Le_lamentin

Commune of Le Lamentin
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Martinique
Department	Martinique
Arrondissement	Fort-de-France
Canton	Le Lamentin 1st Canton thru Le Lamentin 3rd Canton
Intercommunality	Communauté d\'agglomération du centre de la Martinique
Mayor	Pierre-Jean Samot
Statistics
Elevation	m–m
Land area¹	62.32 km²
Population² (1999)	35,460
- Density	569/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	97213/ 97232
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Le Lamentin is the second-largest commune in the French overseas département of Martinique. It is located in the center of the island of Martinique, and is part of the metropolitan area of Fort-de-France, the largest conurbation in Martinique. In the 1999 census, Le Lamentin had a population of 35,460. The commune has a land area of 62.32 km² (24.062 sq mi).

Le Lamentin is the site of Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport, opened in 1950 and renamed after author and politician Aimé Césaire in 2007.

External links

• Official website (in French)
• Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport (in French)

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