Fort-de-France : the largest town on Martinique

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Welcome to FORT-DE-FRANCE
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Information about FORT-DE-FRANCE With its iron-grille-work balconies overflowing with flowers, Fort-de-France, the largest town on Martinique, seems like a cross between New Orleans and a town on the French Riviera. It lies at the end of a large bay surrounded by green hills. The proud people of Martinique are even more fascinating than the town of Fort-de-France, although today the Creole women are likely to be seen in jeans instead of their traditional turbans and Empress Jos�phine-style gowns, and they rarely wear those massive earrings that used to jounce and sway as they sauntered along. Narrow streets climb up the steep hills, where houses have been built to catch the overflow of the capital's more than 100,000 inhabitants. At the heart of town is La Savane, a broad garden with many palms and mangos, playing fields, walks, and benches, plus shops and cafes lining its sides. In the middle of this grand square stands a statue of Jos�phine, "Napoleon's little Creole," made of white marble by Vital Debray. The statue poses in a Regency gown and looks toward Les Trois-Ilets, where Jos�phine was born. The statue was beheaded in 1991, probably because islanders felt she championed slavery. Near the harbor, at the edge of the park, you'll find vendors' stalls with handmade crafts, including baskets, beads, bangles, woodcarvings, and straw hats. Your next stop could be the 1875 Cath�drale St-Louis, on rue Victor-Schoelcher. The religious centerpiece of the island, it's an extraordinary iron building, which someone once likened to "a sort of Catholic railway station." A number of the island's former governors are buried beneath the choir loft. A statue in front of the Palais de Justice is of the island's second main historical figure, Victor Schoelcher, who worked to free the slaves more than a century ago. Biblioth�que Schoelcher, also honors this popular hero. The Romanesque portal, the Egyptian lotus-petal columns, even the turquoise tiles were imported piece by piece from Paris and reassembled here. Fort St-Louis, built in the Vauban style on a rocky promontory, guards the port. Fort Tartenson and Fort Desaix also stand on hills overlooking the port. Mus�e Departemental d l'Archeologie et de Prehistoire de la Martinique, the one place on Martinique that preserves its pre-Columbian past and has relics from the early settlers, the Arawaks and the Caribs. Everything here stops shortly after the arrival of the first French colonials on Martinique in the early 1600s. In other words, it's mostly an ethnological museum, which was enlarged and reorganized into a more dynamic and up-to-date place in 1997. The Mus�e R�gional d'Histoire et d'Ethnographie, is devoted to an illumination of the island's agrarian past (and the slave culture that made it possible). Expositions showcase the late 19th-century volcanic eruption that leveled St-Pierre, slavery and its effects on the island's society, and explorations of the sugar-cane industry. Sacr�-Coeur de Balata Cathedral, at Balata, overlooking Fort-de-France, is a copy of the one looking down from Montmartre upon Paris-and this one is just as incongruous, maybe more so. It's reached by going along route de la Trace Jardin de Balata is a tropical botanical park created by Jean-Philippe Thoze on land that the jungle was rapidly reclaiming around a Creole house that belonged to his grandmother. He has also restored the house, furnishing it with antiques and historic engravings. The garden contains a profusion of flowers, shrubs, and trees.

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Informaci�n General
Capital: Paris
Superficie: 547,030 km²
Poblaci�n: 59,765,983
Electricidad: 220V
Elecci�n: +33
N�mero de Emergencia: 17
Horario de la zona: GMT +1 hora (+2 horas Mar-Oct)

Lenguaje
Idioma: Franc�s, Dialecto local

Gobierno
Gobierno: Rep�blica

Religi�n
Religi�n: Cat�licos, Protestantes, Jud�osy Musulm�nes

Salud
Salud: T�tanos-Difteria, Meningokokken-Meningitis, Hepatitis B y FSME/RSSE

Moneda
Moneda: Euro (EUR) 1.00 = 100 Centavos

Cambio
Cambio: EUR 1.00 = USD 1.05 = GBP 0.66 = CHF 1.46

Horas de Oficinas
Horas de Oficinas: Lu -Vi: 09.00 - 12.00 y 14.00 - 18.00

L�mite de Velocidad
L�mite de Velocidad: Ciudades: 50 km/h, Ciudades exteriores: 90 km/h, Carreteras: 110 km/h, Autopistas: 130 km/h

Tr�fico
Tr�fico: Se conduce por la derecha.edad m�nima: 18 a�os. Llevar los cinturones de seguridad de los asientos delanteros y traseros son obligados.

Licencia de Conducir
Licencia de Conducir: Carn� de conducir nacional

D�as de fiestas Nacionales
D�as de fiestas nacionales: 1. Ene. A�o Nuevo; lunes de pascua (variable); La ascenci�n de Cristo (variable); Lunes de pascua (variable), 14. Jul. D�a Nacional, 11. Nov. D�a de los Santos, 11. Nov. D�a reservado de las armas, 25. Dic. Navidad

Clima
Clima: Generalmente fresco en invierno y agradable en verano, sin embargo tambi�n agradable en invierno y caliente en verano a lo largo del Mediterr�neo, de vez en cuando fuertes, frios y secos del norte a noreste vientos, conocido como Mistral..

Temperaturas
Temperaturas:

	Ene	Feb	Mar	Abr	May	Jun	Jul	Ago	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dic
T	3	4	7	10	14	17	19	19	16	11	7	4
D	17	14	12	13	13	12	12	13	13	14	15	16
S	64	83	152	185	223	233	231	204	166	122	63	53

T = Temperatura media (°C)
D = D�as de precipitaci�n
S = Sol (Horas/Mes)

Red M�vil
Red M�vil: GSM 900 / 1800

GPS
GPS: 46 00 N, 2 00 E

Horas de Compras
Horas de Compras: Casas comerciantes: 09.00 - 20.00. La mayoria de los negocios est�n estre 12.00 y 14.30 cerrados. los negocios de productos alimenticios: 07.00 - 19.00 / 19.30; algunas de estas, especialmente las panaderias est�n los domingos en la ma�ana abiertas, y por eso seguramente que los lunes est�n cerradas. Muchos negocios est�n todo o solo mediod�a del lunes cerrado. Los hipermercados est�n normalmente abirtos de 9.00 a 19.00/20.00, a veces hasta las 21.00 o 22.00.

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Meteorolog�a

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Temperature:

21 °C (70 °F) dew-point at: 19 °C (66 °F).

Winds:

Windspeed 7.2 meters per second (16.1 miles per hour) from east/northeast (060°), varying between north/northeast (020°) and east (080°).

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