Port-Louis, Guadeloupe

Port-Louis
Commune
A road in Port-Louis

Location of the commune (in red) within Guadeloupe
Coordinates: 16°25′00″N 61°32′00″W / 16.4167°N 61.5333°W / 16.4167; -61.5333Coordinates: 16°25′00″N 61°32′00″W / 16.4167°N 61.5333°W / 16.4167; -61.5333
Country France
Overseas region and department Guadeloupe
Arrondissement Pointe-à-Pitre
Canton Petit-Canal
Government
 • Mayor Jean Barfleur
Area1 44.24 km2 (17.08 sq mi)
Population (2013)2 5,825
 • Density 130/km2 (340/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 97122 /97117

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.
Port-Louis Lighthouse
Guadeloupe
Location Port-Louis
Guadeloupe
France
Coordinates 16°25′05.4″N 61°32′01.1″W / 16.418167°N 61.533639°W / 16.418167; -61.533639
Foundation concrete base
Construction concrete skeletal tower
Tower shape square prism skeletal tower with closed lower part, balcony and light
Markings / pattern yellow torwe with black horizontal band
Height 10 metres (33 ft)
Focal height 10 metres (33 ft)
Light source mains power
Range 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi)
Characteristic Q (9) W 15s.
Admiralty number J5716
NGA number 14836[1][2]

Port-Louis is a commune in the department of Guadeloupe, on the northwest of Grande-Terre.

Geography

Some settlements are depending of the commune of Port-Louis, such as:

Port Louis beach (Guadeloupe)

History

The settlement of northern Grande-Terre began in the mid-17th century. The city was first known as Pointe d'Antigues then Port Louis (bearing the name of the king of France Louis XIV). At the beginning of the 18th century the city was one of the first sugar ports of Guadeloupe. Gradually Port-louis was dethroned by Le Moule and Pointe-à-Pitre. In the 19th century, the Domaine de Beauport was one of the most important sugar factories in the French West Indies. It closed definitively in 1990. Nevertheless, sugar cane and fishing remain the main economic activities of the commune.

Education

Public preschools and primary schools include:[3]

  • Ecole primaire Robert Narayanan
  • Ecole primaire Beauplan Pelletan
  • Ecole maternelle Bourg 2 Port-Louis
  • Ecole maternelle Virginie Naudillon

Public junior high schools include:[4]

  • Collège Port-Louis

Public senior high schools include:[4]

  • LPO Nord Grande-Terre

See also

References

  1. ↑ Port-Louis The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 30 August 2016
  2. ↑ List of Lights, Buoys and Fog Signals Atlantic Coast. Retrieved 30 August 2016
  3. ↑ "LISTE DES ECOLES PUBLIQUES ET PRIVEES SOUS CONTRAT." Académie de la Guadeloupe. Retrieved on 10 March 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Établissements du 2nd degré PUBLIC 2017-2018." Académie de la Guadeloupe. Retrieved on 10 March 2018.


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