La Désirade (commune)

French commune
nomcommune=La Désirade


mapcaption=Location of the commune (in red) within Guadeloupe
région=Guadeloupe
département=Guadeloupe
arrondissement=Pointe-à-Pitre
canton=La Désirade
intercomm="none as of 2007"
insee=97110
cp=97127
maire=René Noël
mandat=
longitude=-61.0753
latitude=16.3028
alt moy=
alt mini=
alt maxi=
km²=21.12
sans=1,620
date-sans=1999 census
dens=77
date-dens=1999

La Désirade is a commune in the French overseas "région" and "département" of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. The commune of La Désirade is made up of the island of La Désirade and the uninhabited Petite Terre Islands located about 10 km (6 miles) to the south of the island of La Désirade.

The administrative centre of the commune is the settlement of Beauséjour on the island of La Désirade.

ee also

*Communes of the Guadeloupe department