Guadeloupe · Travel guide
Guadeloupe is an overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and two Îles des Saintes—and 30 uninhabited islets and 3 inhabited islets. It is south of Antigua and Barbuda and Montserrat and north of Dominica. The capital city is Basse-Terre, on the southern west coast of Basse-Terre Island; the most populous city is Les Abymes and the main centre of business is neighbouring Pointe-à-Pitre, both on Grande-Terre Island. It had a population of 395,726 in 2024. Like the other overseas departments, it is an integral part of France. As a constituent territory of the European Union (EU) and the eurozone, the euro is its official currency and any EU citizen is free to settle and work there indefinitely, but it is not part of the Schengen Area. It included Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin until 2007, when they…
Guadeloupe
FCDO travel advice for Guadeloupe. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Official source: UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Guadeloupe
- Capital
- Basse-Terre
- Currency
- euro
- Time zone
- UTC−04:00
- Calling code
- +590
- Internet domain
- .gp
- Driving side
- right
- Plug type
- Europlug
- Voltage
- 230
Source: Wikidata.
Guadeloupe
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