Le Marin

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Coordinates: 14°28′10″N 60°51′57″W / 14.46944, -60.86583

Commune of Le Marin
Location
Location of the commune (in red) within Martinique
Administration
Country	France
Region	Martinique
Department	Martinique
Arrondissement	Le Marin
Canton	Le Marin (chief town)
Mayor	Rodolphe Désiré (2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation	0–218 m
Land area¹	31.54 km²
Population² (1999)	7,267
- Density	230/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	97217/ 97290
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Le Marin is a commune in the French overseas département of Martinique.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Points of interest 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Demographics

As of the census of 1999, the population was 7,267.
2006 estimated population was 8,588.

[edit] Points of interest

In Le Marin there is Église du Marin, an old church built in 1766. It contains a marble altar and some figurettes worth seeing.

[edit] See also

• Communes of the Martinique department

[edit] References

• INSEE (English)

[edit] External links

• Mérimée database - Cultural heritage (French)