Grand-Gosier

Grand-Gosier
Gran Gozye
Commune
Grand-Gosier

Location in Haiti

Coordinates: 18°11′0″N 71°55′0″W / 18.18333°N 71.91667°W / 18.18333; -71.91667Coordinates: 18°11′0″N 71°55′0″W / 18.18333°N 71.91667°W / 18.18333; -71.91667
Country Haiti
Department Sud-Est
Arrondissement Belle-Anse
Elevation 145 m (476 ft)
Population (7 August 2003)[1]
  Total 10,852

Grand-Gosier (Haitian Creole: Gran Gozye) is a commune in the Belle-Anse Arrondissement, in the Sud-Est Department of Haiti. It has 10,852 inhabitants.

It is the birthplace of celebrated Haitian poet and Creole language advocate Félix Morisseau-Leroy.

References

  1. Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique (IHSI)


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