Saint-François is a commune of the Guadeloupe department in the south-east point of the main island Grande-Terre.

Saint-François
Commune
The town hall of Saint-François
Location of the commune (in red) within Guadeloupe
Location of Saint-François
Coordinates: 16°15′00″N 61°17′00″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)	Bernard Pancrel
Area 1	61.00 km2 (23.55 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	11,689
• Density	190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−04:00 (AST)
INSEE/Postal code	97125 /97118
Elevation	0–67 m (0–220 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Settlements include Chassaing, and Dubedou.

There are four public preschools and eight public primary schools.[2]

The Collège Alexandre Macal is a public junior high school.[3]

Population

La Pointe des Châteaux

La Pointe des Châteaux is a peninsula that extends into the Atlantic Ocean.

Eleven kilometres east of Saint-François, a large littoral strip, La Pointe des Châteaux hosts rare fauna and flora, some of which are indigenous to the site.

It attracts about 500,000 visitors per year. North-west of the Pointe des Châteaux's clifftop is beach les Grandes Salines.

References

Gallery

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  Cross at the very clifftop of the Pointe des Châteaux
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  Cross at the Pointe des Châteaux and La Désirade out far
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  A far view of La Désirade from the Pointe des Châteaux
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  Pointe des Châteaux, Guadeloupe
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  The long beach of Grandes Salines at Pointe des Châteaux
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  The long beach of Grandes Salines at Pointe des Châteaux

External links

• Office de Tourisme de Saint François – Official site of the Saint-François Tourism Board

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