Saint-Louis is a common French, located in the department of the Guadeloupe.

Geography

Saint-Louis is located at the North-West of the Marie-Gallant island of of which it is the largest commune. Delimited in the south by the Saint-Louis river and north by a high cliff, its territory is separate into two by a fault known as the Bar . The river of the Old man-Extremely the cross-piece. The west coast is bordered of many beaches.

History

Amerindian populations had been installed of long time on the territory of Saint-Louis. The French colonists built with the locality Old man-Extremely their first occupation on the island in 1648. The name of Saint-Louis appears on a chart only in 1760.

Administration

Demography

Economy

• the wearing of Saint-Louis ensures the connection with the archipelago and accommodates an activity of fishing.

• Antenna of the Chamber of commerce and industry of Point-with-Clown.

Famous characters

Tourist monuments and places

• Mouth Large-Pit a natural arch dug by the ocean in the cliff
• Ecolambda to discover fauna and the Caribbean flora in an amphitheater natural
• distilling Bellevue
• the festival of the cart, on August 7th
• beaches of Mosquito, Handle Boat and of Old man-Extremely

Twinnings

See too

External bonds

• Site of the Tourist bureau of Gallant Marie

• Site Complete Amateur on Marie-Gallant
• Marie-Gallant tourist Guide & Saint-Louis