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Le Gosier

Town Gosier
Part of the Pointe-à-Pitre urban area and located in the Grande-Terre part, Le Gosier is a municipality of 26,895 inhabitants spread over an area of 42.20 km2. This gives a density of 637 inhabitants/km2. Its municipality code is 97113, while its postal code is 97190. With Pointe-à-Pitre as its arrondissement and the capital of two cantons, namely Gosier 1 and Gosier 2, this municipality is led by Jean-Pierre Dupont, who was re-elected in March 2014. As such, he is among the figures associated with this French municipality. In terms of geographic location, the GPS coordinates of this territory in the department of Guadeloupe are as follows: 16° 13′ 05″ North and 61° 30′ 14″ West. As for altitude, that of this locality is min. 0 m — max. 125 m. Le Gosier is bordered by other municipalities such as Sainte-Anne to the east and Les Abymes and Pointe-à-Pitre to the west. Its inhabitants are called the Gosiériens. In demographic terms, it ranks third among the most populated towns of the Guadeloupe archipelago, behind municipalities such as Les Abymes and Baie-Mahault.

It is from the pelican, known as the grand-gosier, in the 17th century that this French municipality takes its name. In fact, this pelican was so named at that time given the size of its pouch and its beak. Today, Le Gosier, which has been integrated into the Pointe-à-Pitre urban area, has the largest seaside resort in the Guadeloupe region. In addition, this town, which lies along the sea with a tropical climate, has several beaches as you travel through it from west to east. These include the beaches of Bas du Fort, the hotel beaches of Pointe de la Verdure, the beach of Grand Baie, the beach of Anse Tabarin, the beach of Saint-Félix, the small beaches of Dampierre, the beach of Petit-Havre and the beach of Anse à Jacques. This makes it a town whose economy is largely based on the tourism industry. It is mainly leisure tourism oriented toward sports and cultural activities.

Le Gosier is also a municipality with numerous tourist sites and monuments. Examples include the marina aquarium, which is the largest in the Caribbean, the source of Poucet, the islet of Le Gosier, the Parc Paysager du Calvaire, the coastal path from Saint-Félix to the Salines beach, as well as Fort Fleur d'épée. Such a monument was built in 1759 to ensure the island's protection against the English. The main sports facility of this Guadeloupe town is the Roger Zami stadium. In addition, this French locality has several sports clubs. The most important are, for football, AS Dragon, AS Gosier and the Association des Jeunes de Saint Félix (AJSF). The municipality's only cycling club is Espoir du Sud (EDS).
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