La Désirade is a commune in the French overseas region and department 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 kilometres (6 mi) south of it.

La Désirade
Commune
The village of Beauséjour in the commune of La Désirade
Location of the commune (in red) within Guadeloupe
Location of La Désirade
Coordinates: 16°18′10″N 61°04′31″W
Country	France
Overseas region and department	Guadeloupe
Arrondissement	Pointe-à-Pitre
Canton	Saint-François
Intercommunality	CA La Riviéra du Levant
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Loïc Tonton
Area 1	21.12 km2 (8.15 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	1,419
• Density	67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−04:00 (AST)
INSEE/Postal code	97110 /97127
Website	www.mairie-ladesirade.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The administrative centre of the commune is the settlement of Beauséjour on the island of La Désirade.

Education

Public preschools and primary schools include:[2]

• Ecole primaire Beauséjour
• Ecole maternelle Baie-Mahault
• Ecole maternelle Louis Adrien Thionville

Public junior high schools include:[3]

• Collège Maryse Condé

See also

• La Désirade
• Communes of the Guadeloupe department

References

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