Parcours du patrimoine SACRÉ-CŒUR DE BALATA

Rivière-Pilote and Le Saint-Esprit are two strikingly rugged rural communes, turned inland, where the agricultural development has led to this unique layout of the area, combining large sugarcane properties with small coffee- and food-producing ones.

“The Marin cul-de-sac is the only port that runs from Fort Royal to Pointe des Salines.” This is how the bay of Le Marin was described in 1717, as the crucible of the communes of Le Marin and Sainte-Anne.