Basse-Terre

Basse-Terre (, ; French:; Guadeloupean Creole: Bastè) is a commune in the Frenchoverseas department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. It is also the prefecture (capital city) of Guadeloupe. The city of Basse-Terre is located on Basse-Terre Island, the western half of Guadeloupe.

Although it is the administrative capital, Basse-Terre is only the second-largest city in Guadeloupe, behind Pointe-à-Pitre. Together with its urban area, it had 48,467 inhabitants in 2022, 9,419 of whom lived in the city of Basse-Terre proper.