Basse-Terre

Basse-Terre
Basse-Terre
Prefecture and commune
	Top: View from Fort Louis Delgrès in Basse-Terre; Middle: Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadaleoupe, Monument to the dead of Basse-Terre; Bottom: Fort Delgrès, Basse-Terre Town Hall
	Coat of arms
	Location of the commune (in red) within Guadeloupe
	Location of Basse-Terre
	Coordinates: 15°59′45″N 61°43′45″W / 15.9958°N 61.7292°W
Country	France
Overseas region and department	Guadeloupe
Arrondissement	Basse-Terre
Canton	Basse-Terre
Intercommunality	CA Grand Sud Caraïbe
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	André Atallah
Area 1	5.78 km2 (2.23 sq mi)
Population (2021)	9,779
• Density	1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−04:00 (AST)
INSEE/Postal code	97105 /97100
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Basse-Terre (/bæsˈtɛər/, bæss-TAIR; French: [bɑstɛʁ]; Guadeloupean Creole: Bastè, [bastɛ]) is a commune in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. It is also the prefecture (capital city) of Guadeloupe.^[3] 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).

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Commune de Basse-Terre (97105), INSEE

[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.

[popleg2021-2] "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[3] Commune de Basse-Terre (97105), INSEE

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