Ville Des Côteaux, Côteaux Village, Southern Haiti, is the primary settlement of Côteaux and is located along the shores of the Caribbean Sea at the mouth of the Côteaux River. The population was 4,729 at the 2015 census, out of 21,302 in the commune as a whole.
About[]
The name of this picturesque village sits on the road of Cayes to Tiburon, is due to what it is, in some sort, composed of hills which, by a successive gradation, come from the foothills until the sea. First of all, it was a boarding point for the foodstuffs of the inhabitants who were trying to smuggle with foreigners.
Strong ships can anchor in its small harbor which is not open to foreign trade. The sea breeze is blowing from the e.s.e, and the breeze from the earth n.e. The coast is fishy, and the river Coteaux provides beautiful mullets.
Places of interest[]
Morne Fendu
Located in the heights of Côteaux, this is where the Mallet habitation is located. In January 1803, the French came to attack the independent natives at Morne Fendu. The natives defended themselves valiantly, their very wives threw themselves into the melee, armed with stones and spears. The whites were defeated. Hamplaya, their leader, was taken prisoner.
Other info[]
Garata. Habitation located in the commune of Coteaux It was here that Laurent Ferou, the winner of Garata, the Ferou blanc and of Thereze, negress, was born. Before the revolution, his father gave him the education received at that time by most Creole children. He learned the trade of carpenter. He could neither read nor write, but he signed. In his spare time, in 1790, he devoted himself with ardor to body exercises, rode a horse and hunted maroon pigs. He wore on his back the marks of the tusks of a
Neighboring sections
| North 2e Despas |
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West  Qtr. Despas |
Ville Des Côteaux Côteaux |
East 1re Condé |
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Côteaux[1]