Le Morne-Rouge
Commune in Martinique, France
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Le Morne-Rouge (French pronunciation: [lə mɔʁn ʁuʒ]; Martinican Creole: Mònwouj) is a commune and town in the French overseas department and island of Martinique.
Le Morne-Rouge | |
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View over Morne-Rouge in the direction of the cloud-hidden Mount Pelée | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of the commune (in red) within Martinique | |
 Location of Le Morne-Rouge | |
| Coordinates: 14°46′25″N 61°08′05″W | |
| Country | France |
| Overseas region and department | Martinique |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Pierre |
| Intercommunality | CA Pays Nord Martinique |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jenny Dulys-Petit[1] |
Area 1 | 37.64 km2 (14.53 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 4,388 |
| • Density | 116.6/km2 (301.9/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Péléen·ne |
| Time zone | UTC−04:00 (AST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 97218 /97260 |
| Elevation | 120–923 m (394–3,028 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
Le Morne-Rouge is the wettest town of Martinique, It is situated on a plateau between Mount Pelée and the massive of the Carbet Mountains.
Climate
Le Morne-Rouge has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification Af). The average annual temperature in Le Morne-Rouge is 24.3 °C (75.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 4,683.0 mm (184.37 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.5 °C (77.9 °F), and lowest in February, at around 22.7 °C (72.9 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Le Morne-Rouge was 33.1 °C (91.6 °F) on 13 September 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 12.1 °C (53.8 °F) in December 2022.
| Climate data for Le Morne-Rouge (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1965−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 29.0 (84.2) |
30.6 (87.1) |
30.3 (86.5) |
31.1 (88.0) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.9 (89.4) |
31.0 (87.8) |
32.0 (89.6) |
33.1 (91.6) |
32.0 (89.6) |
32.0 (89.6) |
29.7 (85.5) |
33.1 (91.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 25.6 (78.1) |
25.6 (78.1) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.8 (80.2) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.6 (81.7) |
28.3 (82.9) |
28.9 (84.0) |
28.3 (82.9) |
27.3 (81.1) |
26.3 (79.3) |
27.1 (80.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 22.9 (73.2) |
22.7 (72.9) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.8 (74.8) |
24.7 (76.5) |
25.0 (77.0) |
25.2 (77.4) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.4 (77.7) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.4 (75.9) |
23.5 (74.3) |
24.3 (75.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20.1 (68.2) |
19.8 (67.6) |
20.0 (68.0) |
20.8 (69.4) |
22.0 (71.6) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.0 (71.6) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.4 (70.5) |
20.7 (69.3) |
21.4 (70.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 12.6 (54.7) |
12.9 (55.2) |
12.7 (54.9) |
13.0 (55.4) |
15.4 (59.7) |
18.0 (64.4) |
17.9 (64.2) |
17.4 (63.3) |
16.0 (60.8) |
15.3 (59.5) |
15.0 (59.0) |
12.1 (53.8) |
12.1 (53.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 379.5 (14.94) |
255.2 (10.05) |
263.1 (10.36) |
312.1 (12.29) |
333.5 (13.13) |
355.5 (14.00) |
465.4 (18.32) |
466.8 (18.38) |
433.8 (17.08) |
448.0 (17.64) |
532.1 (20.95) |
438.0 (17.24) |
4,683 (184.37) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 26.2 | 22.1 | 22.1 | 20.4 | 21.3 | 23.9 | 27.3 | 26.8 | 23.0 | 24.5 | 25.6 | 25.0 | 288.1 |
| Source: Météo-France[3] | |||||||||||||
History
In 1763, Acadians who had been expelled from modern-day Nova Scotia and New Brunswick during le Grand Dérangement landed at Le Morne-Rouge.[4] In 1765, their colony, called Champflore, had roughly 400 residents, 100 of them Acadians who had previously been exiled to New York, the remainder from Germany and Alsace.[5] Seventy-eight Acadians remained in 1767, and most or all had left Martinique for Quebec or Louisiana by 1800.[5]
The commune was founded in 1888, following the division of Saint-Pierre.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 5,449 | — |
| 1974 | 5,412 | −0.10% |
| 1982 | 4,889 | −1.26% |
| 1990 | 5,278 | +0.96% |
| 1999 | 5,395 | +0.24% |
| 2007 | 5,170 | −0.53% |
| 2012 | 5,003 | −0.65% |
| 2017 | 5,114 | +0.44% |
| Source: INSEE[6] | ||
