Saint-François, Guadeloupe




Commune in Guadeloupe, France


















































Saint-François
Commune

The town hall of Saint-François
The town hall of Saint-François


Location of the commune (in red) within Guadeloupe
Location of the commune (in red) within Guadeloupe


Location of Saint-François




Coordinates: 16°15′00″N 61°17′00″W / 16.25000°N 61.2833°W / 16.25000; -61.2833Coordinates: 16°15′00″N 61°17′00″W / 16.25000°N 61.2833°W / 16.25000; -61.2833
Country France
Overseas region and department
 Guadeloupe
Arrondissement Pointe-à-Pitre
Canton Saint-François
Government

 • Mayor Laurent Bernier
Area
1

 61.00 km2 (23.55 sq mi)
Population
(2013)2

 14,965
 • Density 250/km2 (640/sq mi)

INSEE/Postal code

97125 /97118
Elevation 0–67 m (0–220 ft)

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.

Saint-François is a commune of the Guadeloupe department, in the south-east point of the main island, Grande-Terre.


Settlements include Chassaing, Dubedou, and Kahouanne: an uninhabited islet of 1,500 metres from the coast. It is about 0.541 km2 (0.209 sq mi) in area and is a protected site.[1]


There are four public preschools and eight public primary schools.[2]


The Collège Alexandre Macal is a public junior high school.[3]



La Pointe des Châteaux


La Pointe des Châteaux is a peninsula that extends into the Atlantic Ocean.




Pointe des Chateaux


Eleven kilometres east of Saint-François, a large littoral strip, La Pointe des Châteaux hosts rare fauna and flora, some of which are indigenous to the site.


It attracts about 500,000 visitors per year. North-west of the Pointe des Châteaux's clifftop is beach les Grandes Salines.



References





  1. ^ "ILET KAHOUANNE - Conservatoire du littoral". Retrieved 20 July 2016..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "LISTE DES ECOLES PUBLIQUES ET PRIVEES SOUS CONTRAT." Académie de la Guadeloupe [fr]. Retrieved on 10 March 2018.


  3. ^ "Établissements du 2nd degré PUBLIC 2017-2018." Académie de la Guadeloupe [fr]. Retrieved on 10 March 2018.





Gallery






  • Cross at the very clifftop of the Pointe des Châteaux







  • Cross at the Pointe des Châteaux and La Désirade out far







  • A far view of La Désirade from the Pointe des Châteaux







  • Pointe des Châteaux, Guadeloupe







  • The long beach of "Grandes Salines" at Pointe des Châteaux







  • The long beach of "Grandes Salines" at Pointe des Châteaux






External links



  • Office de Tourisme de Saint François – Official site of the Saint-François Tourism Board












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