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| Residents | 15.410 (2018) | |
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| Tourist information Tel | (0)590 820930 | |
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Pointe-à-Pitre (creole: Lapwent) is a community in Guadeloupe.
Districts
- The Lauricisque district borders the Rivière Salée to the west and the Bergevin district to the east on Rue Neil-Armstrong. As is usually the case in the region, the name goes back to the landowner. On the edge of the quarter, called “Morne Loret”, a Mr. Lauricisque ran a farm. The hill has long been leveled, the gentlemen no longer exist either. Today you can find the fishing port and a sailing school there. The lack of industry and commerce turns this area into a green umbrella, a kind of garden city away from the bustling Pointe-à-Pitre. Here the residents enjoy a wonderful view over the Bay of Pointe-à-Pitre and the industrial zone of Jarry.
- Bergevin was originally a swamp area with mangroves. The district is located between the Lauricisque district and the Pointe-a-Pierre municipal cemetery. There you will find the stadium Le Stade Pierre Antonius (it was demolished and will be rebuilt), the sports hall, the crafts center, a bus parking lot and a market.
- The Cité Nouvelle is located north of Boulevard Chanzy / Boulevard Hanne between the city cemetery and Boulevard de Baimbridge. There are many administrative buildings and the Sacré Coer church.
- The old town consists of a grid of 10 x 8 streets. The quayside facilities, one of which has been enlarged by platforms, have largely been shut down because land has been washed up on the west side of the bay and the new port of Jarry has been built. From the port basin "La Darse" only the ferries to the offshore islands leave. The old quay is to be rebuilt and geared more towards tourism.
- In the past, the community of Darboussier lived largely from raising pigs. A merchant named Zamia was the landowner. The workers changed frequently, did not stay long, and the huts and paths also changed. Later a primary school and a library were built. A sugar mill and rum distillery were also located there, and work was found in a tannery until around 1945. To this day the district is an industrial area with many poor people. The face of the district is changing only slowly.
- The Pointe Fouillole protrudes far out to sea. It is already entered on the map of Nassau (1775), but at that time there were only mangroves and swamps. Later there were maritime workshops, repair shops and shipbuilding companies there. But also cranes, road construction machines and the systems of the sugar factories were repaired there. The lighthouse authority has been located there since 1957. Today the area is dominated by the tall buildings of the university. The Faculty of Law and Economics of Guadeloupe is located there.
background
According to the story, the Dutch Jew Pieter, who came from Brazil to one of the small islands in Petite-Cul-de-Sac Marin, lived there as a fisherman more than 300 years ago. He sold his catch on the nearest headland. This was called Pointe a Pieter, top of Peter. In 1654 a settlement was established in which other traders also settled. Because of the swampy terrain, the settlement could not expand far. In 1726 the parish Abymes was founded in the northeast. In 1730, the first gun emplacement was built on the Ilet à Cochons, in the middle, 2 km from the old town. The actual founding of the city goes back to the year 1759, when the English built a trading port near La Darse and a settlement was built on the Morne Renfermé hill near today's cathedral. In 1763 there were already 40 houses there. In March 1780 this settlement burned down completely for the first time. It was rebuilt and rebuilt better, with streets in a right-angled grid, like the city center is still laid out today. There were further large fires in 1850, 1871, 1899 and 1931. In 1830 the city reached its final limits when the “Canal Vatable” was built, which drains the rainwater into the sea.
In the 19th century, the suburbs emerged, they developed without planning, where the solid ground between the swamp areas allowed it. At first there were only wooden stalls that were set up, without water connection and without sewage. This led to a cholera epidemic in 1865-66. Only after the hurricane of 1928 was a concept developed for the satellite towns.
There was only one ferry across the Rivière Salée until 1906, when the Pont de la Gabare bridge was built. In 1976 parts of the island administration were moved from Basse-Terre to Pointe-a-Pitre.
getting there
In the cruise port of Pointe-a-Pitre
By plane
Pole Caraibes International Airport is just 3 km from the center of Pointe-a-Pitre.
By bus
The bus station in the Bergewin district is only 300 m from the center.
By boat
Passenger terminal in the cruise port
Ferries
Ferry connections
- All departures to Grand-Bourg (Ile de Marie-Galante) only from Gare Maritime de Bergevin, travel time 55 minutes.
- Caribbean Spirit, Wednesdays to Mondays, departure at 7.15 a.m., one-way ticket € 20.00, return ticket € 32.00.
