Arrondissement of Pointe-à-Pitre

The arrondissement of Pointe-à-Pitre is an arrondissement of France in the Guadeloupe department in the Guadeloupe region. It has 14 communes. Its population is 199,303 (2021), and its area is 774.1 km² (298.9 sq mi).^[2]

Pointe-à-Pitre
Arrondissement
Location within the region Guadeloupe
Country	France
Overseas region and department	Guadeloupe
No. of communes	14
Subprefecture	Pointe-à-Pitre
Area	774.1 km2 (298.9 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]	200,047
• Density	258/km2 (670/sq mi)
INSEE code	9712

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Pointe-à-Pitre, and their INSEE codes, are:^[3]

1. Les Abymes (97101)
2. Anse-Bertrand (97102)
3. Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante (97108)
4. La Désirade (97110)
5. Le Gosier (97113)
6. Grand-Bourg (97112)
7. Morne-à-l'Eau (97116)
8. Le Moule (97117)
9. Petit-Canal (97119)
10. Pointe-à-Pitre (97120)
11. Port-Louis (97122)
12. Sainte-Anne (97128)
13. Saint-François (97125)
14. Saint-Louis (97126)

History

The arrondissement of Pointe-à-Pitre was established in 1947.^[4]

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 Pointe-à-Pitre were, as of January 2015:^[5]

1. Les Abymes-1
2. Les Abymes-2
3. Les Abymes-3
4. Les Abymes-4
5. Les Abymes-5
6. Anse-Bertrand
7. Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante
8. La Désirade
9. Le Gosier-1
10. Le Gosier-2
11. Grand-Bourg
12. Morne-à-l'Eau-1
13. Morne-à-l'Eau-2
14. Le Moule-1
15. Le Moule-2
16. Petit-Canal
17. Pointe-à-Pitre-1
18. Pointe-à-Pitre-2
19. Pointe-à-Pitre-3
20. Sainte-Anne-1
21. Sainte-Anne-2
22. Saint-François
23. Saint-Louis