La Désirade
La Désirade is an island in the French West Indies, in the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean. It forms part of Guadeloupe, an overseas region of France.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island of Lesser Antilles
- Also known as: “Deseada”, “Desirade Island”, “Île Désirade”, and “La Desirade”
Places of Interest
Highlights include La Désirade and Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Calvaire de la Désirade.
La Désirade
Island
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La Désirade is a commune in the French overseas region and department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. The commune of La Désirade is made up of the island of La Désirade and the uninhabited Petite Terre Islands located about 10 kilometres south of it.
Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Calvaire de la Désirade
Church
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Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Calvaire de la Désirade is a church.
Église Notre-Dame du Bon-Secours de la Désirade
Church
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Église Notre-Dame du Bon-Secours de la Désirade is a church, which is situated 3 km southwest of La Désirade.
La Désirade
- Category: landform
- Location: Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“La Désirade” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “لا ديزيراد”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Дэзірад”
- Belarusian: “Дэзірад”
- Breton: “Dézirad”
- Catalan: “La Desirade”
- Cebuano: “La Désirade”
- Chechen: “Ла-ДезигӀад”
- Chinese: “拉代西拉德岛”
- Chinese: “拉代西拉德島”
- Czech: “La Désirade”
- Danish: “La Desirade”
- Danish: “La Désirade”
- Dutch: “La Desirade”
- Dutch: “La Désirade”
- Esperanto: “Desirade”
- Esperanto: “Désirade”
- Esperanto: “La Désirade”
- Finnish: “La Désirade”
- French: “Île de la Désirade”
- French: “La Désirade (île)”
- French: “La Désirade”
- French: “TFFA”
- Galician: “La Désirade”
- German: “La Desirade”
- German: “La Désirade”
- Greek: “Λα Ντεζιράντ”
- Hebrew: “לה דזיראד”
- Indonesian: “La Désirade”
- Indonesian: “Pulau La Désirade”
- Italian: “La Désirade”
- Japanese: “ラ・デジラード島”
- Lithuanian: “Deziradas”
- Lithuanian: “La Deziradas”
- Macedonian: “Ла Дезирад”
- Northern Frisian: “La Désirade”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “La Désirade”
- Norwegian: “La Désirade”
- Polish: “La Désirade”
- Russian: “Дезирад”
- Russian: “Ла-Дезирад”
- Serbian: “La Dezirad”
- Serbian: “Ла Дезирад”
- Serbo-Croatian: “La Désirade”
- Serbo-Croatian: “La Dezirad”
- Spanish: “Isla La Deseada”
- Spanish: “La Deseada (isla)”
- Spanish: “La Deseada”
- Spanish: “La Desirade”
- Spanish: “La Désirade”
- Swedish: “Ile La Desirade”
- Swedish: “Ile La Désirade”
- Swedish: “Île La Desirade”
- Swedish: “Île La Désirade”
- Swedish: “La Desirade”
- Swedish: “La Désirade”
- Thai: “La Désirade”
- Thai: “เกาะลาเดซีราด”
- Thai: “ลาเดซีราด”
- Turkish: “La Désirade”
- Ukrainian: “Ля-Десірад”
- Urdu: “لا دیسیراد”
- Vietnamese: “La Désirade”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Tropique and Grand Bassin.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Voûte à Pin and Pointe Fromager.
Guadeloupe: Must-Visit Destinations
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