Piaye is a community on the island of

Saint Lucia Saint Lucia ( acf, Sent Lisi, french: Sainte-Lucie) is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. The island was previously called Iouanalao and later Hewanorra, names given by the native Arawaks and Caribs, two Amerindian ...

; it is located on the southern coast, near

Balembouche Balembouche (also called ''Balenbouche'') is the original name of a historic 18th-century sugar plantation, Balenbouche Estate, which is now a guesthouse, designated heritage site and organic farm on the island of Saint Lucia. It is located on t ...

and

Bongalo Bongalo is a town on the island of Saint Lucia; it is located on the southern coast, near Balembouche and Piaye Piaye is a community on the island of Saint Lucia; it is located on the southern coast, near Balembouche Balembouche (also calle ...

in the

Laborie District Laborie District is one of 10 districts (formerly quarters) of the Caribbean island nation of Saint Lucia. According to the 2002 census, the population of the Quarter was 7,414 people. The village of Laborie is located about south of Cas ...

, and shares its name with a nearby river. This community started as a small settlement of workers who laboured on the Balembouche estate. In the post-Balembouche period Piaye transformed into a community of fishermen, subsistence farmers and producers of hand-crushed aggregate for the construction industry.

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Towns in Saint Lucia {{SaintLucia-geo-stub

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