General info

Part of:
France
Entity:
Guadeloupe
Capital:
Basse-Terre
Population:
407,719 (2006-01-01)
Area:
1,628 sq.km.
ISO code:
fr-01
Region:
Western Europe

France : Guadeloupe

Administrative units

code département
arrondissement
commune		 capital area (sq.km.) population
1999-03-08
census		 population
2006-01-01
admin.
source: Insee, France.
note: administrative division in France has actually one layer more, between Arrondissement and Commune there is the Canton. As a Canton can have more than one Commune, but also one Commune can be part of more than one Canton, the table above - for clarity sake - does not show the Cantons.
971 Guadeloupe Basse-Terre 1,628.40 386,566 407,719
1 Basse-Terre Basse-Terre 854.29 175,691 193,190
103 Baie-Mahault 46.00 23,389 28,488
104 Baillif 24.30 5,837 6,234
105 Basse-Terre 5.78 12,410 13,166
106 Bouillante 43.46 7,336 7,601
107 Capesterre-Belle-Eau 103.30 19,568 19,846
111 Deshaies 31.10 4,039 4,347
109 Gourbeyre 22.52 7,642 8,261
114 Goyave 59.91 5,060 7,712
115 Lamentin 65.60 13,434 16,003
118 Petit-Bourg 129.88 20,528 21,507
121 Pointe-Noire 59.70 7,689 7,245
124 Saint-Claude 34.30 10,237 10,875
129 Sainte-Rose 118.60 17,574 20,253
130 Terre-de-Bas 6.80 1,269 1,075
131 Terre-de-Haut 6.00 1,729 1,890
132 Trois-Rivières 31.10 8,738 9,058
133 Vieux-Fort 7.24 1,601 1,773
134 Vieux-Habitants 58.70 7,611 7,856
2 Pointe-à-Pitre Pointe-à-Pitre 774.11 210,875 214,529
102 Anse-Bertrand 62.50 5,023 4,816
108 Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante 46.19 3,559 3,568
112 Grand-Bourg 55.54 5,934 5,944
110 La Désirade 21.12 1,620 1,660
113 Le Gosier 45.20 25,360 27,909
117 Le Moule 82.84 20,827 21,307
101 Les Abymes 81.25 63,054 60,858
116 Morne-à-l'Eau 64.50 17,154 16,965
119 Petit-Canal 70.50 7,752 8,283
120 Pointe-à-Pitre 2.66 20,948 17,765
122 Port-Louis 44.24 5,580 5,554
125 Saint-François 61.00 10,659 13,577
126 Saint-Louis 56.28 2,995 2,981
128 Sainte-Anne 80.29 20,410 23,342
fr-01 total   1,628.40 386,566 407,719

Main cities

name population
1999-03-08
census		 population
2006-01-01
admin.
Les Abymes 63,054 60,858
Baie-Mahault 23,389 28,488
Le Gosier 25,360 27,909
source: Insee, France.
note: Pointe-à-Pitre actually is the largest city as it is made up of the municipalities (communes) of: Pointe-à-Pitre, Le Gosier, Baie-Mahault, Les Abymes, Petit-Bourg, Lamentin and Goyave. The 2006 population was 180,242.