Petit-Bourg

Petit-Bourg (French pronunciation: [pəti buʁ]; Guadeloupean Creole: Tibou, Ti Bou) is the seventh-largest commune in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe. It is located on the east side of the island of Basse-Terre, and is part of the metropolitan area of Pointe-à-Pitre, the largest metropolitan area in Guadeloupe.

Petit-Bourg
Commune
The town hall of Petit-Bourg, designed by architect Ali Tur
Location of the commune (in red) within Guadeloupe
Location of Petit-Bourg
Coordinates: 16°11′35″N 61°35′30″W
Country	France
Overseas region and department	Guadeloupe
Arrondissement	Basse-Terre
Canton	Petit-Bourg and Baie-Mahault-2
Intercommunality	CA Nord Basse-Terre
Government
• Mayor (2021–2026)	David Nebor[1]
Area 1	129.88 km2 (50.15 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	24,299
• Density	190/km2 (480/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−04:00 (AST)
INSEE/Postal code	97118 /97170
Website	ville-petitbourg.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It has many tourist attractions: the Cascade aux écrevisses (waterfall), the National Park of Guadeloupe, the Saut de la Lézarde (waterfall), as well as the Kassaverie (cassava/manioc factory) located downtown.

Geography

Climate

Petit-Bourg has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification Af). The average annual temperature in Petit-Bourg is 25.3 °C (77.5 °F). The average annual rainfall is 2,732.3 mm (107.57 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.7 °C (80.1 °F), and lowest in February, at around 23.5 °C (74.3 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Petit-Bourg was 33.9 °C (93.0 °F) on 23 September 2005; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 14.2 °C (57.6 °F) on 13 April 2001.

Climate data for Petit-Bourg (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1970−present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	30.5 (86.9)	32.5 (90.5)	33.6 (92.5)	32.3 (90.1)	33.6 (92.5)	33.0 (91.4)	32.9 (91.2)	33.7 (92.7)	33.9 (93.0)	33.0 (91.4)	32.9 (91.2)	33.1 (91.6)	33.9 (93.0)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	27.7 (81.9)	27.6 (81.7)	28.1 (82.6)	28.8 (83.8)	29.4 (84.9)	29.7 (85.5)	29.9 (85.8)	30.5 (86.9)	30.5 (86.9)	30.2 (86.4)	29.4 (84.9)	28.4 (83.1)	29.2 (84.6)
Daily mean °C (°F)	23.8 (74.8)	23.5 (74.3)	23.9 (75.0)	24.8 (76.6)	25.7 (78.3)	26.4 (79.5)	26.5 (79.7)	26.7 (80.1)	26.6 (79.9)	26.2 (79.2)	25.4 (77.7)	24.4 (75.9)	25.3 (77.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	19.8 (67.6)	19.5 (67.1)	19.7 (67.5)	20.8 (69.4)	22.0 (71.6)	23.0 (73.4)	23.1 (73.6)	22.9 (73.2)	22.6 (72.7)	22.2 (72.0)	21.4 (70.5)	20.4 (68.7)	21.5 (70.7)
Record low °C (°F)	15.7 (60.3)	15.4 (59.7)	15.9 (60.6)	14.2 (57.6)	16.3 (61.3)	19.5 (67.1)	19.3 (66.7)	19.0 (66.2)	19.5 (67.1)	19.0 (66.2)	17.0 (62.6)	15.8 (60.4)	14.2 (57.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	150.2 (5.91)	112.8 (4.44)	129.0 (5.08)	186.3 (7.33)	287.9 (11.33)	219.2 (8.63)	226.9 (8.93)	243.1 (9.57)	316.2 (12.45)	332.2 (13.08)	318.4 (12.54)	210.1 (8.27)	2,732.3 (107.57)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	18.1	14.9	15.4	16.0	18.2	17.9	19.1	19.5	18.6	21.1	20.2	18.7	217.8
Source: Meteociel[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1967	10,342	—
1974	11,948	+2.08%
1982	13,078	+1.14%
1990	14,867	+1.62%
1999	20,528	+3.65%
2007	21,283	+0.45%
2012	23,782	+2.25%
2017	24,277	+0.41%
Source: INSEE[4]

Education

Public preschools include:^[5]

• Ecole maternelle Carrère
• Ecole maternelle Albertine Mignard
• Ecole maternelle Pointe à Bacchus

Public primary include:^[5]

• Ecole primaire Maurice Chovino
• Ecole primaire Fribert Fessin
• Ecole primaire Robert Freti
• Ecole primaire Marie Bilioti de Gage
• Ecole primaire Hyacinththe Geriac
• Ecole primaire M-thérèse Lamothe
• Ecole primaire La Lézarde
• Ecole maternelle Mayeko Massina
• Ecole primaire Montébello

Public junior high schools include:^[6]

• Collège Félix Eboue

Public senior high schools include:^[6]

• LGT Droits de l'Homme

See also

• Communes of the Guadeloupe department

Statue of Louis Delgrès in Petit-Bourg.