Morne-à-l'Eau

Morne-à-l'Eau (Monalô) is a commune located in the department of Guadeloupe.

Events
In March or April each year since 1993, the town organises a crab festival which features crab races and many stalls selling crab-based dishes. In 2008 the event's 18th edition attracted over 20,000 visitors and included a Brazilian music plus a cycle-race passing through the already congested town.

Hamlets
Béguette, Berlette, Blanchette, Boisvin, Bosrédon, Belle-Espérance, Blain, Blanchet, Bonne-Terre, Le Bourg (Grippon), Brion, Bubelloy, Chastel, Chaumette, Chazeau, Chevalier, Chouioutte, Clugny, Cocoyer, Croustère, Dubelloy, Dubisquet, Espérance, Geffrier, Gensolin, Lemesle, Lola, Jabrun, Jabrun-Saint-Cyr, Labuthie, Lasserre, Lebraire, Marchand, Marieulle, Perrin, Pierrefite, Point-à-Retz, Quirine, Réduit, Rousseau, Richeval, Salette, Sauvia, Vieux-Bourg, et Zabeth.

Education
Public preschools include:
 * Ecole maternelle Jeanne Benin Morne -à -l'eau
 * Ecole maternelle Edouard Nelson
 * Ecole maternelle Pointe A Retz
 * Ecole maternelle Bazile Bertaux Vieux-Bourg

Public primary schools include:
 * Ecole primaire Labuthie Achille
 * Ecole primaire Marcelle Blanchinet
 * Ecole primaire Hyppolite Cocles
 * Ecole primaire Félix Duport
 * Ecole primaire Coco Marie Emilie
 * Ecole primaire Ludger Marie
 * Ecole primaire Ernest Pallas

Public elementary schools include:
 * Ecole élémentaire Pierre Foucan Morne-à-l'eau

Public junior high schools include:
 * Collège Charles de Gaulle

Public senior high schools include:
 * LGT Faustin Fleret
 * LP Gerty Archimede

Sports
It is home to L'Etoile de Morne-à-l'Eau, a football team who have won the Coupe D.O.M.

Notable people

 * Gerty Archimède (1909–1980), politician and lawyer.
 * Éric Danty (1947–2020), football player.
 * Victoire Jasmin (born 1955), senator