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Martinique's version of Carnival, is a four-day event beginning just before Lent and ending on its first day, with the burning of Vaval, a papier-mâché figure symbolizing Carnival. Businesses close during Carnival. Like other Caribbean Carnivals, Martinique's is a high-energy event with parades, singing, drums, and other festivities.
Saint-Pierre was founded in 1635 by Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc, a French trader and adventurer, as the first permanent French colony on the island of Martinique. Map of Saint-Pierre 1814. The Great Hurricane of 1780 produced a storm-surge of 8 metres (25 ft) which "inundated the city, destroying all houses" and killed 9,000 people. [3]
Abandonne; Abondance; Absalon; Acajou; Adelaide Maillet; Adinet; Alma; Anse Figuiers; Anse Madame; Augrain; Bac; Balata; Balata-Tourtet; Bambous; Bareto; Barington ...
' The Manatee ') is a city and town, located in the French overseas department and region of Martinique. With its area of 62.32 km 2, it is the town with the largest area in Martinique. Le Lamentin, with close to 40,000 inhabitants, is the second most populated town of Martinique, after Fort-de-France. It is also the first industrial town and ...
Fort-de-France (/ ˌ f ɔːr d ə ˈ f r ɒ̃ s /, US also / ˌ f ɔːr t d ə ˈ f r æ n s /, French: [fɔʁ də fʁɑ̃s] ⓘ; Martinican Creole: Fodfwans) is a commune and the capital city of Martinique, an overseas department and region of France located in the Caribbean.
It is the largest French- and English-speaking university hospital in the Caribbean, having more than 1600 beds. These include 680 medical, 273 surgical and 100 obstetrics beds, with another 30 in its intensive care unit .
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Le Robert (French pronunciation: [lə ʁɔbɛʁ]; Antillean Creole: Wobè) is a town and the third-largest commune in the French overseas department of Martinique.It is located in the northeastern (Atlantic) side of the island of Martinique.