Le Lamentin
Sign in to saveFrench commune and city in Martinique
Weather now
cached 20h ago26°scattered clouds
69% 5.9 m/s OpenWeatherMap
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
- arrondissement of Fort-de-France
- 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
Article
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.
Geography