Basse-Terre | |
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Prefecture and commune | |
  .jpg) .jpg)  Top: View from Fort Louis Delgrès in Basse-Terre; Middle: Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadaleoupe, Monument to the dead of Basse-Terre; Bottom: Fort Delgrès, Basse-Terre Town Hall | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of the commune (in red) within Guadeloupe | |
Location of Basse-Terre  | |
| Coordinates: 15°59′45″N 61°43′45″W / 15.9958°N 61.7292°W | |
| Country | France |
| Overseas region and department | Guadeloupe |
| Arrondissement | Basse-Terre |
| Canton | Basse-Terre |
| Intercommunality | CA Grand Sud Caraïbe |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | André Atallah[1] |
| Area 1 | 5.78 km2 (2.23 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 9,779 |
| • Density | 1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−04:00 (AST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 97105 /97100 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Basse-Terre (/bæsˈtɛər/, bæss-TAIR; French: [bɑstɛʁ] ; Guadeloupean Creole: Bastè, [bastɛ]) is a commune in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. It is also the prefecture (capital city) of Guadeloupe.[3] The city of Basse-Terre is located on Basse-Terre Island, the western half of Guadeloupe.
Although it is the administrative capital, Basse-Terre is only the second-largest city in Guadeloupe, behind Pointe-à-Pitre. Together with its urban area, it had 44,864 inhabitants in 2012 (11,534 of whom lived in the city of Basse-Terre proper).
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Commune de Basse-Terre (97105), INSEE