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Marigot
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Top: Aerial vie of Marigot; Middle: Church of St. Martin of Tours, Fort Louis; Bottom:Marigot Main Plaza, Historic Rue de la Concordia | |
  Marigot
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| Coordinates: 18°04′23″N 63°04′56″W / 18.0731°N 63.0822°W / 18.0731; -63.0822 | |
| Country | France |
| Overseas collectivity | Saint Martin |
| Population
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| • Total | 5,700 |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
Marigot (French pronunciation: [maʁiɡo]) is the main town and capital in the French Collectivity of Saint Martin.
Originally a fishing village on a swamp for which it was named, Marigot was made capital during the reign of King Louis XVIofFrance, who built Fort St. Louis on a hill near Marigot Bay. Today, that building is the most important in Marigot.
Marigot is typical of Caribbean towns, with gingerbread houses and sidewalk bistros. Market days are every Wednesday and Saturday morning. The crew of the 1997 motion picture Speed 2 shot the final scene here where the Seabourn Legend hits the island.
The St. Martin of Tours' Church on rue du Fort Louis was built in 1941.[1]
Marigot is located on the west coast of the island of St. Martin. It extends from the coast to the west, along the Bay of Marigot and the hills of the interior of the island to the east. On the south-west it is bounded by the Simpson Bay.
Marigot has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw), with very warm to hot and humid weather throughout the year.[2] Rainfall – which is reduced by the rain shadow of the mountains to the east – is not as extreme as in most climates of this type, with the peak occurring from August to November due to hurricanes.
| Climate data for Marigot | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28 (83) |
28 (83) |
28 (83) |
29 (84) |
30 (86) |
31 (88) |
31 (88) |
31 (88) |
31 (88) |
31 (87) |
29 (85) |
28 (83) |
30 (86) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
25 (77) |
26 (78) |
27 (80) |
27 (80) |
27 (80) |
27 (80) |
27 (80) |
26 (78) |
24 (76) |
26 (78) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 68 (2.7) |
44 (1.7) |
42 (1.7) |
64 (2.5) |
94 (3.7) |
66 (2.6) |
79 (3.1) |
105 (4.1) |
132 (5.2) |
109 (4.3) |
126 (5.0) |
95 (3.7) |
1,024 (40.3) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 75 | 75 | 75 | 76 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 77 | 76 | 76 | 75 | 76 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 7.3 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 10 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 9.4 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 8.7 |
| Mean daily daylight hours | 11.6 | 11.9 | 12.4 | 12.9 | 13.4 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 13.1 | 12.6 | 12.1 | 11.7 | 11.5 | 12.5 |
| Source: Weatherbase,[3] Weather Atlas(humidity-sun and daylight)[4] | |||||||||||||
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| Location | Marigot, Collectivity of Saint Martin, France  |
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| Coordinates | 18°04′16″N 63°05′12″W / 18.071056°N 63.086528°W / 18.071056; -63.086528 |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | est. 1886 |
| Foundation | concrete base |
| Construction | masonry tower |
| Height | 10 m (33 ft) |
| Shape | cylindrical frustum tower with light[5][6] |
| Markings | white |
| Power source | solar power |
| Light | |
| Focal height | 20 m (66 ft) |
| Range | 11 nmi (20 km; 13 mi) (white), 7 nmi (13 km; 8.1 mi) (red), 7 nmi (13 km; 8.1 mi) (green) |
| Characteristic | Fl WRG 4s |
The city is served by Princess Juliana International Airport as well as L'Espérance Airport. There is a ferry to Blowing Point, Anguilla.
Media related to Marigot at Wikimedia Commons
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