SAINTES BAY

The archipelago of "Les Saintes", located in the French West Indies at 12 kilometers at the south of the island of the Guadeloupe, fact part of the chain of the volcanos which separates the Atlantic Ocean from the Caribbean Sea.

It comprises nine small islands, of which Terre de Haut to which the bay of "Les Saines" ones belongs.

Of a surface of 5.2 km², this bay is characterized by broken coasts, dominated by hills relatively low (the dull ones) and bordered of white sand beaches and coconuts. The cost of management of the public services of to insularity thus with transport (access, water, energy, waste) constitutes the principal concern.


Natural environment
Human environment
Coastline:
Coast with hills of volcanic origin 
Language:
French

Climate:
Tropical
Local economy :
Tourism, fishing, artisanal Shipbuilding 
Temperatures:
Moyenne annuelle: 
Amplitude annuelle: 
Demography:
Population (inhab.): 1750 
Density (inhab/km2): 250
Precipitations:
Annual: 
Distribution: 
Human Development Index: 
0,925
Biogeographic classification:
Forêt tropicale humide (Néotropical)
Ecological Footprint:
5,26

Natural heritage:
Melt underwater (caves, circuses, cracks…)¶ Flora:¶ Mélo cactus (intortus) Fauna :¶ Green and imbricated tortoises, iguana, pelicans, frigates, gannet, falcons, Shells (Lambis) 

Cultural heritage:
Indians Caribbean (Taïnos), "Los Santos"(Christophe Colomb -1493), Fort Napoleon, Wrecks 

Coastal management:
Botanical academy, international charter of the plunger¶ 

Criteria retained by the club: 
BN 3 : Aesthetic importance ; BN 1 : Geological process


 

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Photos
Baie des Saintes N°1
Baie des Saintes N°11

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