Petit-Bourg (French pronunciation: [pəti buʁ]; 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.
Geography
Climate
Petit-Bourg has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification Af). The average annual temperature in Petit-Bourg is 25.3 °C (77.5 °F). The average annual rainfall is 2,732.3 mm (107.57 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.7 °C (80.1 °F), and lowest in February, at around 23.5 °C (74.3 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Petit-Bourg was 33.9 °C (93.0 °F) on 23 September 2005; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 14.2 °C (57.6 °F) on 13 April 2001.
| Climate data for Petit-Bourg (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1970−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 30.5 (86.9) |
32.5 (90.5) |
33.6 (92.5) |
32.3 (90.1) |
33.6 (92.5) |
33.0 (91.4) |
32.9 (91.2) |
33.7 (92.7) |
33.9 (93.0) |
33.0 (91.4) |
32.9 (91.2) |
33.1 (91.6) |
33.9 (93.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27.7 (81.9) |
27.6 (81.7) |
28.1 (82.6) |
28.8 (83.8) |
29.4 (84.9) |
29.7 (85.5) |
29.9 (85.8) |
30.5 (86.9) |
30.5 (86.9) |
30.2 (86.4) |
29.4 (84.9) |
28.4 (83.1) |
29.2 (84.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 23.8 (74.8) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.9 (75.0) |
24.8 (76.6) |
25.7 (78.3) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.2 (79.2) |
25.4 (77.7) |
24.4 (75.9) |
25.3 (77.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 19.8 (67.6) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.7 (67.5) |
20.8 (69.4) |
22.0 (71.6) |
23.0 (73.4) |
23.1 (73.6) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.2 (72.0) |
21.4 (70.5) |
20.4 (68.7) |
21.5 (70.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 15.7 (60.3) |
15.4 (59.7) |
15.9 (60.6) |
14.2 (57.6) |
16.3 (61.3) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.3 (66.7) |
19.0 (66.2) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.0 (66.2) |
17.0 (62.6) |
15.8 (60.4) |
14.2 (57.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 150.2 (5.91) |
112.8 (4.44) |
129.0 (5.08) |
186.3 (7.33) |
287.9 (11.33) |
219.2 (8.63) |
226.9 (8.93) |
243.1 (9.57) |
316.2 (12.45) |
332.2 (13.08) |
318.4 (12.54) |
210.1 (8.27) |
2,732.3 (107.57) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 18.1 | 14.9 | 15.4 | 16.0 | 18.2 | 17.9 | 19.1 | 19.5 | 18.6 | 21.1 | 20.2 | 18.7 | 217.8 |
| Source: Meteociel[3] | |||||||||||||
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 10,342 | — |
| 1974 | 11,948 | +2.08% |
| 1982 | 13,078 | +1.14% |
| 1990 | 14,867 | +1.62% |
| 1999 | 20,528 | +3.65% |
| 2007 | 21,283 | +0.45% |
| 2012 | 23,782 | +2.25% |
| 2017 | 24,277 | +0.41% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Education
Public preschools include:[5]
- Ecole maternelle Carrère
- Ecole maternelle Albertine Mignard
- Ecole maternelle Pointe à Bacchus
Public primary include:[5]
- Ecole primaire Maurice Chovino
- Ecole primaire Fribert Fessin
- Ecole primaire Robert Freti
- Ecole primaire Marie Bilioti de Gage
- Ecole primaire Hyacinththe Geriac
- Ecole primaire M-thérèse Lamothe
- Ecole primaire La Lézarde
- Ecole maternelle Mayeko Massina
- Ecole primaire Montébello
Public junior high schools include:[6]
- Collège Félix Eboue
Public senior high schools include:[6]
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Normales et records pour Petit-Bourg Duclos-Inra (971)". Meteociel. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ a b "LISTE DES ECOLES PUBLIQUES ET PRIVEES SOUS CONTRAT." Académie de la Guadeloupe. Retrieved on 10 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Établissements du 2nd degré PUBLIC 2017-2018." Académie de la Guadeloupe. Retrieved on 10 March 2018.
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