Chansolme

Chansolme is a commune in the Port-de-Paix Arrondissement, in the Nord-Ouest department of Haiti. It has 9,561 inhabitants.

Chansolme, commune of the department of North-West, bears this name since its creation. It started with only a communal section. This section, which was the 4th section of the municipality of Port-de-Paix, became the first section of Chansolme in 1978.

Regarding its “Configuration”, the relief of the town of Chansolme is dominated by mountains. Its climate is cool. The commune of Chansolme has an area of ​​27.91 km2. Its population was estimated at 12,528 in 1998 and reached 30,000 in 2015. In the same year (1998) its density was 448.

Regarding Economic and Financial Institutions, apart from a restaurant located in the middle of the city, there is no bank, no credit union and no marketing cooperative. The Chansolmiens (townspeople and peasants) go to the neighboring communes to carry out all kinds of transactions that are necessary for them.

Education: The Ministry of National Education of Youth and Sports is not represented in the commune of Chansolme. There are no schools at the kindergarten, however, there are some schools at primary level (preschool included), and only one school at the secondary level.

Health: The commune of Chansolme does not have representation from the Ministry of Public Health and Population. There is a clinic and only one dispensary. In addition, a doctor, a dentist and two auxiliaries provide the sanitary service at the communal level.

Utilities: As for water availability, two rivers and nine sources have been inventoried. With respect to other water points, there are thirty that serve the majority of the population and two pumps that are used for watering plants. Regarding Electricity, it is provided by the Catholic Church. The city of Chansolme is electrified.

Security: With regard to the administrative and judicial infrastructures, the commune of Chansolme has a sub-commission and a court of peace, located on the national road. There is no prison in this commune.

Religion: Nearly ten churchess of all beliefs have been inventoried in the commune of Chansolme. These confessions are: Catholics, Episcopalians, Baptists and Adventists. The Baptist temples are predominant, 40% of the total.

Leisure: As for Leisure, the commune of Chansolme is very deprived of it. The gaguères, twelve in number, are the main places of entertainment in the town of Chansolme. For other types of entertainment, only one football (soccer) field was recorded which is not in bad condition.

Organizations: As far as political parties and organizations are concerned, they are very few in number: one popular organization and three peasants groups have been counted at commune level.

Communication: The commune of Chansolme has neither newspaper nor television station, but has a radio station, named Cascade radio.