Gourbeyre is found north of the district, overlooking the “Palmiste” plateau
which dominates all of Basse-Terre and from where one can have a panoramic view on the Caribbean sea.
To its south, one can see the 700 meters high Mount Caribbean,
and on the top of which can be viewed the “Saintes” on one side, and the city of Basse-Terre on the other.
At its origin, the district was called “humpback”, due to the uneven difference in heights of its geological soils
(between Mount Caribbean and La Soufrière volcano) that links Basse-Terre to Pointe-à-Pitre.