Petit-Bourg | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Map: | Petit-Bourg.png |
Map Caption: | Location of the commune (in red) within Guadeloupe |
Arrondissement: | Basse-Terre |
Insee: | 97118 |
Postal Code: | 97170 |
Mayor: | David Nebor[1] |
Term: | 2021 - 2026 |
Website: | ville-petitbourg.fr |
Intercommunality: | CA Nord Basse-Terre |
Coordinates: | 16.1931°N -61.5917°W |
Area Km2: | 129.88 |
Petit-Bourg (pronounced as /fr/; gcf|label=[[Antillean Creole|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.
It has many tourist attractions: the Cascade aux Ecrevisse (waterfall), the National Park of Guadeloupe, the Saut de la Lézarde (waterfall), as well as the Kassaverie (cassava/manioc factory) located downtown.
Petit-Bourg has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification Af). The average annual temperature in Petit-Bourg is . The average annual rainfall is with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around, and lowest in February, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Petit-Bourg was on 23 September 2005; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 13 April 2001.
Public preschools include:[2]
Public primary include:[2]
Public junior high schools include:[3]
Public senior high schools include:[3]