Guadeloupe, Pointe-à-Pitre Departure

Guadeloupe is an island in the Antilles that, with its small neighbours, has been a French overseas department since 1946 and a French overseas region since 1983. The region includes 2 arrondissements, 40 cantons and 32 municipalities.
The department consists of the island of Guadeloupe (1434 km², 384,264 ab.), the Island of Marie-Galante (158 km²), the Iles de Saintes (13 km²), the Désirade (23 km²). Until 15 July 2007, Guadeloupe also included the St-Barthélemy Islands (21 km²) and the northern part of Saint-Maarten (54 km²), whose southern part is part of the Netherlands Antilles.