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The city of Basse-Terre situated on the west “downwind” coast of the island is the capital of Guadeloupe. 

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Its inhabitants are called the “basse-terriens”.

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Its name comes from an old marine vocabulary dating from the 17th century 

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and which designated a place shelterd from winds, as compared to “Capesterre” which meant “the eastern cape of the earth”.

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Basse Terre was first an amreindian village with horticulturists and wheel-potters, 

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and the heart of the village was right upon the actual site of Notre-Dame de Guadeloupe cathedral, 

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where old human skeletons were discovered during archaeological searches when the cathedral was being refurbished.