Les Abymes
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Commune of Les Abymes |
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| Location | |
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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 | 5 cantons (Les Abymes #1 thru #5) |
| Intercommunality | none as of 2007 |
| Mayor | Daniel Marsin |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 0 m–m |
| Land area¹ | 81.25 km² |
| Population² (1999 census) |
63,054 |
| - Density | 776/km² (1999) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 97101/ 97139 and 97142 |
| 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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Les Abymes is the most populated commune in the French overseas région and département of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. It is located on the west side of the island of Grande-Terre, and is part of the metropolitan area of Pointe-à-Pitre, the largest conurbation in Guadeloupe. In the 1999 census, Les Abymes had a population of 63,054. The commune has a land area of 81.25 km² (31.371 sq mi).
Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport is located in Les Abymes.
