District (Mauritius)

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Port Louis Skyline (2006)
Savanne (Distrikt) Grand Port Black River (Mauritius) Port Louis (Distrikt) Pamplemousses (Distrikt) Plaines Wilhems Moka (Distrikt) Flacq Rivière du Rempart (Distrikt)
The nine districts of Mauritius

The island state of Mauritius is now divided into nine districts .

Today's districts of Mauritius

district District capital Area in km² Residents Population density in inhabitants / km²
Black River Bambous 259.0 80,939 310
Flacq Center de Flacq 297.9 138,460 460
Grand Port Mahébourg 260.3 112.997 430
Moka Quartier Militaire 230.5 83,251 360
Pamplemousses Triolet 178.7 139.966 780
Plaines Wilhems Beau Bassin-Rose Hill 203.3 368,621 1800
Port Louis Port Louis 42.7 119,706 2800
Rivière du Rempart Mapou 147.6 108.005 730
savannah Souillac 244.8 63,585 280

For each district a first-instance district court (is District Court ) was established. In addition, the districts primarily serve statistical purposes.

history

During the Dutch period, the number of settlers and settlements on Mauritius was low. There was therefore no administrative breakdown. Even with the takeover of the island by the French in 1715, nothing changed. With the decree of King Louis XV. on August 1, 1768, such a subdivision was created for the first time. Louis XV divided the island into eleven quarters . In 1773 the number of districts with royal order was reduced to the following eight districts.

Name at the time Today's name
Rivière Noire Black River
Plaines Wilhems Plaines Wilhems
Moka Moka
Port Louis Port Louis
Pamplemousses Pamplemousses
Port Bourbon Grand Port & Savannah
Flacq et Rivière Base Rivière du Rempart

However, the course of the borders of the earlier districts were not always identical to those of today. There was a commandant at the head of each quarter. In Pamplemousses, for example, this was initially Etienne François Le Juge.

The effects of the French Revolution reached as far as Mauritius. As a self-governing body in the colony, there was an Assemblée Coloniale before the revolution , which had little authority over the governor. Now an Assemblée Coloniale Léglislative from 51 men was freely elected, which met for the first time on April 27, 1790. Only free men were entitled to vote, however, the majority of the population consisted of slaves . On July 21, 1790, the Assemblée Coloniale Léglislative passed an administrative order that was now based on the present nine districts. These districts corresponded to the arrondissements in the metropolitan area. The separation of the judiciary from the administration was implemented. A justice of the peace was elected for each district . As in France, there were cantons and communes below the districts .

After the island was conquered by the British in 1810, the district structure remained unchanged. In the 1890s, district boards were set up in the districts in order to obtain participation of the population in the administration. Associated with this was a decentralization of the administrative tasks.

See also

literature

  • Benjamin Moutou: Pamplemousses, Rivière du Rempart. Quatre siècles d'histoire. (1598-2006). Alfran, Ile Maurice 2008, ISBN 978-99903-992-9-5 , pp. 267-274.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Districts Act of September 1, 1875, Section 2
  2. ↑ Ministry of Finance & Economic Development: ANNUAL DIGEST OF STATISTICS 2015 (PDF; 6.18 MB) Government of Mauritius. S. August 19, 2016. Accessed December 23, 2016.
  3. ^ Courts Act (Act 41 of 1945), Sec. 93