Marie-Galante Island

Marie-Galante is one of the dependencies of , an overseas department of . Marie-Galante has a land area of 158.1 km.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Guadeloupe, French Antilles
  • Also known as: “Marie Galante”, “Marie-Galante”, “Marigalant”, and “Mawigalant”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Moulin Bézard.

Windmill
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is a windmill, which is situated 3½ km east of Marie-Galante Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint-Louis and Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante.

Town
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is a commune in the overseas department of . lies on the north of the island of Marie-Galante, and is the island's largest commune. Many beaches lie on the west coast of the commune. is situated 5 km west of Marie-Galante Island.

Town
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is a commune on the island of Marie-Galante, in the French overseas region and department of , itself in the . is situated 7 km southeast of Marie-Galante Island.

Town
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, also known as de Marie-Galante, is a commune on the island of Marie-Galante, in the French overseas region and department of , in the , . is situated 7 km southwest of Marie-Galante Island.

Marie-Galante Island

Latitude
15.9359° or 15° 56′ 9″ north
Longitude
-61.2705° or 61° 16′ 14″ west
Population
11,500
Elevation
116 metres (381 feet)
IATA airport code
GBJ
Open location code
777WWPPH+9R
Geo­Names ID
3578858
Wiki­data ID
Q1334492
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Marie-Galante Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ماري غالانتي”
  • Basque: “Marie-Galante”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Мары-Галан”
  • Belarusian: “Мары-Галан”
  • Breton: “Mari-Galant”
  • Catalan: “Marie-Galante”
  • Cebuano: “Marie-Galante”
  • Chinese: “玛丽-加朗特岛”
  • Chinese: “瑪麗-加朗特島”
  • Czech: “Marie-Galante”
  • Danish: “Marie-Galante”
  • Dutch: “Marie-Galante”
  • Esperanto: “Marie-Galante”
  • Finnish: “Marie-Galante”
  • French: “Île Marie-Galante”
  • French: “Marie Galante”
  • French: “Marie-Galante”
  • French: “TFFM”
  • Galician: “Marie-Galante”
  • German: “Marie-Galante”
  • Greek: “Μαρί Γκαλάντ”
  • Greek: “Μαρί-Γκαλάντ”
  • Haitian: “Marigalant”
  • Hebrew: “מארי גאלאנט”
  • Indonesian: “Marie-Galante”
  • Italian: “Marie-Galante”
  • Japanese: “マリー・ガラント島”
  • Korean: “마리갈란트섬”
  • Latin: “Marigalanta”
  • Latvian: “Marīgalanta”
  • Lithuanian: “Mari Galantas”
  • Macedonian: “Мари Галант”
  • Northern Frisian: “Marie-Galante”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Marie-Galante”
  • Norwegian: “Marie-Galante”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Aïchi”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Aulinagan”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Maria Galanda”
  • Polish: “Marie-Galante”
  • Portuguese: “Marie Galante”
  • Portuguese: “Marie-Galante”
  • Russian: “Мари Галант”
  • Russian: “Мари-Галант”
  • Spanish: “Maria Galante”
  • Spanish: “María Galante”
  • Spanish: “Marie Galante”
  • Spanish: “Marie-Galante”
  • Spanish: “Marigalante”
  • Swedish: “Ile Marie-Galante”
  • Swedish: “Île Marie-Galante”
  • Swedish: “Marie-Galante”
  • Turkish: “Marie-Galante”
  • Ukrainian: “Марі-Галан”
  • Urdu: “ماری گیلانت”
  • Vietnamese: “Marie-Galante”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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