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Basse-Terre is a French commune in the Guadaloupe department of France in the Lesser Antilles. It is also the ''prefecture'' (capital city) of Guadeloupe.〔(INSEE )〕 The city of Basse-Terre is located on Basse-Terre Island, the western half of Guadeloupe. Although it is the administrative capital, Basse-Terre is only the second largest city in Guadeloupe behind Pointe-à-Pitre. Together with its urban area it had 44,864 inhabitants in 2012 (11,534 of whom lived in the city of Basse-Terre proper). ==Geography== Basse-Terre is located in the south-western corner of the Basse-Terre portion of the island of Guadeloupe which is itself located some 100 km north of Dominica and some 450 km south-east of Puerto Rico. The commune is at the foot of the Soufrière volcano of The commune is connected to the rest of the island by three main roads: *The N1 which exits the commune in the south on the coast and continuues inland to Gourbeyre then all the way around the coast to Pointe-à-Pitre on Grande-Terre. *The N2 which goes north along the coast to Vieux Habitants and continues all the way around the coast to join the N1 at Baie Mahault. *The N3 which traverses the length of the commune and continues to Saint-Claude inland.〔〔 Basse-Terre has a maritime station that receives cruise ships and has a ferry service to the Îles des Saintes. The commune is mostly urban with some farmland in the north-east and north-west.〔〔 The different districts of Basse-Terre are: Agincourt (also Saint-Claude), Bas-du-Bourg, Carmel, Desmarais (also Saint-Claude) Guillaud, Morne-Chaulet, Morne-à-Vaches (also Saint-Claude ), Petit-Paris, Pintade, Rivière-des-Peres, La Rue-Maillan, Saint-François, Sur-le Morne, and Versailles. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Basse-Terre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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