Arrondissement of Pointe-à-Pitre


The arrondissement of Pointe-à-Pitre is an arrondissement of France in the Guadeloupe department in the Guadeloupe region. It has 14 communes. Its population is 204,900, and its area is.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Pointe-à-Pitre, and their INSEE codes, are:
  1. Les Abymes
  2. Anse-Bertrand
  3. Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante
  4. La Désirade
  5. Le Gosier
  6. Grand-Bourg
  7. Morne-à-l'Eau
  8. Le Moule
  9. Petit-Canal
  10. Pointe-à-Pitre
  11. Port-Louis
  12. Sainte-Anne
  13. Saint-François
  14. Saint-Louis

    History

The arrondissement of Pointe-à-Pitre was established in 1947.
As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Pointe-à-Pitre were, as of January 2015:
  1. Les Abymes-1
  2. Les Abymes-2
  3. Les Abymes-3
  4. Les Abymes-4
  5. Les Abymes-5
  6. Anse-Bertrand
  7. Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante
  8. La Désirade
  9. Le Gosier-1
  10. Le Gosier-2
  11. Grand-Bourg
  12. Morne-à-l'Eau-1
  13. Morne-à-l'Eau-2
  14. Le Moule-1
  15. Le Moule-2
  16. Petit-Canal
  17. Pointe-à-Pitre-1
  18. Pointe-à-Pitre-2
  19. Pointe-à-Pitre-3
  20. Sainte-Anne-1
  21. Sainte-Anne-2
  22. Saint-François
  23. Saint-Louis