Jérémie

**Jérémie** (Kréyòl: _Jeremi_) is a city in southwest Haiti. It is the capital city of the Grand'Anse _Département_.

Jérémie is also called the _City of Poets_ because of the many writers, poets, and historians that were born or live there, such as Etzer Vilaire and Émile Roumer. The father of the French writer Alexandre Dumas, père, General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, was born at Madère, near Jérémie.

## History

The town was founded in 1756 when the country was the French colony of _Saint-Domingue_. It was built where there was a small fishing town called _Trou-Jérémie_.

## Geography

The city is on the north coast of the Southern Peninsula, on a small bay. It is among low mountains (Bordes, Rochasse and Caracol) and almost isolated from the rest of the country, about 280 km south of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. To the southeast of the city is the River Grande-Anse.

It is also the chief town of an _arrondissement_ (a part of a department) with the same name. The _arrondissement_ has five _communes_ (a _commune_ is like a municipality): Jérémie, Abricots, Bonbon, Chambellan and Moron.

## Economy

Jeremie is an important Haitian port; bananas are send to other countries from this port.

## Places to visit

There are several interesting places to visit and see in Jérémie and near the city. Some of them are:
- _Fort Télémaque_ or _Fort Marfrac_. It was built after the Haitian independence to defend the area.
- _Église Saint-Louis_ (Saint Louis Church), built during the 19th century.
- The _Anse-d'Azur' beach. There are other interesting beaches such as those of Gommier and Guinaudée.
- _L'Habitation Latibolière_ where the General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, father of the French writer Alexandre Dumas, was born. It was a farm where coffee was grown; its old name was _Habitation Davy de La Pailleterie''.

### Radio

- Radio Grand-Anse FM
- Radio Imagine FM (Corail)
- Radio Lanbi FM (Rue Stenio Vincent)
- Radio Orbite (Rue De la Paix)
- Radio Tèt Ansanm (Rue Abbe Huet)
- Radio Pipirite Nouvelle (Rue Alexandre Petion)
- Radio Jérémie Nouvelle (Rue Dr Hypolytte)
- Radio Echo Celeste (Calas)
- Radio ABC FM (Caracolie)
- Radio Xaragua FM (Rue Mgn Beauger)
- Radio Power Mix (Gragramora)
- Zantray (Dame Marie)
- Radio Dame Marie FM (Dame Marie)
- Radio pirite (Anse D´ainault)
- Radio Mega FM (Beaumont)
- Radio Rebel (Anse D´ainault)
- Radio trompette Evangelique (Caracolie)
- Radio Makandal FM (Caracolie)

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Jérémie
- **native name**: _Jeremi_
- **nickname**: La Cité des Poètes
_The City of Poets_
- **settlement type**: List of communes of Haiti, Commune
- **image skyline**: Jérémie haïti 3.JPG
- **image caption**: Jérémie (2007)
- **pushpin map**: Haiti
- **pushpin label position**: top
- **pushpin map caption**: Location in Haiti
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: Haiti
- **subdivision type1**: Departments of Haiti, Department
- **subdivision name1**: Grand'Anse (department), Grand'Anse
- **subdivision type2**: Arrondissements of Haiti, Arrondissement
- **subdivision name2**: Jérémie Arrondissement, Jérémie
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **leader name**: Ronald Étienne
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1756
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **population as of**: 2003
- **population metro**: 31,000
- **timezone**: Eastern Standard Time Zone, Eastern
- **utc offset**: -5