Baie-Mahault
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Baie-Mahault Bémao or Bémawo |
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| region | Guadeloupe |
| Department | Guadeloupe |
| Arrondissement | Basse-Terre |
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Baie-Mahault-1 Baie-Mahault-2 |
| Community association | Cap Excellence |
| Coordinates | 16 ° 16 ′ N , 61 ° 35 ′ W |
| height | 0-112 m |
| surface | 46.00 km 2 |
| Residents | 30,929 (January 1, 2017) |
| Population density | 672 inhabitants / km 2 |
| Post Code | 97122 |
| INSEE code | 97103 |
| Website | www.baiemahault.fr |
Baie-Mahault ( Guadeloupe Creole : Bémao or Bémawo ) is a municipality with 30,929 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe .
geography
Baie-Mahault is located on the eastern side of the island of Basse-Terre on the Rivière Salée strait , which separates the two main islands of Guadeloupe - Basse-Terre in the west and Grande-Terre in the east. Today it is integrated into the agglomeration around Pointe-à-Pitre .
The neighboring communities are Petit-Bourg and Lamentin on Basse-Terre and Pointe-à-Pitre and Les Abymes on Grande-Terre.
The districts of Trioncelle, La Jaille, Calvaire, Moudong, La Retraite, Beausoleil and Wonche belong to Baie-Mahault. The 300 hectare Jarry industrial zone is also located in the south of the municipality . Among other things, it includes a World Trade Center , a logistics complex with free warehouse , the site of a power plant and a petroleum factory.
There is a rainy climate in the tropics .
history
The villages in the Basse-Terre were founded in 1643 by Charles Houël , who was sent by the Compagnie des îles d'Amérique , the Society of the American Islands. The name Houelbourg , which appears in documents from 1660, was also derived from him .
| Population development | ||||||||
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| year | 1961 | 1967 | 1974 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
| Residents | 7,293 | 7,398 | 8,348 | 10,475 | 15,036 | 23,389 | 27,906 | 30,201 |
Sports
2014 found in Baie-Mahault in the local DETRAUX Vélodrome Amédée the track Championships in cycling instead.
The town hall
Church Saint-Jean-Baptiste , built in 1933, architect Ali Tur
Pointe de la Madeleine
Vélodrome Amédée Detraux
Born in Baie-Mahault
- Thomas Lemar (* 1995), French football player
- Yvann Maçon (* 1998), French football player
