For homonymy, see Grande-Rivière.

Grande-Rivière-du-Nord (Haitian Creole: Grann Rivyè dinò) is a commune in the Grande-Rivière-du-Nord Arrondissement, in the Nord Department of Haiti. Jean-Jacques Dessalines was born there in 1758 on the Cormiers plantation.[2]

References

  1. ^ Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique (IHSI)
  2. ^ Dayan, Joan (1995) "Haiti, History, and the Gods" pp. 66–97 In Prakash, Gyan (editor) (1995) After Colonialism: Imperial histories and postcolonial displacements Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, page 74, ISBN 0-691-03742-6