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Gourbeyre | |
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.jpg) Gourbeyre Cemetery adjoins the church and overlooks the sea | |
 Location of the commune (in red) within Guadeloupe | |
Location of Gourbeyre  | |
| Coordinates: 16°00′N 61°42′W / 16°N 61.7°W | |
| Country | France |
| Overseas region and department | Guadeloupe |
| Arrondissement | Basse-Terre |
| Canton | Trois-Rivières |
| Intercommunality | CA Grand Sud Caraïbe |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Claude Edmond[1] |
| Area 1 | 22.52 km2 (8.70 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 7,508 |
| • Density | 330/km2 (860/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−04:00 (AST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 97109 /97113 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Gourbeyre (French pronunciation: [ɡuʁbɛʁ]; Guadeloupean Creole: Goubè) is a commune in the French overseas region and department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. It is a suburb of the city of Basse-Terre.
The commune of Gourbeyre was in the past a pivotal point in the defense of Guadeloupe's Basse-Terre Island.
- ^ "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.