Arrondissement of Basse-Terre


The arrondissement of Basse-Terre is an arrondissement of France in the Guadeloupe department in the Guadeloupe region. It has 18 communes. Its population is 189,210, and its area is.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Basse-Terre, and their INSEE codes, are:
  1. Baie-Mahault
  2. Baillif
  3. Basse-Terre
  4. Bouillante
  5. Capesterre-Belle-Eau
  6. Deshaies
  7. Gourbeyre
  8. Goyave
  9. Lamentin
  10. Petit-Bourg
  11. Pointe-Noire
  12. Saint-Claude
  13. Sainte-Rose
  14. Terre-de-Bas
  15. Terre-de-Haut
  16. Trois-Rivières
  17. Vieux-Fort
  18. Vieux-Habitants

    History

The arrondissement of Basse-Terre was established in 1947. The arrondissement of Saint-Martin-Saint-Barthélemy, containing the communes of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy, was created in 1963 from part of the arrondissement of Basse-Terre.
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 Basse-Terre were, as of January 2015:
  1. Baie-Mahault
  2. Basse-Terre-1
  3. Basse-Terre-2
  4. Bouillante
  5. Capesterre-Belle-Eau-1
  6. Capesterre-Belle-Eau-2
  7. Gourbeyre
  8. Goyave
  9. Lamentin
  10. Petit-Bourg
  11. Pointe-Noire
  12. Saint-Claude
  13. Sainte-Rose-1
  14. Sainte-Rose-2
  15. Les Saintes
  16. Trois-Rivières
  17. Vieux-Habitants