Petit-Bourg is the seventh-largest commune in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe. It is located on the east side of the island of Basse-Terre and is part of the metropolitan area of Pointe-à-Pitre, the largest metropolitan area in Guadeloupe.

It has many tourist attractions: the Cascade aux Ecrevisse, the National Park of Guadeloupe, the Saut de la Lézarde, as well as the Kassaverie located downtown.

Basse-Terre is a commune in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. It is also the prefecture of Guadeloupe. The city of Basse-Terre is located on Basse-Terre Island, the western half of Guadeloupe.

Although it is the administrative capital, Basse-Terre is only the second largest city in Guadeloupe behind Pointe-à-Pitre. Together with its urban area, it had 44,864 inhabitants in 2012.

Vieux-Habitants is a commune on Guadeloupe, a French overseas department in the Caribbean. It is located on the southwest coast of the island of Basse-Terre.

This is the oldest parish, founded in 1636 when the first French settlers inhabited the west coast near the present site of Vieux Habitants. The name, meaning “Old Settlers” derives from the fact that many employees of the West Indies Company retired here and preferred to be called “inhabitants” to distinguish between themselves and the slaves.

Capesterre-Belle-Eau is a commune in the French overseas region and department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. It is located in the southeast of Basse-Terre Island. Capesterre-Belle-Eau covers an area of 103.3 square km. The 1999 population was 19,568. The population density is 189 persons per square km. The inhabitants are called Capesterriens.

Pointe-à-Pitre is the second largest city of Guadeloupe after Les Abymes. Guadeloupe is an overseas region and department of France located in the Lesser Antilles, of which it is a sous-préfecture, being the seat of the Arrondissement of Pointe-à-Pitre.

Although Pointe-à-Pitre is not Guadeloupe’s administrative capital (that distinction goes to Basse-Terre), it is nonetheless the region’s economic capital. In 1999, it had a population of 171,773 inhabitants in its urban area, of whom 17,541 lived in the city of Pointe-à-Pitre. The inhabitants are called “Pointois”. In 2017, its metropolitan population was estimated at 307,237 people.