La Désirade (French pronunciation: [la deziʁad]; Guadeloupean Creole: Dézirad or Déziwad) is a commune in the French overseas region and department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. The commune of La Désirade is made up of the island of La Désirade and the uninhabited Petite Terre Islands located about 10 kilometres (6 mi) south of it.

The administrative centre of the commune is the settlement of Beauséjour on the island of La Désirade.

Public preschools and primary schools include:^[3]

• Ecole primaire Beauséjour
• Ecole maternelle Baie-Mahault
• Ecole maternelle Louis Adrien Thionville

Public junior high schools include:^[4]

• Collège Maryse Condé

• La Désirade
• Communes of the Guadeloupe department