7 Facts about the glamorous islands of Saint Barthélemy

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1. Saint Barthélemy is an overseas collectivity of France in the West Indies. Often abbreviated to St-Barth in French, and St. Barths or St. Barts in English, the island lies about 35 kilometres southeast of St. Martin and north of St. Kitts. The collectivity is one of 4 territories among the Leeward Islands in the northeastern Caribbean that comprise the French West Indies, along with Saint Martin, Guadeloupe and Martinique. The island was formed by a volcano and is only 8 square miles.
2. Although St. Barths was discovered and named by Christopher Columbus in 1493, it wasn’t until 1651 that the first colony was formed by the French. Unfortunately, the settlers did not last, and a new colony wasn’t founded again until 1763, again by the French. But the French lost the island again in 1784, this time to Sweden, and didn’t regain control until 1878. This time, they held on to their tropical paradise. These days, St. Barths is like an extension of France, but with a laid-back island atmosphere.
3. Gustavia is the main town and capital of the island of Saint Barthélemy. Originally called Le Carénage, it was renamed in honor of King Gustav III of Sweden. Saint Barthélemy was first claimed by France, in 1648. The island was given to Sweden in exchange for trade rights in Gothenburg in 1784 and Sweden founded the Swedish West India Company. Prospering during the Napoleonic Wars, assets were low thereafter, and the island was sold back to France in 1878.
4. The glamorous island of St Barts is one of the Caribbean's top beach destinations. Ringing the island are immaculate strips of sand and ethereal turquoise waters. The shallow reefs that encircle the island help to protect these renowned beaches, and they also provide excellent snorkeling and diving opportunities.
5. This volcanic island without any rivers forced the population to adapt to its rigors in order to here live comfortably. Fresh water in St Barts comes from a desalination plant or large cisterns built into villas and hotels to collect rainwater. Thus water is a valuable resource to be used carefully.
6. Have you ever watched those KZbin videos of crazy plane landings? It’s very likely you’ve seen the runway on St. Barths, one of the shortest in the world. The runway ends at the beach, meaning many a sunbather has an opportunity to watch newcomers land on the island. Because of its small size, only small planes can land in St. Barths. There are no direct flights from any mainlands to the island. But it’s easy enough to catch a charter flight from nearby St. Maarten, Antigua or San Juan.
7. French buccaneers found the place hospitable, and brightened the economy with vast quantities of plunder taken from Spanish galleons. Montbars the Exterminator, a famous buccaneer of noble French descent, reputedly maintained his headquarters in St. Barths. His treasure is believed to be still hidden among the coves of Anse du Gouverneur, or buried in the sands of Saline.
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[@Adelwapen04]

I want to visit this place one day, from an Swedish friend!🇸🇪

[@za_hotboy9809]

Guess what I’m half swedish

[@Rocio1988]

Thanks for sharing these knowledges about St. Barthelemy and its facts. Great job 🏝

[@darkmatterhafnium1522]

To *Sweden?* I was so confused lol

[@tommarch.4493]

Many places have keep their swedeesh place (like the capital)

[@Adelwapen04]

Sweden!🇸🇪

[@aproppaknoife5078]

It's weird that he says that the french "lost" it to sweden as the french actually gave it to sweden. Btw this is the only long lasting and only somewhat profiteble colony that the swedish empire ever had

[@aproppaknoife5078]

@@dkfdhdsj6261 that is a question of purely oppinion. Tecically you could say that there never existed a swedish empire or you could say that it ended in 1809 or if you want to really streatch the definitions you could still call sweden an empire. I used the term empire becouse it really does not matter. Excluding the loss of some terretory and a new king there was wery little difference between sweden pre 1721 and post 1721.

[@aproppaknoife5078]

@@dkfdhdsj6261 You say by all definittions. Please explain what you define as an empire. My definiton (wich may be wrong but is supported by other sorces) Is that an empire is a country lead by a monarch wich has at least more than one ethincety in it. Sweden fit this definition even after 1721 as the monarchy remained and finland was still a part of sweden. Thus it could be said that the swedish empire lasted until 1809 when sweden lost finland. Or if you count Samer as a different ethnic group then the Swedish empire tecnically still exists. The reason i said "it does not matter" is the fact that Swedish history books never refer to sweden as an empire at all. This could support the viewpoint that there never existed a swedish empire and thus pointing to 1721 as it's death date is pointles.

[@marllon9786]

Christopher Columbus didn't discover anything.

[@tobiaslundqvist.71]

As usual! The vikings are just tooooo curious! 😎

[@nadarama7711]

Le réchauffement climatique va entraîner des phénomènes météorologiques que nous connaissons depuis toujours mais d'une manière démultipliée à des puissances toujours plus élevées. IRMA en est une démonstration mais rien par rapport à ce qui nous attend dans les années à venir car le climat se réchaufe beaucoup plus vite que toutes les prévisions, l'effet boule de neige noys échappent totalement. Et pourtant ! Jamais autant de permis de construire n'aura été délivré sur l'ile de St Barth, on pourrait la surnommer l'ile aux permis de construire ! A tous les coins de rue, un panneau "permis de construire" L'état français a engagé aux frais des contribuables métropolitains beaucoup d'argent pour reconstruire cette ile qui sera de toutes façons à nouveau "soufflée" dans quelques temps... C'est juste ridicule ! D'autant plus ridicule que l'ile ne contribue pas à l'impôt, c'est un paradis fiscal pour milliardaires...et le pauvre travailleur métropolitains doit contribuer pour reconstruire une ile dont les maisons sont pour la plupart des villas secondaires à des dizaines de millions d'Euro ! Emmanuel Macron marche sur la tête, il est tant de changer de Président, son "quoiqu'il en coute" sans référendum aura ruiné notre pays.

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You should work on your Russian accent