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Surface Area : 10350 hectares
Postal code : 97438
Population : 26582 inhabitants
Mayor : Jean-Louis LAGOURGUE
Postal code : 97438
Population : 26582 inhabitants
Mayor : Jean-Louis LAGOURGUE
BIENVENUE DANS LA COMMUNE DE : SAINTE-MARIE
The city of Sainte-Marie has many assets. First of all its location : it lies a mere 8 km from Saint-Denis, the island’s capital and not far from Roland Garros airport. Moreover, it has a small marina and a lovely waterfront.
Streets bordered with coconut trees, a few old colonial houses and buildings can be seen here. Sainte-Marie is a pleasant and convenient town, without any particular charm.
Its main tourist attractions are in the “hauts” area: lovely green small ravines and “bassins” where you can have a swim. Sainte-Marie is a place steeped in history. Old houses and buildings are a testimony of a past which was quite active.
The city is surrounded with sugar cane fields. Until recently, it used to be a major centre for the sugar industry. Today, following the creation of several urbanised aeas, a new type of population has settled here. Every night, many people flee from the traffic jams and the hustle and bustle of Saint-Denis and take refuge in the coolness and quietness of small villages up above Sainte-Marie.
Streets bordered with coconut trees, a few old colonial houses and buildings can be seen here. Sainte-Marie is a pleasant and convenient town, without any particular charm.
Its main tourist attractions are in the “hauts” area: lovely green small ravines and “bassins” where you can have a swim. Sainte-Marie is a place steeped in history. Old houses and buildings are a testimony of a past which was quite active.
The city is surrounded with sugar cane fields. Until recently, it used to be a major centre for the sugar industry. Today, following the creation of several urbanised aeas, a new type of population has settled here. Every night, many people flee from the traffic jams and the hustle and bustle of Saint-Denis and take refuge in the coolness and quietness of small villages up above Sainte-Marie.
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“Bassins” and ravines
Many ravines cross over Sainte-Marie. There are several shaded “bassins” with clear water: namely bassin Marie-Louise and bassin Z'Eclairs in the strangely called Ravine Sèche (dry ravine).
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The Vierge noire, protector of the oppressed
Every year, on the first of May people come from all over the island to honour her.
Kalou MariammenTemple
A Tamil temple consecrated to the Godess Mariammen. It can’t be visited but being the loveliest temple of the island, it is worth seeing even just its frontage.
“Bassins” and ravinesMany ravines cross over Sainte-Marie. There are several shaded “bassins” with clear water: namely bassin Marie-Louise and bassin Z'Eclairs in the strangely called Ravine Sèche (dry ravine).
/page-274-lang-FR-2V-page,Sauts_en_bassin.html
The Vierge noire, protector of the oppressed Every year, on the first of May people come from all over the island to honour her.
Kalou MariammenTemple
A Tamil temple consecrated to the Godess Mariammen. It can’t be visited but being the loveliest temple of the island, it is worth seeing even just its frontage.