- Express des Iles, Mondays and Saturdays, departures at 8.15am, 12.45pm and 5.15pm; on Sundays departure at 8.15 a.m., 5.15 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. single ticket € 24.15, return ticket € 39.90.
- Val ’Ferry, Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, departure at 7.45 am, one-way ticket € 20.00, return ticket € 32.00.
Plan of the port and old town
- All departures to Terre-de-Haut (Les Saintes) only from Gare Maritime de Bergevin, travel time 55 minutes.
- Express des Iles, Thursdays at 8.15 a.m., single ticket € 24.15, return ticket € 39.90.
- Val ’Ferry, Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, departure at 8:00 am, one-way ticket € 20.00, return ticket € 32.00.
- Passenger and car ferry from Guadeloupe to Dominica - Martinique - Saint Lucia from Gare Maritime de Bergevin.
- Departures to Dominica on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 8:00 am; Fridays at 12 noon; Sundays at 2 p.m.; Travel time 1 hour 45 minutes, fare € 64.50
- Departures to Martinique on Mondays and Fridays at 8 a.m., travel time 3 hours, fare € 99.90, car € 270.50 to € 345.90.
mobility
Rental car
taxi
- Centrale des Taxis Pointois, 65 Chemin des Petites Abymes. Tel.: (0)590 822121.
- Societe de Taxis Internationale (STI), 47 Rue Dugommier. Tel.: (0)590 831365.
- Boulevard Chanzy taxi rank. Tel.: (0)590 838911.
- Boulevard Faidherbe taxi rank. Tel.: (0)590 838998.
- Rue Léonard taxi rank. Tel.: (0)590 829998.
Tourist Attractions
Museums
Schoelcher Museum
- Remy Nainsouta library, Boulevard Legitimus. Tel.: (0)590 896521. Documentation center of the Caribbean, Africa and Latin America, two conference rooms and an exhibition hall.
- Chemin Neuf library, Rue du Chemin Neuf. Tel.: (0)590 832734.
- Le Center des Arts et de la Culture, Boulevard Hanne and Boulevard de Baimbridge. Tel.: (0)590 830643. It was founded in 1978. There you will find three event halls with 1115, 350 and 250 seats and two exhibition rooms with 240 m² and 60 m², four music rooms, the library (youth library) Jacques Roumain and the cafeteria Delgres.
- Lherminier Museum, Rue Jean-Jaurés and Rue Sadi Carnot. This museum is run by the Chamber of Agriculture.
- 1 Schœlcher Museum, 24 rue Peynier. Tel.: (0)590 820804, Fax: (0)590 837839.
This museum was set up in the pink, former home of the slave liberator and later deputy, undersecretary of state and senator. He was the son of an Alsatian porcelain manufacturer and lived from 1804 to 1883. His bust is in the front garden. In the house there are antiquarian rarities on display that Schœlcher collected on his business trips.Open: Mon - Fri 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.Price: Admission: adults € 1.52, children € 0.76.
- Saint John Perse Museum, 9 rue A. R. Boisneuf at the corner of 9 rue de Nozieres. Tel.: (0)590 900192, Fax: (0)590 839831. The museum is housed in the restored “Maison Soucques-Pagès” Creole house and shows the life's work of Nobel Prize winner Saint-John Perse as a permanent exhibition. It opened in May 1987. The ground floor is a reconstruction of the floors and interiors. The library contains over 700 works with the background of the history of "art".Open: Mon - Fri 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.Price: Entry: 2.29 €.
Places
Church of St. Pierre & St. Paul
- La Place de L’Eglise. La Place de L’Eglise with the listed church of St.-Pierre & St.-Paul. This has not always been the place of a church. It used to be near the Chemin des Petites Abîmes. There was a church at this point; it was razed to the ground in 1794 because it had served as a shelter for English troops. A new parish church was built between 1807 and 1818, and the earthquake of 1843 destroyed it. Between 1847 and 1850 it was rebuilt by students of the engineer Eiffel. In 1897 and 1928 there was new damage from the forces of nature. Renovation work has been going on since 1959 and has not yet been completed.
- Square Gourbeyre. South of the Church of St. Pierre & St. Paul on the other side of the Rue Alexandre Isaac you will find the Square Gourbeyre in front of the Palace of Justice. The shady place is paved with lava stones. In the square is a bronze bust of Admiral Gourbeyre, who was Governor of Guadeloupe from 1841 to 1845.
