Vieux Fort

   

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Vieux Fort is located in the southern part of St. Lucia. It is the second-largest town on the island and is the home of St Lucia's international airport, Hewanorra International Airport. (Hewanorra is the island's old Amerindian name.)

It has several small communities which include Pierrot, Grace, Belle Vue, Zaboo, LaResource, Augier, St.Urban.

In the second half of the 18th century, Vieux Fort was the center of St Lucia's sugar industry; today it is more industrial.


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