Petit-Canal

Commune in Guadeloupe, France

Location of Petit-Canal

Coordinates: (2020–2026) Blaise Mornal^[1]Area

72 km² (28 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

8,201 • Density110/km² (300/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−04:00 (AST)INSEE/Postal code

97119 /97131

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Petit-Canal (French pronunciation: [pəti kanal], literally Little Canal; Guadeloupean Creole: Ti Kannal or Kannal) is a commune in the department of Guadeloupe. Petit-Canal is a coastal commune on Grande-Terre.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1967	5,887	—
1974	5,826	−0.15%
1982	5,843	+0.04%
1990	6,590	+1.52%
1999	7,752	+1.82%
2007	8,243	+0.77%
2012	8,005	−0.58%
2017	8,220	+0.53%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Education

Public preschools and primary schools include:^[4]

Ecole primaire Albertine Borel
Ecole primaire Félicité Coline
Ecole primaire Alice Delacroix
Ecole primaire Sainte Geneviève
Ecole maternelle Amédée Fengarol

Public junior high schools include:^[5]

Collège Maximilien Vrecord

Notable residents

Médard Albrand, (1898-1981), politician

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "LISTE DES ECOLES PUBLIQUES ET PRIVEES SOUS CONTRAT." Académie de la Guadeloupe [fr]. Retrieved on 10 March 2018.
^ "Établissements du 2nd degré PUBLIC 2017-2018." Académie de la Guadeloupe [fr]. Retrieved on 10 March 2018.