Fonds-Verettes

Fonds-Verrettes is a commune in the Croix-des-Bouquets Arrondissement, in the Ouest departmentof Haiti. It has 40,224 inhabitants.

Before 1978 Fonds-Verrettes was a section of the commune of Ganthier. It was elevated to the rank of commune in 1980 and has a single communal section.

Fonds-Verettes is a border town and its dominant relief is the monuntainous. The inhabitants of the commune of Les Fonds-Verrettes bear the name of Fonds-Verrettiens. In 1998, the population of the municipality of Fonds-Verrettes was estimated at 29 134 inhabitants, in 2015, it is nearly double. For a density of 249.5 km2, its density was estimated at 117 inhabitants / km2 in 1998 and in 2004, it will reach about 127 inhabitants / km2.

Health: The Ministry of Public Health and Population is not represented in the municipality of Fonds-Verrettes.

A health center with a bed was inventoried in the commune with a doctor, a nurse and two auxiliary. There is a clinic too, it is run by a charlatan. This clinic has no staff.

Religion: About 133 temples were counted in the commune. The number of Pentecostal churches is the most numerous.

Organizations: Three Political Parties have a representative in the municipality. In addition, eleven Popular Organizations, five Peasant Groups and two Non-Commercial Cooperatives and two NGO’s.

Communication: The town does not have a radio station, newspaper / magazine or television station.

Leisure: As for Leisure, the municipality of Fonds-Verrettes is not well provided. The gagueres are five in number. It has four spaces for the practice of sports such as football (soccer), a volleyball court and two night clubs.

Deforestation is a serious problem in the municipality of Fonds-Verrettes. The forest industry and the savage harvest of the population for charcoal causes deforestation leading to catastrophic floods.

A forest reserve linked to the Hispaniola Pine Forests has been created in the locality of Forêt des Pins.

Tourism: The Haitian Ministry of Agriculture also has some twenty furnished chalets in the area of ​​the locality of Forêt des Pins, which can be rented.