Roseau

Roseau
Coordinates	15 ° 18 ′ N , 61 ° 23 ′ W Coordinates: 15 ° 18 ′ N , 61 ° 23 ′ W
Basic data
Country	Dominica
Parish	Saint George
ISO 3166-2	DM-04
Residents	15,000
founding	before 1642

View of Roseau

Roseau [ roʊˈzoʊ ] is the capital of Dominica with about 15,000 inhabitants ^{(as of 2011)} . The port city is located in the southwest of the island on the Caribbean Sea and the Roseau river of the same name . It forms the economic and cultural center of the country. The city has existed since at least 1642.

Roseau is the bishopric of the Diocese of Roseau .

Infrastructure

In addition to daily ferry connections from Guadeloupe and Martinique , large cruise ships moor in the port several times a week , with which most of the tourists reach the country.

Roseau has a small airport, Canefield Airport ( IATA code : DCF). There are only connections on neighboring islands.

With the Windsor Park is one since 2007, the population of the city, oversized Stadium (especially for Cricket used) in Roseau.

Personalities

Philip Alford Potter (1921–2015), Methodist pastor, third general secretary of the World Council of Churches
Kelvin Edward Felix (* 1933), Cardinal and Old Archbishop of Castries
Oliver Seraphin (* 1946), businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Dominica 1979/1980