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Le Lamentin
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French commune and city in Martinique
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Le Lamentin is a city and commune in France, situated in Martinique. It serves as the capital for the cantons of Le Lamentin-1-Sud-Bourg, Le Lamentin-2-Nord, and Le Lamentin-3-Est. The municipality covers an area of 62.32 square kilometers and shares borders with Ducos, Fort-de-France, Le François, and Gros-Morne. Its postal code is 97232.
The population of Le Lamentin is 40,581, comprising 17,968 males and 21,841 females. The city is twinned with Kumasi. A townhall annex is located on Rue Ernest Maugée in the Petit Manoir district.
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Place details
- Locality
- Le Lamentin
- Region
- Martinique
- Country
- France
- Population
- 40,581
- Timezone
- America/Martinique
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Overseas region and department
- Martinique
- Arrondissement
- Fort-de-France
- Intercommunality
- CA Centre de la Martinique
- Mayor 2020 2026
- David Zobda
- Area
- 62.32 km (24.06 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 39,400
- Density
- 632/km (1,640/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Lamentinois.e
- Time zone
- UTC−04:00 ( AST )
- Insee postal code
- 97213 /97232
- Elevation
- −10–363 m (−33–1,191 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Le Lamentin
- Country
- France
- Located in
- canton of Le Lamentin-3-Est
- Official language
- French
- Population
- 39400
- Area
- 62.32
- Time zone
- UTC−04:00
- Capital of
- canton of Le Lamentin-3-Est
- Shares border with
- Saint-Joseph
- Official website
- www.mairie-lelamentin.fr
- Image
- Aeroport Aime Cesaire.jpg
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- Commons category
- Le Lamentin
- topic's main category
- Category:Le Lamentin
- postal code
- 97232
- twinned administrative body
- Kumasi
- different from
- Lamentin
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Le Lamentin
- male population
- 17968
- female population
- 21841
- native label
- Le Lamentin
- short name
- Lamentin
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-5-96-66-68-88
- fax number
- +33-5-96-51-67-88
- P12749
- June 2
- number of viewers/listeners
- 387262
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Encyclopedic overview
Le Lamentin ( French pronunciation: [lə lamɑ̃tɛ̃]; Martinican Creole: Lanmanten; lit. 'The Manatee') is a city and town, located in the French overseas department and region of Martinique. With its area of 62.32 km, it is the town with the largest area in Martinique. Le Lamentin, with close to 40,000 inhabitants, is the second most populated town of Martinique, after Fort-de-France. It is also the first industrial town and the heart of the island's economy.
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