Official Name: | Gros-Morne |
Native Name: | Gwo Mòn |
Settlement Type: | Commune |
Pushpin Map: | Haiti |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Haiti |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Haiti |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Artibonite |
Subdivision Type2: | Arrondissement |
Subdivision Name2: | Gros-Morne |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 7,294 |
Coordinates: | 19.6667°N -72.6833°W |
Elevation M: | 211 |
Gros-Morne (pronounced as /fr/; Haitian; Haitian Creole: Gwo Mòn) is a commune in the Gros-Morne Arrondissement, in the Artibonite department of Haiti. It has 7,294 inhabitants (2010). Gros-Morne is a rural city in Haiti. Its name means "Big Mountain."
Gros-Morne is famous for its production of the "Madame Francis" mango, in spite of the limited means of transport.[2] [3]
The Moise family has been sponsoring the advancement of Gros-Morne's agriculture since 1980. In 2019 one of the family youngest son Marvens Kwensky Moise, started the non-profit organization "Ann Plante Gros-Morne" to help further the cause.