Basse-Pointe | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Adjustable Map: | Locator map of Basse-Pointe 2018.png |
Map Size: | 210px |
Map Caption: | Location of the commune (in red) within Martinique |
Coordinates: | 14.87°N -61.12°W |
Arrondissement: | La Trinité |
Mayor: | Marie-Thérèse Casimirius[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CA Pays Nord Martinique |
Elevation Min M: | 0 |
Elevation Max M: | 1279 |
Area Km2: | 27.95 |
Population Demonym: | Pointois.e |
Insee: | 97203 |
Postal Code: | 97218 |
Basse-Pointe (pronounced as /fr/; label=[[Martinican Creole]]|Baspwent) is a town and commune in the French overseas department and region, and island of Martinique.
Basse-Pointe has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification Af). The average annual temperature in Basse-Pointe is . The average annual rainfall is with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around, and lowest in February, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Basse-Pointe was on 1 October 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 21 September 1978.