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Au Vent Parish

Au Vent is a parish of Saint Barthélemy, a French overseas collectivity in the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean.

Au Vent Parish
Au Vent Parish · Jean-Christophe BENOIST (CC BY 3.0)
The place

Au Vent is a parish of Saint Barthélemy, a French overseas collectivity in the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean. It is located on the eastern side of the island. It had a population of 4,361 inhabitants in 2022. The economy is dependent on agriculture and livestock rearing.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Au Vent Parish

6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Morne du Vitet

    Morne de Vitet is the highest point of Saint Barthélemy, an overseas collectivity of France located in the Caribbean, with an elevation of 286 metres. The mountain is located in the eastern part of the island.

    900 m · mountain in France · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Gustavia

    The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption or the Catholic Church of Gustavia is a religious building dating from the nineteenth century and is located in the town of Gustavia on the island of Saint Barthelemy, a dependency of France in the Caribbean Sea. The bell tower, the square and other structures are protected with the title of Historic Monuments.

    3.7 km · church located in Saint-Barthélemy, in France · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Lorient

    The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption is a Catholic church that was built around 1850, located on the island of Saint-Barthélemy, in the district of Lorient. Its bell tower is protected with the title of Historic Monument.

    1.1 km · church located in Saint-Barthélemy, in France · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Gustavia Lighthouse

    The Gustavia Lighthouse is a 20th-century lighthouse located in Gustavia, the capital of Saint Barthélemy in the French West Indies. It was constructed in 1961 on the grounds of Fort Gustav, overlooking the Gustavia harbor.

    3.9 km · lighthouse on Saint Barthélemy in the French West Indies · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Stade de Saint-Jean

    Stade de Saint-Jean is a multi-purpose stadium in the Saint-Jean quarter of Saint Barthélemy, an overseas collectivity of France in the Caribbean. It is the only stadium on the island and currently hosts matches of football, such as ones hosted by the Saint Barthélemy national football team, rugby, and beach tennis.

    2.9 km · multi-purpose stadium in Saint-Jean, Saint Barthélemy · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Fort Karl

    Fort Karl is a historic military fort located in Gustavia, the capital of Saint Barthélemy. It was built by the Swedish in 1789 and was named for Karl XIII. Today, the location of the fort's remains is a protected site, managed by the Conservatoire du littoral.

    3.9 km · historic military fort in Saint Barthélemy (French Caribbean) · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Au Vent Parish

Airports
Princess Juliana (SXM), 35 km · Robert L. Bradshaw (SKB), 66 km · V. C. Bird (ANU), 138 km
Stations
Gustaf III Airport, 3.1 km
  • Basseterre → Au Vent Parish
    Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
  • Osbourn → Au Vent Parish
    Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
  • Gerald's Park → Au Vent Parish
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Au Vent Parish

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Au Vent Parish. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inFerries run regularly from Marigot and Philipsburg on St Martin.

From Wikivoyage: Gustavia, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    SabaNL

    8 ways of moving, 22 sources

    54 km
  2. 02
    NevisKN

    8 ways of moving, 15 sources

    87 km
  3. 03
    Tortola and the British Virgin IslandsVG

    11 ways of moving, 15 sources

    200 km
  4. 04
    ViequesPR

    8 ways of moving, 12 sources

    279 km
  5. 05
    GeorgetownGY

    12 ways of moving, 39 sources

    1,333 km

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Around it

Next door to Au Vent Parish

  • Gustaviamain settlement and capital city of St. Barthélemy3.7 km