Pointe-Ã -Pitre
Pointe -à- Pitre in Guadeloupe is a French city. It is located in the far west of the island of Grande -Terre and has 16,063 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011 ) to 2.66 km ². Administratively, the city is the seat of a sub-prefecture and is part of the overseas department of Guadeloupe.
As agglomeration Pointe -à- Pitre has nearly 100,000 inhabitants; almost a quarter of the population of Guadeloupe live here. The place has a major airport, which has daily flights from Paris; He is a regular stop for cruise ships.
Population
Twinning
Since 1973 is twinned with the French town of Orly.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Roch- Ambroise Auguste Bébian (1789-1839), teacher and school principal in France
- Roger Fanfant (1900-1966), jazz accordionist and violinist
- Al Lirvat (1916-2007), trombonist, guitarist
- Claude Martial (1913-1991), jazz pianist, guitarist and banjo player
- Firmine Richard ( b. 1947 ), French actress
- Jacques Schwarz-Bart (born 1962 ), jazz saxophonist
- Serge Helan (born 1964 ), French triple jumper
- Lilian Thuram (born 1972 ), French footballer
- Jean -Marc Mormeck (born 1972 ), French professional boxer
- Didier Dinart ( b. 1977 ), a French handball player
- Yohann Gène ( b. 1981 ), French cyclist
- Rodrigue Beaubois (* 1988), French basketball player
- Teddy Riner (* 1989), French judo champion