Anse-Bertrand is a commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in Guadeloupe

Guadeloupe

Guadeloupe is an archipelago located in the Leeward Islands, in the Lesser Antilles, with a land area of 1,628 square kilometres and a population of 400,000. It is the first overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. As with the other overseas departments, Guadeloupe...

, an overseas region and department of France

France

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 in the Lesser Antilles

Lesser Antilles

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.

The inhabitants in Anse-Bertrand are called Ansois.

Geography

Anse-Bertrand is located in northern Grande-Terre. The town is 35 km (21.7 mi), north-north-east of Pointe-à-Pitre. The Atlantic Ocean face the town and produces high waves for professional surfers. The town is located on a limestone plateau where rolling hills are located eastwards.

Some settlements are depending of the commune of Anse-Bertrand, such as:

• La Berthaudiere
  La Berthaudiere
  La Berthaudiere is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Anse-Bertrand, on the island of Grande-Terre. Anse-Bertrand and Mahaudiere are to its west, and Pressec and Massioux lie to the south....
  
  
• Massioux
  Massioux
  Massioux is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Anse-Bertrand, on the island of Grande-Terre. It is located to the east of Pressec....
  
  
• Pressec
  Pressec
  Pressec is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Anse-Bertrand, on the island of Grande-Terre. Mahaudiere is to the west, La Berthaudiere to the north, and Massioux to the east....
  
  

Climate

Like any other Eastern Caribbean town, Anse-Bertrand experiences quite evenly spread rainfall during the year, with a wetter season between July and November which coincides with hurricane season. The town receives below 1500 mm of rainfall. Tropical heat is the norm, bringing constant high temperatures, especially during the summer.

Trade wind

Trade wind

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s, called alizés, blow from the north-east and often temper the climate.

Economy

The economy rests primarily on agriculture

Agriculture

Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...

, particularly on sugar cane. There was sugar cultivation in the 1800s, but it ended. It is endowed with a rich past whose remnants you can see through a number of windmill

Windmill

A windmill is a machine which converts the energy of wind into rotational energy by means of vanes called sails or blades. Originally windmills were developed for milling grain for food production. In the course of history the windmill was adapted to many other industrial uses. An important...

s scattered over the commune such as Habitation La Mahaudière. The beach, Anse Bertrand, is great for surfing on Grade-Terre. There are hotels southwards, toward Pointe-a-Pitre.

Sights

In Anse-Bertrand the landscape is scenic, especially places such as "Pointe de la Grande Vigie" situated at the most northernmost part of the archipelago.

Point Large Watchtower is located on the northern point of the Guadeloupe. High cliffs up to 80 meters tall, plunges in the Atlantic Ocean in perpetual movement. Here nature impresses by its beauty and its violence. By good weather, seen on Désirade (50 km), Antigua (70 km) and Montserrat (80 km).

Carry Hell is encircled by cliffs, a small calm and limpid water, arm of the sea to the turquoise reflections, gently comes to die on a white sand beach. With far the ocean continues to thunder. The paradise with the doors of the hell…

There are other serene beaches such as Plage de la Chapelle, Anse Laborde (1.1 miles, north), Anse Pistolet & Anse du Souffleur (2.8 miles, south-west).

Saint Jacques horse racecourse , is nearby and bets can be placed and you can have a great time with the locals.

Le Chau de Feuilles, a French restaurant is nearby.

Personalities

• Serge Nubret,(1938), federation leader, cinema actor and also, an essay author.
• Jean Valsi

Sister city

In November 1994, Anse-Bertrand became a sister city to the city of Columbus, Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...

, USA.