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Districts of Saint Lucia

Districts of Saint Lucia

First-level administrative divisions of Saint Lucia

The island nation of Saint Lucia is divided into 10 districts (formerly called Quarters). The name Quarters or Quartiers originally came from the French period in Saint Lucia (Sainte Lucie in French). The 2001 and 2010 Census of Saint Lucia refers to the first level administrative divisions as districts. The FIPS and ISO standards regularly called these divisions quarters or quartiers in French. The former district of Dauphin Quarter was merged into Gros Islet District and the former district of Praslin Quarter was merged into Micoud District.[1][2][3][4]

Districts of Saint Lucia since at least 2001

History

1758 map of Saint Lucia

After the French claimed title of Saint Lucia in 1744, commandant de Rougueville divided Saint Lucia into districts and parishes. Quarters were administrative districts for the control of settlors and slaves. The French Surveyor General of Saint Lucia, M. Raussaim, initially divided Saint Lucia into seven quarters.[5]

In 1844, Henry Breen describes how Saint Lucia was divided into two districts, the eastern district on the leeward side of Saint Lucia facing the Atlantic Ocean and the western district on the windward side facing the Caribbean Sea. It was further divided into eleven quarters or parishes, i.e. Castries, Anse Laraye, Soufriere, Choiseul, Laborie, Vieux Fort, Micoud, Praslin, Dennery, Dauphin, and Gros-ilet. Each quarter or parish had a town in the coastal bay within its territory that was named the same as the quarter. Breen further talks about stipendiary magistrates introduced during the period of the apprenticeship system.[6] These magistrates were as follows:

  1. Castries, Gros-ilet, Daughpin, and Anse Laraye
  2. Soufriere, Choiseul, Laborie
  3. Vieux Fort, Micoud, Praslin, Dennery

Still later the number of stipendiary magistrates was increased to five:

  1. Castries and Anse Laray
  2. Gros-ilet and Sauphin
  3. Soufriere and Choiseul
  4. Vieux Fort and Laborie
  5. Micoud, Dennery, and Praslin

The magistrates did not survive. However, the quarters or parishes did survive, as such, with some mergers and changes in the names.

Districts

Since the 2001 Census of Saint Lucia there have been 10 districts in Saint Lucia.[3]

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Notes

Dauphin Quarter
Praslin Quarter
  • A former quarter, Dauphin Quarter was merged into Gros Islet Quarter. It was not enumerated separately in the 2010 Census. The 2001 Census shows Daphin as part of Gros Islet.[3][4]
  • A former quarter, Praslin Quarter was merged into Micoud Quarter. It was not enumerated separately in the 2010 Census. The 2001 Census shows Praslin as part of Micoud District.[3][4]
  • The Central Forest Reserve with an area of 78 km2 (30 sq mi) was not included in the 2010 Census. Without this region, the area of Saint Lucia is 540 km2 (208 sq mi).[4]
  • The final population numbers are used in the table above. Preliminary results published in April 2011 were different.[4][8]

Political divisions

Electoral boundaries of Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia electoral boundaries are based, generally, on the districts. There are 17 constituencies in Saint Lucia that are represented in the House of Assembly of Saint Lucia. A study was done in 2014 to look into variations in census and boundaries and possible expansion of the number of constituencies.[9][10]

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Map of each district". The Central Statistical Office of Saint Lucia. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  2. [2]
    Law, Gwillim (2015). "Districts of Saint Lucia". Statoids. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  3. [3]
    "2001 Census" (PDF). Government of Saint Lucia. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  4. [4]
    "Saint Lucia 2010 Census". Government of Saint Lucia. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  5. [5]
    "About Soufriere". Soufriere Foundation. Archived from the original on April 20, 2021. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
  6. [6]
    Breen, Henry H (1844). St Lucia Historical Statistical and Descriptive. London.
  7. [7]
    The 2010 Census breaks the population of Castries into city (1,831), suburbs (10,373), and rural (67,478) for persons and the households of Castries into city (751), suburbs (3,648), and rural (23,296) for households.
  8. [8]
    "Saint Lucia 2010 Population and Housing Census, Preliminary Report" (PDF). United Nations. April 1, 2011. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  9. [9]
    "House of Assembly". Government of Saint Lucia. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  10. [10]
    "Report of the Constituency Boundaries Commission for Saint Lucia" (PDF). 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  11. [11]
    The figures for Laborie & Choiseul are inaccurate as the section of the Choiseul constituency which falls within the Quarter of Laborie (Piaye, Londonderry, Saltibus, etc) was incorrectly included to the list for the Laborie constituency.

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