Place de la Victoire
- Place de la Victoire. The Place de la Victoire was originally just a small square with a theater on the edge. It burned down in 1790 and the square remained empty. The guillotine was set up there during the French Revolution. There was also a theater again - this was destroyed by fire in 1882. The Renaissance cinema was built in the open space. From 1939 to 1945 it was called Place du Marechal Petain. After the end of World War II it became the Place de la Victoire again. It is something like the lungs of Pointe-a-Pitre, the center for state celebrations and outdoor events. However, the increasing traffic has led to a reduction in size. There you will find a concert shell, a playground, an elegant fountain and a multitude of cafes, bars, restaurants and shops on the edges.
Streets
- The north of the old town (city center) used to be bordered by a rainwater canal, today it is a wide street with a green strip in the middle. Coming from the west this is the Boulevard de l’Amitié des Peuples de la Caraibe in the Bergevin district, at Quai Lefevre it merges into the Boulevard Chanzy and the Boulevard Hanne and then as the Boulevard de l’Hopital to the eastern arterial road. On the edge of Bergevin you have access to the large bus station, the Gare Routière. At the transition from Boulevard Chanzy to Boulevard Hanne, the wide Boulevard Légitimus branches off to the north and leads to the airport. On the north side of Boulevard Chanzy / Boulevard Hanne you will find the France Telecom buildings, the social welfare office, the main post office, the city administration and the cultural center. Buildings up to 14 floors high are located on Boulevard Légitimus: the commercial center “Le Center d 'Echanges” (under construction), Résidences Saint-Jules et Légitimus, Caisse Centrale, Air France, the civil servants building “L'immeuble des Fonctionnaires”, La tour Frébault, La tour CECID, the bank BNP, L'immeuble Lebrère, the cultural center Rémy Nainsouta, L'immeuble Felix Henry, the bank Crédit Agricole and Les Tours Miquel.
activities
City tour
- You can take a city tour with a small train on rubber wheels. Le Petit Train de Pointe-à-pitre, Tel. / Fax 283545. Departures daily from 9 am every 30 minutes from Port Autonome.
volleyball
Water-skiing
- Ecole Municipale de Voile, Port de Peché de la Gabarre. Tel.: (0)590 821810.
- Association Guadeloupéenne de Ski Nautique (A.G.S.N.), Rue Delgrès. Tel.: (0)590 261747, Fax: (0)590 915452.
Yacht charter
shop
Market hall from 1874
The main shopping streets in the center are Rue Frébault, Rue Nozières and Rue Schoelcher with their side streets.
kitchen
Bust of Victor Schoelcher
Restaurants in the new town
- Brasserie Sucré Salé, Boulevard Légitimus. Tel.: (0)590 212255.
- La Miche des Arts, Boulevard Hanne. Tel.: (0)590 212177.
- Le Consul, Rue René Wachter. Tel.: (0)590 821496.
Restaurants in the old town
- Jouhana, 36 rue Schoelcher. Tel.: (0)590 834140.
- L`Assiette Dorée, 2 Tour de Frebault. Tel.: (0)590 830660.
- La Platine D`Or, 1 rue Frebault. Tel.: (0)590 839608.
- La Rose Rouge, 31 rue Nozieres. Tel.: (0)590 911710.
- Roquelaure Yann, 25 Place de l’Eglise. Tel.: (0)590 936540.
- Isaac Street, 5 rue Alexandre Isaac. Tel.: (0)590 903280.
- Les Thanas, 26 rue Alexandre Isaac overlooking the Place de la Victoire. Tel.: (0)590 820270. Restaurant, brasserie.
- Pop's burger, 20 rue Alexandre Isaac overlooking the Place de la Victoire. Tel.: (0)590 890054. Quick meals.
- Sucré Salé, 26 rue Alexandre Isaac overlooking the Place de la Victoire. Tel.: (0)590 901688.
- La Victoire, 3 Place de la Victoire. Tel.: (0)590 838030.
- Victoire fun, Place de la Victoire. Tel.: (0)590 210025.
- Le Vignot, 47 rue du Commandant Mortenol. Tel.: (0)590 827419.
- Christiane Faddoul, 17 rue Lamartine. Tel.: (0)590 210987.
- Mirage, 17 rue Lamartine. Tel.: (0)590 901008.
- Goody's, Rue Barbès. Tel.: (0)590 835838.
- L'Eau A La Bouche, 6 rue Saint-John Perse. Tel.: (0)590 822776.
