Rivière du Rempart District

District in Mauritius

20°03′S 57°38′E / 20.050°S 57.633°E / -20.050; 57.633Country

MauritiusGovernment

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• TypeDistrict Council • ChairmanMr. Ellayah Prembhoodas^[1] • Vice ChairmanMr. Koobarawa Deokumar^[1]Area

• Total147.6 km² (57.0 sq mi)Population

(2015)^[3]

• Total108,005 • Rank6th in Mauritius • Density730/km² (1,900/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+4 (MUT)ISO 3166 codeMU-RR (Rivière du Rempart)

Rivière du Rempart (Mauritian Creole pronunciation: [ʁivjɛː dʒi ʁɑ̃pɑː]) is a district of Mauritius, located in the north-east of the island. It has an area of 147.6 km² and an estimated population of 108,005, as of 31 December 2015.^[3]

Places

The Rivière du Rempart District includes different regions; however, some regions are further divided into different suburbs.^[3]^[4]

Amaury (Southern part in Flacq district)
Amitié-Gokhoola (Western part in Pamplemousses district)
Barlow
Belle Vue Maurel
Brisée-Verdière (Southern part in Flacq district)
Cap Malheureux
Cottage
Espérance Trébuchet
Goodlands
Grand Baie (Western part in Pamplemousses district)
Grand-Gaube
Le Vale
Mapou (Southern part in Pamplemousses district)
Panchavati
Petit Raffray
Piton (Western part in Pamplemousses district)
Plaines des Roches (Southern part in Flacq district)
Pointe de Lascars
Poudre d'Or
Poudre d'Or Hamlet
Rivière-du-Rempart
Roche-Terre
Roches-Noires (Southern part in Flacq district)
Villebague (Western part in Pamplemousses district and Southern part in Flacq district)

Education

List of secondary schools in Rivière du Rempart^[5]^{[circular reference]}

Northfields International High School, Mapou.^[6]
Ramsoondur Prayag State Secondary School, Rivière du Rempart
Simadree Virasawmy State Secondary School, Rivière du Rempart
Universal College, Rivière du Rempart
Ideal College, Rivière du Rempart
Beekrumsing Ramlallah State Secondary School, Mapou
Piton State College, Piton
Sharma Jugdambi State Secondary School, Goodlands
Goodlands State Secondary School (Boys), Goodlands
Friendship College (Boys and Girls), Goodlands
Adolf de Plevitz State Secondary School, Grand Bay

References

^ ^a ^b "List of District Councillors".
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c Ministry of Finance & Economic Development (2016). "ANNUAL DIGEST OF STATISTICS 2015" (PDF). August. Government of Mauritius: 19. Retrieved 23 December 2016. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ Statistic office of Mauritius (2011). "Housing and population Census 2011" (PDF). Government of Mauritius. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2012. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ List of secondary schools in Mauritius
^ "Contact Us." Northfields International High School. Retrieved on May 4, 2015. "Address: Main Road Labourdonnais Village Mapou Mauritius"