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Guadeloupe: French Caribbean
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The French language school is located in Sainte Anne, a small seaside town on the southern coast of Guadeloupe. The school offers year-round, semi-intensive and intensive French language courses (six levels) 20 to 30 hours per week in individual and small group setting. Classes begin every Monday and run through Friday. The school provides airport transfers and various accommodation options including family stays. Additional courses offered are as follows :
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In an effort to take advantage of the chaos ensuing from the French Revolution, Britain attempted to seize Guadeloupe in 1794 and held it from April 21 to June 2. The French retook the island under the command of Victor Hugues, who succeeded in freeing the slaves. They revolted and turned on the slave-owners who controlled the sugar plantations, but when American interests were threatened, Napoleon sent a force to suppress the rebels and reinstitute slavery. Louis Delgrès and a group of revolutionary soldiers killed themselves on the slopes of the Matouba volcano when it became obvious that the invading troops would take control of the island. The occupation force killed approximately 10,000 Guadeloupeans in the process of restoring order to the island.
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Guadeloupe offers excellent windsurfing and kitesurfing conditions, thanks to the near constant trade winds that blow through most of the Caribbean. A few major international windsurfing events are held each year on the island.
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On February 22, 2007 the island communes of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy were officially detached from Guadeloupe and became two separate French overseas collectivities with their own local administration, henceforth separated from Guadeloupe. Their combined population was 35,930 and their combined land area was 74.2 km² at the 1999 census. Guadeloupe thereby lost 8.5 percent of its population and 4.36 percent of its land area, based upon numbers from that census.
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Typical Caribbean weather provides a year-round warm climate for Guadeloupe, with the trade winds offering cooling breezes. Average monthly temperatures range between 72°F and 86°F in the coastal areas; a bit cooler inland. The rainy season from July to November brings regular showers, which rarely last long enough to ruin the day. Summers are typically more humid than winters.
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The European Industrial Relations Observatory has an article on Guadeloupe entitled Tension and disputes in Guadeloupe industrial relations. The number of visitors to Guadeloupe has dropped for several years for a number of reasons given in the article. Accor, the world's largest hotel chain, has announced it will withdraw from all French Caribbean islands.
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