Basse-Pointe (original) (raw)
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Commune in Martinique, France
| Basse-Pointe | |
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| Commune | |
 Housing in Pécoul, classified as historical monuments |
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 Location of the commune (in red) within Martinique |
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Location of Basse-Pointe  |
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| Coordinates: 14°52′N 61°07′W / 14.87°N 61.12°W / 14.87; -61.12 | |
| Country | France |
| Overseas region and department | Martinique |
| Arrondissement | La Trinité |
| Intercommunality | CA Pays Nord Martinique |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Marie-Thérèse Casimirius[1] |
| Area1 | 27.95 km2 (10.79 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 2,810 |
| • Density | 100/km2 (260/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Pointois.e |
| Time zone | UTC−04:00 (AST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 97203 /97218 |
| Elevation | 0–1,279 m (0–4,196 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Basse-Pointe (French pronunciation: [bɑs pwɛ̃t]; Martinican Creole: Baspwent) is a town and commune in the French overseas department and region, and island of Martinique.
Basse-Pointe has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification Af). The average annual temperature in Basse-Pointe is 26.5 °C (79.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 2,636.0 mm (103.78 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.6 °C (81.7 °F), and lowest in February, at around 24.1 °C (75.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Basse-Pointe was 36.3 °C (97.3 °F) on 1 October 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 16.3 °C (61.3 °F) on 21 September 1978.
| Climate data for Basse-Pointe (1991–2020 averages, extremes 1971−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 32.4(90.3) | 33.2(91.8) | 33.1(91.6) | 35.2(95.4) | 34.0(93.2) | 33.5(92.3) | 34.6(94.3) | 34.1(93.4) | 35.6(96.1) | 36.3(97.3) | 33.1(91.6) | 32.4(90.3) | 36.3(97.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28.7(83.7) | 28.8(83.8) | 29.2(84.6) | 29.8(85.6) | 30.5(86.9) | 30.6(87.1) | 30.8(87.4) | 31.2(88.2) | 31.4(88.5) | 31.1(88.0) | 30.3(86.5) | 29.4(84.9) | 30.1(86.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.2(77.4) | 25.1(77.2) | 25.4(77.7) | 26.1(79.0) | 26.9(80.4) | 27.4(81.3) | 27.5(81.5) | 27.6(81.7) | 27.4(81.3) | 27.2(81.0) | 26.6(79.9) | 25.8(78.4) | 26.5(79.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.7(71.1) | 21.4(70.5) | 21.6(70.9) | 22.3(72.1) | 23.3(73.9) | 24.1(75.4) | 24.1(75.4) | 24.0(75.2) | 23.4(74.1) | 23.2(73.8) | 22.9(73.2) | 22.2(72.0) | 22.9(73.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 17.2(63.0) | 16.7(62.1) | 16.8(62.2) | 16.5(61.7) | 18.2(64.8) | 20.9(69.6) | 20.2(68.4) | 20.8(69.4) | 16.3(61.3) | 20.0(68.0) | 18.2(64.8) | 17.0(62.6) | 16.3(61.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 158.2(6.23) | 94.9(3.74) | 111.4(4.39) | 192.9(7.59) | 199.6(7.86) | 195.0(7.68) | 238.5(9.39) | 279.5(11.00) | 269.1(10.59) | 313.2(12.33) | 363.0(14.29) | 220.7(8.69) | 2,636(103.78) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 20.8 | 15.6 | 14.8 | 15.8 | 16.1 | 18.4 | 21.5 | 22.3 | 20.0 | 21.8 | 22.0 | 20.2 | 229.3 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] |
Historical population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1967 | 4,562 | — |
| 1974 | 4,359 | −0.65% |
| 1982 | 4,201 | −0.46% |
| 1990 | 4,432 | +0.67% |
| 1999 | 4,183 | −0.64% |
| 2007 | 3,845 | −1.05% |
| 2012 | 3,609 | −1.26% |
| 2017 | 3,026 | −3.46% |
| Source: INSEE[4] |
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)