Flacq

Coordinates: 20 ° 14 ′  S , 57 ° 43 ′  E

Flacq district
Waterfall of the Grand River South East
Basic data
District capital:	Center de Flacq
Area :	297.9 km²
Residents :	138460 (2015)
Population density :	460 people / km²
ISO 3166-2 :	MU-FL
Time zone :	UTC + 4
Location in Mauritius

Flacq is a district on the island state of Mauritius and is located in the east of the island. With 298 km² it is the largest district of Mauritius. Its district capital is Center de Flacq . Flacq also includes the popular bathing island Île aux Cerfs , which can only be reached by boat from Trou d'Eau Douce .

etymology

Under Governor Dirk Jansz Smient , the Dutch colonizers of Mahébourg advanced north. The area there, today's district, they called Noortwyk Vlakte , the northern plain. With the French takeover of the island, Vlakte became “Flacq”.

Communities

Mauritius is divided into villages ("Village Council Areas") (VCA) for administrative purposes. The following table names the VCA which (at least partially) are located in the Flacq district. The boundaries of the districts are not congruent with those of the municipalities. Municipalities are therefore sometimes assigned to two or three districts. There are 29 municipalities (VCA) in the Flacq district.

No.	Place name	Demarcation
1401	Bel Air Riv. Sèche VCA	0
1402	Bon Accueil VCA	0
1403	Camp de Masque VCA	0
1404	Camp de Masque Pavé VCA	0
1405	Camp Ithier VCA	0
1406	Center de Flacq VCA	0
1407	Clémencia VCA	0
1408	Écroignard VCA	0
1409	Grand River South-East VCA	0
1410	Laventure VCA	0
1411	Mare La Chaux VCA	0
1412	Médine Camp de Masque VCA (East)	West in the Moka district
1413	Montagne Blanche VCA (East)	West in the Moka district
1414	Olivia VCA	0
1415	Poste de Flacq VCA	0
1416	Quatre Cocos VCA	0
1417	Quatre Soeurs VCA	0
1418	Plaines des Roches VCA (South)	Nord in the Rivière du Rempart district
1419	St. Julien (Haut de Flacq) VCA (East)	West in the Moka district
1420	St. Julien D'Hotman VCA (East)	West in the Moka district
1421	Sébastopol VCA	0
1422	Trou d'eau douce VCA	0
1423	Amaury VCA (South)	Nord in the Rivière du Rempart district
1424	Brisée Verdière VCA (South)	Nord in the Rivière du Rempart district
1425	Dubreuil VCA (East)	West in the Moka district
1426	Lalmatie VCA (East)	West in the Moka district
1427	Queen Victoria VCA	0
1428	Villebague VCA (middle)	East in the Rivière du Rempart district and West in the Pamplemousses district
1430	Roches Noires VCA (South)	Nord in the Rivière du Rempart district

Web links

Commons : Flacq District  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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.
2. ↑ Laurence Nairac: Trou d'Eau Douce, 1980
3. ↑ Statistics Mauritius: Housing and population census 2011 , Volume II: Demographic and fertility characteristics , pp. 137-141, statsmauritius.govmu.org (PDF)