La Désirade (commune)

La Désirade

The village of Beauséjour in the commune of La Désirade

Location of the commune (in red) within Guadeloupe
Coordinates: 16°18′10″N 61°04′31″W / 16.3028°N 61.0753°W / 16.3028; -61.0753Coordinates: 16°18′10″N 61°04′31″W / 16.3028°N 61.0753°W / 16.3028; -61.0753
Country France
Overseas region and department Guadeloupe
Arrondissement Pointe-à-Pitre
Canton La Désirade
Government
  Mayor René Noël
Area1 21.12 km2 (8.15 sq mi)
Population (2013)2 1,563
  Density 74/km2 (190/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 97110 / 97127
Website www.mairie-ladesirade.fr

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

La Désirade is a commune in the French overseas region and department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. The commune of La Désirade is made up of the island of La Désirade and the uninhabited Petite Terre Islands located about 10 kilometres (6 mi) south of it.

The administrative centre of the commune is the settlement of Beauséjour on the island of La Désirade.

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