Communes of the Guadeloupe department
The French overseas department of Guadeloupe is divided into two arrondissements with 21 cantons and 32 communes (as of 1 January 2017).
See also: List of cantons in Guadeloupe
The table below lists all 32 current communes of the department of Guadeloupe in alphabetical order.
Former communes that seceded from Guadeloupe on 22 February 2007 and were each granted the status of overseas territorial collectivity (collectivité d'outre-mer):
Communes by department in France
Ain | Aisne | Allier | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | Hautes-Alpes | Alpes-Maritimes | Ardèche | Ardennes | Ariège | Aube | Aude | Aveyron | Bouches-du-Rhône | Calvados | Cantal | Charente | Charente-Maritime | Cher | Corrèze | Corse-du-Sud | Haute-Corse | Côte-d'Or | Côtes-d'Armor | Creuse | Dordogne | Doubs | Drôme | Eure | Eure-et-Loir | Finistère | Gard | Haute-Garonne | Gers | Gironde | Hérault | Ille-et-Vilaine | Indre | Indre-et-Loire | Isère | Jura | Landes | Loir-et-Cher | Loire | Haute-Loire | Loire-Atlantique | Loiret | Lot | Lot-et-Garonne | Lozère | Maine-et-Loire | Manche | Marne | Haute-Marne | Mayenne | Meurthe-et-Moselle | Meuse | Morbihan | Moselle | Nièvre | Nord | Oise | Orne | Pas-de-Calais | Puy-de-Dôme | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | Hautes-Pyrénées | Pyrénées-Orientales | Bas-Rhin | Haut-Rhin | Rhône | Métropole de Lyon | Haute-Saône | Saône-et-Loire | Sarthe | Savoie | Haute-Savoie | Paris | Seine-Maritime | Seine-et-Marne | Yvelines | Deux-Sèvres | Somme | Tarn | Tarn-et-Garonne | Var | Vaucluse | Vendée | Vienne | Haute-Vienne | Vosges | Yonne | Territoire de Belfort | Essonne | Hauts-de-Seine | Seine-Saint-Denis | Val-de-Marne | Val-d'OiseGuadeloupe |
Martinique | French Guiana | Réunion | Mayotte | Saint-Pierre and Miquelon | French Polynesia | New Caledonia
Parishes of Guadeloupe
Questions and Answers
Q: How many communes are there in the Guadeloupe department?
A: There are 32 communes in the Guadeloupe department.
Q: When were the former communes detached from Guadeloupe?
A: The former communes were detached from Guadeloupe on February 22, 2007.
Q: What is the Guadeloupe department?
A: The Guadeloupe department is an overseas department of France.
Q: What is a commune?
A: A commune is a small administrative unit in France.
Q: What happened to the former communes of Guadeloupe?
A: The former communes of Guadeloupe were detached from the department.
Q: What is the significance of February 22, 2007, in relation to Guadeloupe?
A: February 22, 2007, was the day when the former communes were detached from Guadeloupe.
Q: Is Guadeloupe independent or part of France?
A: Guadeloupe is part of France as an overseas department.
