Rivière-Salée

Rivière-Salée
Commune
Location of the commune (in red) within Martinique
Location of Rivière-Salée
Coordinates: 14°31′40″N 60°58′50″W / 14.5278°N 60.9806°W / 14.5278; -60.9806
Country	France
Overseas region and department	Martinique
Arrondissement	Le Marin
Intercommunality	CA Espace Sud de la Martinique
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	André Lesueur[1]
Area 1	39.38 km2 (15.20 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[2]	11,829
• Density	300.4/km2 (778.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−04:00 (AST)
INSEE/Postal code	97221 /97215
Elevation	0–323 m (0–1,060 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rivière-Salée (French pronunciation: [ʁivjɛʁ sale], literally Salty River; Martinican Creole: Larivièsalé, Rivièsalé or Lavièsalé) is a town and commune in the French overseas department and region of Martinique.

Population

Historical population Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1967 7,227 —     1974 7,020 −0.41% 1982 6,757 −0.48% 1990 8,753 +3.29% 1999 12,276 +3.83% 2007 13,106 +0.82% 2012 12,708 −0.61% 2017 12,168 −0.86% 2023 11,829 −0.47% Source: INSEE[3]

Notable people

• André Lesueur (born 1947), mayor of Rivière-Salée and former member of the French National Assembly

See also

• Communes of the Martinique department

References