Jérémie (Haiti)
 
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Jérémie ( Creole : Jeremi ) is an arrondissement and the capital of the Grand'Anse department in southwest Haiti .
Jérémie is located on the edge of the country in the extreme southwest of Haiti and is one of the Haitian cities on the Gulf of Gonâve . The population census in 2003 identified around 31,000 residents. The Grande-Anse , one of the most important rivers in Haiti, flows into the Caribbean Sea at Jérémie over the Gulf of Gonâve .
Jérémie has been the scene of historical events several times. Among the Jérémie Vespers , 27 people were killed in massacres by the Force de Défense Haïtienne and the Tontons Macoutes in late summer and autumn 1964 , after 13 members of Jeune Haiti tried to overthrow the dictator François Duvalier's (“Papa Doc”) regime in early August 1964 .
A number of well-known artists and historians were born in Jérémie, including Etzer Vilaire and Emile Roumer . The place has been the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Jérémie since 1972 .
sons and daughters of the town
- Thomas Alexandre Dumas (1762–1806), French general
- François Denys Légitime (1841–1935), President of Haiti
- Franck Lavaud (1903–1986), Haitian general and President of Haiti
- Josaphat-Robert Large (1942–2017), poet, prose writer and art critic
- Ericq Pierre (* ≈1945), Haitian economist and politician
literature
- Dominique Fernandez: Jérémie! Jérémie! , Grasset, Paris 2005, ISBN 2-246-69531-7 .
