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Grand-Bourg
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Grand-Bourg, also known as Grand-Bourg de Marie-Galante (, or ), is a commune on the island of Marie-Galante, in the French overseas region and department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles, Caribbean. It is located in the southwest of Marie-Galante, and is the most populous of the three communes on the island.
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Place details
- Locality
- Grand-Bourg
- Region
- Guadeloupe
- Country
- France
- Population
- 5,867
- Timezone
- America/Guadeloupe
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Grand-Bourg
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Grand Bourg.jpg
- French commune.caption
- A view of Grand-Bourg, on Marie-Galante
- French commune.map
- Locator map of Grand-Bourg 2018.png
- French commune.map caption
- Location of the commune (in red) within Guadeloupe
- French commune.arrondissement
- Pointe-à-Pitre
- French commune.canton
- Marie-Galante
- French commune.intercommunality
- CC Marie-Galante
- French commune.INSEE
- 97112
- French commune.postal code
- 97112
- French commune.mayor
- Maryse Etzol
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.area km2
- 55.54
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Grand-Bourg
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Pointe-à-Pitre
- Population
- 4617
- Area
- 55.54
- Time zone
- UTC−04:00
- Capital of
- canton of Marie-Galante
- Shares border with
- Saint-Louis
- Official website
- grand-bourg.fr
- Image
- Grand Bourg.jpg
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- twinned administrative body
- Bagneux
- Commons category
- Grand-Bourg
- postal code
- 97112
- different from
- Le Grand-Bourg
- associated electoral district
- canton of Marie-Galante
- male population
- 2280
- female population
- 2732
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-5-90-97-90-08
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Climate
- Population
- Economy
- Personalities
- Education
- Sights
- Twin towns – Sister cities
- See also
- References
Grand-Bourg, also known as Grand-Bourg de Marie-Galante (, or ), is a commune on the island of Marie-Galante, in the French overseas region and department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles, Caribbean. It is located in the southwest of Marie-Galante, and is the most populous of the three communes on the island.
Grand-Bourg hosts the headquarters of the communal association of Marie-Galante. The Marie-Galante Airfield is located in Grand-Bourg.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grand-Bourg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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