- La Canne a Sucre, Quai Lesseps, La Darse. Tel.: (0)590 892101. Creole, terrace restaurant.Open: 12.30pm - 11.00pm, closed on Sundays.
- Le Magdalena, 16 Center Saint John Perse. Tel.: (0)590 932169.
- Le Palais du Roy, 20 Saint John Perse Center. Tel.: (0)590 201208.
- Zevalos, 10 Quai Lardenoy. Tel.: (0)590 214966.
nightlife
movie theater
accommodation
- Hotel Saint-John Perse **, Quai Ferdinand Lesseps. Tel.: (0)590 825157, Fax: (0)590 825261. 44 rooms, 2 restaurants.
- Hotel Normandy, 14 Place de la Victoire. Tel.: (0)590 821297, Fax: (0)590 838131. 7 rooms, restaurant, bar.
- Hotel Schoelcher, 14 Rue Schoelcher. Tel.: (0)590 821312.
- Maison de Marie-Galante, 12 Place de la Victoire. Tel.: (0)590 901041, Fax: (0)590 902275. 9 rooms, restaurant.
Learn
- Universite des Antilles et de la Guyane, Fouillole. Tel.: (0)590 938615, (0)590 938629, Fax: (0)590 938604.
security
police
- Commissariat Central de Police, Rue Gambetta. Tel.: (0)590 897717.
health
doctors
- Center Hospitalier Urgences. Tel.: (0)590 891120.
- Center Hospitalier Universitaire. Tel.: (0)590 891010.
- Center Hospitalier, Morne Jolrivière. Tel.: (0)590 828888, (0)590 829880.
- Clinique Saint-Joseph, Rue Felix-Eboue. Tel.: (0)590 822337.
- Clinique Saint-Nicolas, Place Victoire. Tel.: (0)590 892369, (0)590 902929.
- Polyclinique de Guadeloupe, Morne Jolivière. Tel.: (0)590 892369.
Pharmacies
- Pharmacie Berthelot, 64 rue Frébault. Tel.: (0)590 820318.
- Pharmacie des Cités Unies, Rue de Cités Unies. Tel.: (0)590 837491.
- Pharmacie François Allard, 27 rue Peynier. Tel.: (0)590 821761.
- Pharmacie Marianne, 28 rue Saint-John Perse. Tel.: (0)590 835615.
- Pharmacie Pineau, 106 rue Frébault. Tel.: (0)590 828362.
optician
- Alain Afflelou, Center d`Echange Nithila 1. Tel.: (0)590 839444, (0)590 811429, Fax: (0)590 894873, (0)590 816267.
Practical advice
Comité du Tourisme
Banks
- Banque des Antilles Françaises (BDAF), Place de la Victoire. Tel.: (0)590 604234, Fax: (0)590 604227. Open: Mon, Tue, Thu Fri 7.30 a.m. - 3 p.m., Wed 7.30 a.m. - 12.45 p.m.
- Banque Régional d'Escomptes et de Dépôts (BRED), 10 rue Achille R. Boisneuf. Tel.: (0)590 896700, Fax: (0)590 890161.
- Caisse du Crédit Maritime Outre Mer, 36 rue A. R. Boisneuf. Tel.: (0)590 210840, Fax: (0)590 895242.
Bureau de Change / Exchange offices
- Change caraibes, 21 Rue Frebault. Tel.: (0)590 890088, Fax: (0)590 937040. Open: Mon - Fri 8 a.m. - 12 p.m., 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
administration
- Mairie, Place des Martyrs de la Liberté. Tel.: (0)590 938585, Fax: (0)590 916664. City administration. Office hours: Mon, Tue Thu 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. 2.30 p.m. - 5.30 p.m., Wed Fri 8 a.m. - 1.30 p.m.
Tourist Information
miscellaneous
Post office
- Main post office, Boulevard Chanzy / Hanne. Tel.: (0)590 834809. Open: Mon - Fri 7 a.m. - 6 p.m., Sat 7 a.m. - 12 p.m.
- Parcel Post Office, Zone Artisinale de Bergevin, Rue Ho Chi Minh. Tel.: (0)590 825804. Open: Mon - Fri 7 a.m. - 6 p.m., Sat 7 a.m. - 12 p.m.
trips
- Voyages Autour du Monde (VAM), 32 rue Achille René-Boisneuf. Tel.: (0)590 823052, Fax: (0)590 823138.
literature
Web links
- http://www.ville-pointeapitre.fr - Official website of Pointe-à-Pitre
- Tourisme Pointe-à-Pitre
