Arrondissement of Basse-Terre

The arrondissement of Basse-Terre is an arrondissement of France in the Guadeloupe department in the Guadeloupe region. It has 18 communes.[1] Its population is 189,210 (2016), and its area is 854.3 km2 (329.8 sq mi).[2]

Basse-Terre
Arrondissement
Location within the region Guadeloupe
CountryFrance
Overseas region
and department		Guadeloupe
No. of communes18
PrefectureBasse-Terre
Area
 • Total854.3 km2 (329.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total189,210
 • Density221/km2 (570/sq mi)
INSEE code9711

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Basse-Terre, and their INSEE codes, are:[1]

  1. Baie-Mahault (97103)
  2. Baillif (97104)
  3. Basse-Terre (97105)
  4. Bouillante (97106)
  5. Capesterre-Belle-Eau (97107)
  6. Deshaies (97111)
  7. Gourbeyre (97109)
  8. Goyave (97114)
  9. Lamentin (97115)
  10. Petit-Bourg (97118)
  11. Pointe-Noire (97121)
  12. Saint-Claude (97124)
  13. Sainte-Rose (97129)
  14. Terre-de-Bas (97130)
  15. Terre-de-Haut (97131)
  16. Trois-Rivières (97132)
  17. Vieux-Fort (97133)
  18. Vieux-Habitants (97134)

History

The arrondissement of Basse-Terre was established in 1947.[3] The arrondissement of Saint-Martin-Saint-Barthélemy, containing the communes of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy, was created in 1963 from part of the arrondissement of Basse-Terre.[4]

As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Basse-Terre were, as of January 2015:[5]

  1. Baie-Mahault
  2. Basse-Terre-1
  3. Basse-Terre-2
  4. Bouillante
  5. Capesterre-Belle-Eau-1
  6. Capesterre-Belle-Eau-2
  7. Gourbeyre
  8. Goyave
  9. Lamentin
  10. Petit-Bourg
  11. Pointe-Noire
  12. Saint-Claude
  13. Sainte-Rose-1
  14. Sainte-Rose-2
  15. Les Saintes
  16. Trois-Rivières
  17. Vieux-Habitants

References
  1. "Arrondissement de Basse-Terre (9711)". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
  2. "Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2019". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
  3. Décret n° 47-1018 du 7 juin 1947 relatif à l'organisation départementale et à l'institution préfectorale dans les départements de la Guadeloupe, de la Guyane française, de la Martinique et de la Réunion
  4. Décret n°63-89 du 1 février 1963 portant création de l'arrondissement de Saint-Martin-Saint-Barthélemy dans le département de la Guadeloupe
  5. "Populations légales 2012" (PDF). INSEE. December 2014. Retrieved 2019-10-29.

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