La Désirade (commune)
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Commune of La Désirade |
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| Location of the commune (in red) within Guadeloupe | |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Guadeloupe |
| Department | Guadeloupe |
| Arrondissement | Pointe-à-Pitre |
| Canton | La Désirade |
| Intercommunality | none as of 2007 |
| Mayor | René Noël |
| Statistics | |
| Land area¹ | 21.12 km² |
| Population² (1999 census) |
1,620 |
| - Density | 77/km² (1999) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 97110/ 97127 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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La Désirade is a commune in the French overseas région and département of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. The commune of La Désirade is made up of the island of La Désirade and the uninhabited Petite Terre Islands located about 10 km (6 miles) to the south of the island of La Désirade.
The administrative centre of the commune is the settlement of Beauséjour on the island of La Désirade.
