Petit-Bourg
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Petit-Bourg Ti Bou or Tibou |
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| region | Guadeloupe |
| Department | Guadeloupe |
| Arrondissement | Basse-Terre |
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Petit-Bourg Baie-Mahault-2 |
| Community association | North Basse-Terre |
| Coordinates | 16 ° 11 ′ N , 61 ° 35 ′ W |
| height | 0-1,155 m |
| surface | 129.88 km 2 |
| Residents | 24,277 (January 1, 2017) |
| Population density | 187 inhabitants / km 2 |
| Post Code | 97170 |
| INSEE code | 97118 |
| Website | http://www.ville-petitbourg.fr/ |
 town hall |
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Petit-Bourg ( Guadeloupe Creole : Ti Bou or Tibou ) is a municipality with 24,277 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe .
geography
Petit-Bourg is located on the island of Basse-Terre , one of the two main islands of Guadeloupe. The municipality is bordered by the municipalities of Goyave in the south, Vieux-Habitants in the southwest, Bouillante in the west and Pointe-Noire , Lamentin and Baie-Mahault in the north. To the east, the municipality borders the Petit cul de sac marin bay .
The main road N 1 between Pointe-à-Pitre and the town of Basse-Terre runs through the municipality, bypassing the buildings to the west .
history
Petit-Bourg - "small town" - had its origins in 1643, when Charles Houël , the dispatcher of the French Compagnie des îles d'Amérique , the American island company, founded various villages in this region.
| Population development | ||||||||
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| year | 1961 | 1967 | 1974 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
| Residents | 9,480 | 10,342 | 11,948 | 13,078 | 14,867 | 20,528 | 21,153 | 23,729 |
Attractions
- The Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church dates from 1931 and was built according to the design of the architect Ali Tur.
- Petit-Bourg has a share in the Valombreuse Natural Park and in the Guadeloupe National Park . The Saut de la Lézarde is a well-known waterfall . It is - surrounded by a tropical forest - more than ten meters high and is formed by a stream called Lézarde.
Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption
Main city square
Saut de la Lézarde
