Vieux Fort North

2010 Census population proxy: Vieux Fort administrative district 16,643 (2010; administrative-district proxy COMBINING NORTH AND SOUTH; cannot be split or treated as this constituency's population).

Unemployment rate, both sexes: 13.60% (2025; CSO Vieux Fort district proxy combining Vieux-Fort North and South; do not attribute separately).

Unemployment rate by sex: female 19.05%; male 12.73% (2025; CSO combined Vieux Fort district proxy; small-area sampling uncertainty not shown).

Agriculture and food production: Grace, Belle Vue, Pierrot, Savanne and surrounding lowlands form a rural farming belt; Grace was explicitly described as a farming community in a public health-facility tender. No output or farmer-register figures were found.

Fishing, sea moss and wetland-linked livelihoods: Savannes Bay/Mankote/Pointe Sable support fisheries and nature-linked livelihoods, though detailed institutional evidence located is old and requires updating.

Commuting to Vieux Fort services, airport and industrial economy: The constituency borders the Beanefield/Vieux Fort economic zone; commuting dependence is plausible but not quantified.

Small retail, construction and public/community services: Road, water and health works and local schools/centres create local service demand, but establishment data are absent.

A 2022 contract covered eleven community roads in Vieux-Fort North, including roads in Viancelle, Pierrot, Campeche and Tierre Vent; the combined Vieux-Fort North/Castries contract value was EC$26.187 million.

The reviewed source confirms contract and commencement, not final completion or current condition of all eleven roads.

The Vieux Fort Water Supply Redevelopment Project includes the Beausejour treatment plant, intakes, pumping, trunk pipelines, mains and reservoirs intended to serve Vieux-Fort North, Vieux-Fort South and Laborie.

The latest project source reviewed is from 2021 and does not establish 2026 operating performance or completion of every component.

SMART rehabilitation of Grace Wellness Centre was tendered in July 2024 with an anticipated five-month contract; no completion/handover source was located.

The certified 2024/25 shelter list names facilities in Belle Vue, Pierrot and Grace, including a human-resource centre, Fair Trade Centre and community/church spaces.

Productive rural communities and proximity to the south's largest urban/employment hub.

Savannes Bay/Mankote/Pointe Sable form a high-value mangrove, wetland, reef and coastal landscape with fisheries and nature-tourism potential.

Recent road, water and wellness-centre investment provides a base for better access if completion and maintenance are verified.

Community facilities across Belle Vue, Pierrot and Grace support emergency and social organization.

The road contract named multiple small community roads rather than only a trunk highway.

The water project is designed as an integrated southern system of treatment, intakes, pumping, trunk mains and reservoirs.

Grace's health-facility tender used the SMART climate-resilient approach.

The official shelter list recognizes community and church facilities beyond the town centre.

Rural road contracts need transparent completion, drainage, defects and maintenance reporting; resurfacing without culvert/slope upkeep will not secure access.

Water-project capital outputs do not reveal household service continuity, farm-water access or non-revenue water.

Wetland protection and livelihood development are often treated separately; Mankote/Savannes need current ecological and user data.

The constituency's dependence on Vieux Fort jobs and services is not reflected in public transport/commuting data or planning.

Landfill smoke and other regional environmental burdens need monitoring at community level, including Grace/Belle Vue/Pierrot schools and vulnerable residents.

Farmers and fishers face water, feeder-road, storage, processing, market and price risks; no current production/earnings data support precise targeting.

Residents may be close to Vieux Fort jobs but still face transport, skills and hiring-network barriers.

Grace Wellness Centre's tendered rehabilitation requires completion and service-readiness verification.

Smoke from the August 2025 Vieux Fort landfill fire created a southern public-health risk, especially for people with respiratory conditions; the official notice was not constituency-specific.

No current Vieux-Fort North crime, emergency-response, road-injury or ambulance-time series was located.

Savannes Bay/Mankote/Pointe Sable wetland, mangrove, reef and seagrass systems are valuable buffers and nursery habitats but older institutional evidence identifies development, solid-waste, siltation, erosion and overfishing pressures.

Low-lying east/south coast communities face storm surge, flooding and saltwater/ecosystem risks, while drought affects farming and water supply.

Road drainage and culvert maintenance can determine both farm access and disaster isolation.

No current constituency learning, attendance, TVET, transport-to-school, special-education or digital-access data were found.

election date: 2025-12-01; registered electors: 7205; ballots cast: 3451; turnout percent: 47.9; winner votes: 2444; winner valid vote percent: 72.4; runner up: Calixte Ian Xavier (UWP), 932 votes; rejected ballots: 75; geography: electoral constituency;