Curepipe

Curepipe Town Hall

Basic data

Region:

Plaines Wilhems

Coordinates:

20 ° 19 ′ S , 57 ° 31 ′ E Coordinates: 20 ° 19 ′ S , 57 ° 31 ′ E

Height:

400-600 above sea level d. M.

Founding year:

1866

Surface:

23.8 km²

Residents:

78,920

Time zone:

UTC +4

Telephone code:

N / A

Website:

www.municipal-curepipe.org

Geographical location in Mauritius

With 84,200 inhabitants (as of 2005), Curepipe is the fourth largest city on the island of Mauritius and is located on a plateau in the center of the island in the Plaines Wilhems district .

There is no guaranteed explanation for the name. One of the explanations is that travelers from the harbor in Mahébourg to Port Louis stopped here to clean their pipes. Hence “Cure” and “Pipe” (French: curer sa pipe ). Over the years a small town has formed there. In the middle lies the extinct volcanic crater Trou aux Cerfs ( German deer hole , 200 m diameter, 85 m deep), which can be viewed from a vantage point with an attached parking lot. About five kilometers to the south is the largest water reservoir on the island, the Mare aux Vacoas .

Personalities

Lise de Baissac (1905-2004), British agent
Aurélie Halbwachs (* 1986), racing cyclist
Jacques-Désiré Périatambée (* 1975), football player
Natacha Rigobert (* 1980), beach volleyball player
Fabienne St. Louis (* 1988), triathlete
Denis Wiehe (* 1940), bishop

Population development

1982: 57,200
2003: 81,600
2005: 84,200 (estimated)

Web links

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