Morne-à-l'Eau (; ) is a commune located in the department of Guadeloupe.
Events
In March or April each year since 1993, the town organises a crab festival which features crab races and many stalls selling crab-based dishes. In 2008 the event's 18th edition attracted over 20,000 visitors and included a Brazilian music plus a cycle-race passing through the already congested town.
Hamlets
Béguette, Berlette, Blanchette, Boisvin, Bosrédon, Belle-Espérance, Blain, Blanchet, Bonne-Terre, Le Bourg (Grippon), Brion, Bubelloy, Chastel, Chaumette, Chazeau, Chevalier, Chouioutte, Clugny, Cocoyer, Croustère, Dubelloy, Dubisquet, Espérance, Geffrier, Gensolin, Lemesle, Lola, Jabrun, Jabrun-Saint-Cyr, Labuthie, Lasserre, Lebraire, Marchand, Marieulle, Perrin, Pierrefite, Point-à-Retz, Quirine, Réduit, Rousseau, Richeval, Salette, Sauvia, Vieux-Bourg, et Zabeth.
Population
Politics + List of MayorsFromToElectedParty / Electoral Alliance19121947Justin ArchimèdeRR19471970Pierre MonnervilleSFIO → FGPS (Fédération guadeloupéenne du Parti socialiste)19701973Marie-Émile (Paul) Coco19731989Abdon SamanDVD → UDF19891895Favrot DavrainDVD → FGPS (Fédération guadeloupéenne du Parti socialiste)19952005Julien ChovinoPCG20052016Jean-Claude LombionPCG → DVG20162020Philipson FrancfortDVG20202026Jean Bardail
Education Public preschools include:"LISTE DES ECOLES PUBLIQUES ET PRIVEES SOUS CONTRAT." . Retrieved on 10 March 2018. Ecole maternelle Jeanne Benin Morne -à -l'eau Ecole maternelle Edouard Nelson Ecole maternelle Pointe A Retz Ecole maternelle Bazile Bertaux Vieux-Bourg
Public primary schools include: Ecole primaire Labuthie Achille Ecole primaire Marcelle Blanchinet Ecole primaire Hyppolite Cocles Ecole primaire Félix Duport Ecole primaire Coco Marie Emilie Ecole primaire Ludger Marie Ecole primaire Ernest Pallas
Public elementary schools include: Ecole élémentaire Pierre Foucan Morne-à-l'eau
Public junior high schools include:"Établissements du 2nd degré PUBLIC 2017-2018." . Retrieved on 10 March 2018. Collège Charles de Gaulle
Public senior high schools include: LGT Faustin Fleret LP Gerty Archimede
Sports It is home to L'Etoile de Morne-à-l'Eau, a football team who have won the Coupe D.O.M.
Notable people Gerty Archimède (1909–1980), politician and lawyer. Éric Danty (1947–2020), football player. Victoire Jasmin (born 1955), senator
See also Jabrun, Guadeloupe Communes of Guadeloupe
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