Mont Fleuri

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Mont Fleuri district of SeychellesFlag of Seychelles.svg
La Digue and Inner Islands Grand Anse (Praslin) Baie Sainte Anne Bel Ombre (Seychellen) Beau Vallon Anse Etoile English River (Seychellen) Mont Buxton Saint Louis (Seychellen) Bel Air (Seychellen) Mont Fleuri Roche Caïman Plaisance (Seychellen) Les Mamelles Grand Anse (Mahé) Cascade (Seychellen) Pointe La Rue Port Glaud Glacis (Seychellen) Anse Boileau Baie Lazare Takamaka Anse Royale Au Cap Anse aux Pinslocation
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 Location of Mahé within the Seychelles
Geographic location :

Coordinates: 4 ° 38 ′  S , 55 ° 27 ′  E

Island: Mahé (Seychelles)
Surface: 6.1 km²
Residents: 3607
Population density: 591 inhabitants / km²
Motto: Surmount and Flourish
ISO 3166-2 code SC-18
Entrance area to the botanical garden, on the right in the picture the buildings of the Ministry of the Environment

Mont Fleuri is one of the 25 administrative districts of the Seychelles . The district forms part of the capital Victoria and is located south of the city center. Mont Fleuri was considered a “Lower Middle Class” district in colonial times. Today the district is home to the country's major educational institutions, including the Polytechnic College , Teachers Training College, and the French and International Schools and other educational institutions. Other public institutions include the Victoria Hospital and the Departments of Foreign Affairs, Education and the Environment. The first settlers on the island of Mahé began to settle in Mont Fleuri along the Rochon River in 1771. In addition to the area on the main island of Mahé, the six islands in the Sainte Anne Marine National Park in front of the port of Victoria belong to the district, including Sainte Anne and Île au Cerf, on which there are hotels, and the island of Moyenne , which is both part of the Ste Anne Marine Parks is, as well as has the status of an independent national park. One of the attractions in Mont Fleuri is the botanical garden named after the district .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ World Gazetteer website: Seychelles: Administrative division (population and area) . ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Queryed on December 16, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bevoelkerungsstatistik.de
  2. ^ Government of the Seychelles: Statistical Bulletin, Population and Vital Statistics No. 2 of 2010 . National Statistics Bureau, Victoria 2010. (PDF; 890 kB)