Canton of Basse-Terre
| Canton of Basse-Terre | |
|---|---|
| region | Guadeloupe |
| Department | Guadeloupe |
| Arrondissement | Basse-Terre |
| Centralisateur bureau | Basse-Terre |
| Residents | 20,439 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
| Population density | 510 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 40.05 km² |
| Communities | 2 |
| INSEE code | 97106 |
 Location of the canton of Basse-Terre in the Guadeloupe department |
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The canton of Basse-Terre is a French constituency in the arrondissement of Basse-Terre in the department and region of Guadeloupe .
The canton was newly created as part of the reorganization of the French cantons in 2015 and includes the municipality of Saint-Claude in addition to the municipality of Basse-Terre (previously canton Basse-Terre-1 and canton Basse-Terre-2 ) .
Communities
| local community | Residents January 1, 2017 |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
Code INSEE |
Post Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basse-Terre | 10,058 | 5.78 | 1,740 | 97105 | 97100 |
| Saint-Claude | 10,381 | 34.27 | 303 | 97124 | 97120 |
| Canton of Basse-Terre | 20,439 | 40.05 | 510 | 97106 | - |