page_title: Basse-Terre
hierarchical_section_title: Basse-Terre
caption_attribution_description: English: Created map myself.
context_page_description: Basse-Terre is a French commune in the Guadeloupe department of France in the Lesser Antilles. It is also the prefecture of Guadeloupe. The city of Basse-Terre is located on Basse-Terre Island, the western half of Guadeloupe.
  Although it is the administrative capital, Basse-Terre is only the second largest city in Guadeloupe behind Pointe-à-Pitre. Together with its urban area it had 44,864 inhabitants in 2012.
context_section_description: Basse-Terre ([bɑstɛʁ]) is a French commune in the Guadeloupe department of France in the Lesser Antilles. It is also the prefecture (capital city) of Guadeloupe. The city of Basse-Terre is located on Basse-Terre Island, the western half of Guadeloupe.
  Although it is the administrative capital, Basse-Terre is only the second largest city in Guadeloupe behind Pointe-à-Pitre. Together with its urban area it had 44,864 inhabitants in 2012 (11,534 of whom lived in the city of Basse-Terre proper).
caption: Location of the commune (in red) within Guadeloupe
exif: {}