Basse-Terre is located in the south-western corner of the Basse-Terre portion of the island of Guadeloupe which is itself located some 100 km north of Dominica and some 450 km south-east of Puerto Rico. … 查看更多內容

Native American origins
Before Basse-Terre became a French town it was a village of American Indian horticulturists and potters. The village was on the site of the present Basse-Terre Cathedral where archaeological excavations … 查看更多內容

The area of the commune has been greatly reduced since the end of the 19th century and its mountainous terrain does not allow it to develop large-scale farming. Only the … 查看更多內容

The commune has a very large number of buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments. Some of the most interesting are shown below.
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The name comes from the mariners' vocabulary of the 17th century which designated a land or coast sheltered from the wind, as … 查看更多內容

In 2017 the commune had 10,058 inhabitants. The total number of households in the commune in 2017 was 4,732. Since … 查看更多內容

Urban morphology
Over the centuries the commune spread along a street formerly named Grand Rue. The River of Herbs separates two early nuclei of houses which now correspond to the districts of Carmel and Saint Francis. The town … 查看更多內容