...
. It contains many communities including Lumbard,
Mamiku, La Pointe (including Paris Drive, Phiadel, Morne Bois-Den), Patience, Collie Town (Knockay Avenue), St. Marie, Vietnam, Malgretoute, Ryon, Piton.
Local sites
The village is the
commercial center for these areas; housing a
credit union
A credit union is a member-owned nonprofit organization, nonprofit cooperative financial institution. They may offer financial services equivalent to those of commercial banks, such as share accounts (savings accounts), share draft accounts (che ...
, gas station, grocery and variety store, restaurants, a primary school, the St. Ann's Catholic Church and the Seventh Day Adventist Church which also has a primary school. There are three primary schools in the village of Mon Repos. Namely Mon Repos (Roman Catholic) Combined School located in the village itself. The Patience Combined School which can be found en route to the Vietnam community and the SDA primary school, also located in the Mon repos village. It also has provision of two day care centres and Pre Schools. The highly popular Smith's Pre-school which has been the foundation for many generations dating years back and is still thriving.
Sports
The Mon Repos Youth and Sports Council is formed of a committee which is an avid promoter/supporter of positive change and influences among the youth and community members. Among many things, the council host events such as pageants, sports competitions and also lead the organisation of the annual Independence Road Relay (from the Mon Repos community to Wanee bridge and back). Majority of the communities have a sports club and come together to compete in many sports (football, cricket, netball, and even an annual athletics meet).
Politics
Mon Repos is part of the Micoud North electoral area, which is represented in the
House of Assembly of Saint Lucia
The House of Assembly is the lower house of the Parliament of Saint Lucia, elected by popular vote. The upper house is the Senate. It has 17 or 18 members: 17 members elected for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies, and a speaker el ...
.
See also
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List of cities in Saint Lucia
This is a list of cities in the 10 districts of the island country of Saint Lucia. There are 150 inhabited places in Saint Lucia. The significant cities and the district where they are located are listed below.
Cities
The following are the signi ...
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Districts of Saint Lucia
The island nation of Saint Lucia is divided into 10 districts (formerly called Quarters). The name ''Quarters'' or ''Quartiers'' originally came from the French period in Saint Lucia (Sainte Lucie in French). The 2001 and 2010 Census of Saint L ...
References
Towns in Saint Lucia
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