Verrettes (; ) is a commune in the

Saint-Marc Arrondissement Saint-Marc () is an arrondissement in Artibonite department of Haiti. It has 268,499 inhabitants.''Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique'' (IHSI), 7 August 2003. Postal codes in the Saint-Marc Arrondissement start with the number 43. ...

, in the Artibonite department of

Haiti Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...

. It is located approximately 58 km north of the capital,

Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince ( ; ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Haiti, most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 1,200,000 in 2022 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894. The me ...

, and has 144,812 inhabitants (2015). * Settlements * DesJardins * Deschapelles * Borel * Désarmes * Bastien

History

Verrettes is also known as the birthplace of the late president

Dumarsais Estimé Dumarsais Estimé (April 21, 1900 – July 20, 1953) was a Haiti, Haitian politician and President of the Haitian Republic from August 16, 1946, to May 10, 1950. Previously, he was a member of the Parliament for Verrettes for 16 years, as we ...

. During his presidency, he made great efforts to modernize the commune of Verrettes by constructing the water distribution system of "Bassin Vincent", building streets with sidewalks, and a modern sewer system. Unfortunately, subsequent governments abandoned this urbanization work, as the pavement of some streets was not completed.

Culture

The city of Verrettes has mostly been unaffected by Haiti's political turmoil and natural disasters. The small city is uneventful with a very low crime rate, but with an active nightlife. The city downtown is known for its live music, restaurants, clubs, and is also known as the playground for the town teenagers. The city is very self-sufficient with most of the population consuming goods produced from nearby family farms in rural neighborhoods. Most of the formal businesses are owned by the city's upper middle class residence. Their homes are usually located near the downtown area; just like Port-au-Prince most of the upper-middle-class homes are surrounded by large cement walls with iron gates or some sort of fences. Verrettes is mostly known for its strong emphasis on education; many rural town peasants relocate their children to Verrettes for their schooling, they usually rent houses and apartments in the town for their children to stay in. The middle and upper middle class residence are known for sending their children to Port-au-Prince to finish their studies. In the past few decades, there has been a large exodus of the upper middle class out of Haiti.

Religion

At Verrettes "l’Eglise de la Nativité" (Church of Nativity) is still one of the largest churches of the country. The religion of the city is mainly

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Protestant Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes Justification (theology), justification of sinners Sola fide, through faith alone, the teaching that Salvation in Christianity, salvation comes by unmerited Grace in Christianity, divin ...

with a small percentage practicing Vodou.Tip Top Globe: Verrettes
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School

*Jardin D'enfants: Kindergartner *La Providence:

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*L'école Frere:

Catholic School Catholic schools are Parochial school, parochial pre-primary, primary and secondary educational institutions administered in association with the Catholic Church. , the Catholic Church operates the world's largest parochial schools, religious, no ...

for Boys *L'école Mere:

for Girls *Charles Belair:

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*Indistrielle:

*Lycée Garry:

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* Lycée Jacques Stephen et Alexis * Centre de Formation Classique * Centre D'etudes Secondaire des Verrettes * Centre d'Etudes Secondaire de Deschapelles * Ecole Mixte Gerald * Ecole Mixte Pelerin de Deschapelles *Institution Mixte Joseph C. Bernard *institution Mixte Jean Piaget *Institution Mixte Finotte Etienne *institution Mixte Cerelus Pierre Glaude *École professionnelle Dumarsais Estimé:

Vocational school A vocational school (alternatively known as a trade school, or technical school), is a type of educational institution, which, depending on the country, may refer to either secondary education#List of tech ed skills, secondary or post-secondar ...

*Academie St Robert Ecole Professionnelle :

Public Building

* Hôtel de Ville *L'hôpital

*L'Église de la Nativité *Salle de Royaume *Hollywood Club *Verrettes Cinema

2010 earthquake

The city's

senator A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or Legislative chamber, chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the Ancient Rome, ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior ...

died in the

2010 Haiti earthquake The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic Moment magnitude scale, magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake that struck Haiti at 16:53 local time (21:53 UTC) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010. The epicenter was near the town of Léogâne, Ouest (departm ...

. La Providence is currently hosting 300 Jacmelien from the city of

Jacmel Jacmel (; ) is a commune in southern Haiti founded by the Spanish in 1504 and repopulated by the French in 1698. It is the capital of the department of Sud-Est, 24 miles (39 km) southwest of Port-au-Prince across the Tiburon Peninsula, and ...

displaced by the earthquake.

References

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