page_title: Pointe-à-Pitre
section_title: People
hierarchical_section_title: Pointe-à-Pitre / People
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Musée Saint-John Perse, 9 rue de Nozières (Classé, 1979) This building is classé au titre des Monuments Historiques. It is indexed in the Base Mérimée, a database of architectural heritage maintained by the French Ministry of Culture,&#160;under the reference PA00105868 . беларуская (тарашкевіца)‎&#160;| বাংলা&#160;| brezhoneg&#160;| català&#160;| Deutsch&#160;| Ελληνικά&#160;| English&#160;| Esperanto&#160;| español&#160;| euskara&#160;| suomi&#160;| français&#160;| magyar&#160;| italiano&#160;| 日本語&#160;| македонски&#160;| Nederlands&#160;| português&#160;| português do Brasil&#160;| română&#160;| русский&#160;| sicilianu&#160;| svenska&#160;| українська&#160;| العربيَّة&#160;| +/−
context_page_description: Pointe-à-Pitre is the largest city of Guadeloupe, an overseas région and département of France located in the Lesser Antilles, of which it is a sous-préfecture, being the seat of the Arrondissement of Pointe-à-Pitre.
  Although Pointe-à-Pitre is not Guadeloupe's administrative capital, it is nonetheless the region's largest city and economic capital. In 1999, it had a population of 171,773 inhabitants in its urban area, of whom 17,541 lived in the city of Pointe-à-Pitre proper. The inhabitants are called "Pointois". In 2014, its metropolitan population was estimated at 314,647 people.
  Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport, Guadeloupe's main international airport, is located 3 km north of downtown Pointe-à-Pitre in the commune of Les Abymes.
  Jacques Bangou is the current mayor of Pointe-à-Pitre.
context_section_description: Maryse Condé - writer
  Saint-John Perse
  Francky Vincent
  Rodrigue Beaubois - NBA Dallas Mavericks player
  Roch-Ambroise Auguste Bébian
  Jean-Marc Mormeck, boxer
  Auguste Plée
  Firmine Richard
  Jacques Schwarz-Bart
  Louis-Gaston de Sonis - French Army officer
  Lilian Thuram - former Juventus and FC Barcelona association football player. Won 142 caps for France and the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
  Stéphane Zubar - AFC Bournemouth player
  Laura Flessel-Colovic - 5-time Olympic medalist in épée fencing
  Patricia Girard - 1996 Olympic Games silver medallist in 100m hurdles
  Thierry Henry
caption: Saint-John Perse Museum.
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