Port-Louis, Guadeloupe
| Port-Louis | |
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| Commune | |
A road in Port-Louis
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 Location of the commune (in red) within Guadeloupe |
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| Coordinates: 16°25′00″N 61°32′00″W / 16.4167°N 61.5333°WCoordinates: 16°25′00″N 61°32′00″W / 16.4167°N 61.5333°W | |
| Country | France |
| Overseas region and department | Guadeloupe |
| Arrondissement | Pointe-à-Pitre |
| Canton | Petit-Canal |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jean Barfleur |
| Area1 | 44.24 km2 (17.08 sq mi) |
| Population (2013)2 | 5,825 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 97122 /97117 |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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 Guadeloupe
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| Location | Port-Louis Guadeloupe France |
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| Coordinates | 16°25′05.4″N 61°32′01.1″W / 16.418167°N 61.533639°W |
| Foundation | concrete base |
| Construction | concrete skeletal tower |
| Tower shape | square prism skeletal tower with closed lower part, balcony and light |
| Markings / pattern | yellow torwe with black horizontal band |
| Height | 10 metres (33 ft) |
| Focal height | 10 metres (33 ft) |
| Light source | mains power |
| Range | 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi) |
| Characteristic | Q (9) W 15s. |
| Admiralty number | J5716 |
| NGA number | 14836 |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Port-Louis is a commune in the department of Guadeloupe, on the northwest of Grande-Terre.
Some settlements are depending of the commune of Port-Louis, such as:
The settlement of northern Grande-Terre began in the mid-17th century. The city was first known as Pointe d'Antigues then Port Louis (bearing the name of the king of France Louis XIV). At the beginning of the XVIIIth century the city was one of the first sugar ports of Guadeloupe. Gradually Port-louis was dethroned by Le Moule and Pointe-à-Pitre. In the 19th century, the Domaine de Beauport was one of the most important sugar factories in the French West Indies. It closed definitively in 1990. Nevertheless, sugar cane and fishing remain the main economic activities of the commune.
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