Rivière-Salée (, literally ''Salty River'';
Martinican Creole
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: , or ) is a town and
commune in the
French overseas department and region
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of
Martinique
Martinique ( ; or ; Kalinago language, Kalinago: or ) is an island in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It was previously known as Iguanacaera which translates to iguana island in Carib language, Kariʼn ...
.
Population
Notable people
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André Lesueur (born 1947), mayor of Rivière-Salée and former member of the
French National Assembly
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See also
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Communes of the Martinique department
The following is a list of the 34 communes of the Martinique overseas department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):
References
Communes of Martinique
Populated places in Martinique
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