Terre-de-Bas

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Coordinates: 15°51′00″N 61°39′00″W / 15.85000, -61.65000

Commune of Terre-de-Bas

Location
Location of the commune (in red) within Guadeloupe
Administration
Country France
Region Guadeloupe
Department Guadeloupe
Arrondissement Basse-Terre
Canton Les Saintes
Mayor Fred Beaujour
Statistics
Elevation 0–293 m
Land area¹ 9.45 km²
Population²
(1999)
1,267
 - Density 141/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 97130/ 97136
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.
France

Terre-de-Bas is a commune in the French overseas department and region of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. Terre-de-Bas is made up of Terre-de-Bas Island and several uninhabited islands and islets in the group of Les Saintes islands, to the southwest of Guadeloupe's mainland.

The commune has a land area of 6.8 km² and a population of 1,061 inhabitants (2005 census), meaning a density of 156 inhabitants per km².

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