Anse-Bertrand
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Anse-Bertrand Lansbétran |
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| region | Guadeloupe |
| Department | Guadeloupe |
| Arrondissement | Pointe-à-Pitre |
| Canton | Petit Canal |
| Community association | North Grande-Terre |
| Coordinates | 16 ° 28 ′ N , 61 ° 31 ′ W |
| height | 0-90 m |
| surface | 62.50 km 2 |
| Residents | 4,275 (January 1, 2017) |
| Population density | 68 inhabitants / km 2 |
| Post Code | 97121 |
| INSEE code | 97102 |
 Coast at Anse-Bertrand |
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Anse-Bertrand ( Guadeloupe Creole : Lansbétran ) is a municipality with 4275 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Guadeloupe department on the Grande-Terre island in Guadeloupe . The inhabitants are called Ansois .
history
The municipality used to be called Anse de Saint Bertrand . In 1730 only 76 Caribs lived in the area. In 1825 there were only seven families left. Gradually they gave the land to the settlers. In 1790 there were 24 windmills and 21 sugar factories.
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| year | 1961 | 1967 | 1974 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 5,000 | 5,136 | 4,653 | 4,570 | 4,800 | 5,023 | 4,751 | 5,045 |
economy
Agriculture plays the most important role in the community, especially the cultivation of sugar cane . But tourism also plays an economic role.
Town twinning
- Columbus (USA), since November 1994
Personalities
- Serge Nubret (1938–2011), bodybuilder and actor
Web links
Commons : Anse-Bertrand - collection of images, videos and audio files
