Delices

Delices is a small village in Dominica. It is located in the south-east of the island, between La Plaine and Petite Savanne. The village's name derives from the French words délices, translated as "delights", or délice meaning "a delightful thing".

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Petite Savanne and Boiling Lake.

Petite Savanne

Village

Petite Savanne was a village on the southeast side of Dominica in Saint Patrick Parish. It had an estimated population of 1,200 in 2015. The region the town was built on features some of Dominica's steepest terrain; the slopes were composed largely of silt and clay. Petite Savanne is situated 2½ miles south of Delices.

Boiling Lake

Locality

Photo: Pembo13, Public domain.

The Boiling Lake is a flooded fumarole located in Morne Trois Pitons National Park, a World Heritage Site on the island of Dominica. The lake, located 6.5 miles east of Dominica's capital Roseau, is filled with bubbling greyish-blue water that is usually enveloped in a cloud of vapour. Boiling Lake is situated 3 miles northwest of Delices.

Bagatelle

Village

Bagatelle is a village in Saint Patrick Parish, Dominica. Bagatelle is situated 3 miles southwest of Delices.

Delices

Type: Village with 207 residents
Description: human settlement in Dominica
Categories: human settlement and locality
Location: Saint Patrick Parish, Dominica, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude

15.28769° or 15° 17′ 16″ north

Longitude

-61.26414° or 61° 15′ 51″ west

Population

207

Elevation

794 feet (242 metres)

Open location code

777W7PQP+38

OpenStreetMap ID

node 245925891

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

3575841

Wikidata ID

Q5253930

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“Delices” goes by many names.

Chinese: “代利斯”
Dutch: “Delices”
German: “Delices”
Irish: “Delices”
Japanese: “デリッシュ”
Romanian: “Delices”
Spanish: “Délices”

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