Beau Vallon

This article covers the administrative district of the Seychelles. For the place of the same name in Mauritius see Beau Vallon (Mauritius) .

Beau Vallon district of Seychelles
Geographic location :	4 ° 37 ′  S , 55 ° 26 ′  E Coordinates: 4 ° 37 ′  S , 55 ° 26 ′  E
Island:	Mahé (Seychelles)
Surface:	3.7 km²
Residents:	4049
Population density:	1094 inhabitants / km²
Motto:	A Taste of Paradise
ISO 3166-2 code	SC-08

View along Beau Vallon Bay to the west, in the background the church of Saint Roch in Bel Ombre

Beau Vallon is one of the 25 administrative districts of the Seychelles . With only 3.7 square kilometers and 4049 inhabitants, it is one of the most densely populated districts on the island of Mahé . The district is named after Beau Vallon Bay (German: Bay of the beautiful valley) , the longest beach in the Seychelles. The development of beach tourism began here in the mid-1970s with the “Hotel des Seychelles”. Today Beau Vallon is the tourist center of the Seychelles with its three large beach hotels, numerous guest houses and restaurants as well as a wide range of water sports. The largest casino in the country is located here.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Gazetteer website: Seychelles: Administrative division (population and area) . ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Queryed on December 27, 2009. 
2. ↑ (2009 update of the 2002 census) Government of the Seychelles: Statistical Bulletin, District Population 2007 and Population estimates 2008–2009 . National Statistics Bureau, Victoria 2009.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.