Rivière du Rempart (district)

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Coordinates: 20 ° 3 ′  S , 57 ° 38 ′  E

Rivière du Rempart district
Rivière du Rempart
Cap Malheureux (2011)
Basic data
District capital: Mapou
Area : 147.6 km²
Residents : 108005 (2015)
Population density : 730 inhabitants / km²
ISO 3166-2 : MU-RR
Time zone : UTC + 4
Location in Mauritius
Savanne (Distrikt) Grand Port Black River (Mauritius) Port Louis (Distrikt) Pamplemousses (Distrikt) Plaines Wilhems Moka (Distrikt) Flacq Rivière du Rempart (Distrikt)map
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Rivière du Rempart is a district on the island state of Mauritius and is located in the north of the island. Its district capital is Mapou .

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 Rivière du Rempart 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 21 municipalities (VCA) in the Rivière du Rempart district.

No. Place name Demarcation
1301 Belle Vue Maurel VCA (South) North in the Pamplemousses district
1302 Cottage VCA 0
1303 Espérance Trébuchet VCA 0
1304 Goodlands VCA 0
1305 Grand Baie VCA (East) West in the Pamplemousses district
1306 Grand Gaube VCA 0
1307 Petit Raffray VCA 0
1308 Piton VCA (East) West in the Pamplemousses district
1309 Poudre d'Or VCA 0
1310 Poudre d'Or Hamlet VCA 0
1311 Rivière du Rempart VCA 0
1312 Roches Noires VCA (North) South in the Flacq district
1313 The Vale VCA 0
1314 Amaury VCA (North) South in the Flacq district
1315 Amitié VCA (East) West in the Pamplemousses district
1316 Brisée Verdière VCA (North) South in the Flacq district
1317 Cap Malheureux VCA 0
1318 Mapou VCA (North) South in the Pamplemousses district
1319 Plaines des Roches VCA (North) South in the Flacq district
1320 Roche Terre VCA 0
1321 Villebague VCA (East) West in Pamplemousses District and South in Flacq District

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. Statistics Mauritius: Housing and population census 2011 , Volume II: Demographic and fertility characteristics , pp. 137-141, statsmauritius.govmu.org (PDF)

Web links

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