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Le Lamentin

Le Lamentin is a city and town, located in the French overseas department and region of Martinique.

Le Lamentin
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Le Lamentin is a city and town, located in the French overseas department and region of Martinique. With its area of 62.32 km2, it is the town with the largest area in Martinique. Le Lamentin, with close to 40,000 inhabitants, is the second most populated town of Martinique, after Fort-de-France. It is also the first industrial town and the heart of the island's economy.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Le Lamentin

Airports
Martinique Aimé Césaire (FDF), 1 km · Hewanorra (UVF), 97 km · Argyle (SVD), 161 km
Stations
Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport, 900 m
  • Vieux Fort → Le Lamentin
    100 km · quickest by road, 22h 3m · $11–15
  • Kingstown → Le Lamentin
    Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
  • Pointe-à-Pitre → Le Lamentin
    190 km · quickest by road, 27h 54m · €23–32
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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 Le Lamentin. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inFrom the surrounding islands, you can use this ferry company: Express des Iles Cruise ships often visit "in season".
  • Get aroundWindward Islands - Windward Islands, one of the world's largest yacht charter companies, can take care of all charter requirements, from bareboat to crewed in Martinique, Guadeloupe and St Martin.
  • Get aroundHitchhiking is very common in Martinique, although like anywhere in the world not recommended.
  • Get aroundIf you are going to hitchhike, take lots of water and try to stay out of the sun.
  • Get aroundThere are very few footpaths in Martinique, so be careful and take the usual precautions that you have to take when hitchhiking anywhere.

From Wikivoyage: Martinique, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-05.

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    8 ways of moving, 12 sources

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    12 ways of moving, 39 sources

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