Gros-Morne, Haiti

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|official_name = Gros-Morne

|native_name = Gwo Mòn

|settlement_type = Commune

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|subdivision_type = Country

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|subdivision_type1 = Department

|subdivision_name1 = Artibonite

|subdivision_type2 = Arrondissement

|subdivision_name2 = Gros-Morne

|area_total_km2 = 397.03

|population_as_of = 2015

|population_footnotes = {{cite web|title=Mars 2015 Population Totale, Population de 18 ans et Plus Menages et Densites Estimes en 2015 |url=http://www.ihsi.ht/pdf/projection/Estimat_PopTotal_18ans_Menag2015.pdf |publisher=Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d’Informatique (IHSI) |access-date=3 June 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106110552/http://www.ihsi.ht/pdf/projection/Estimat_PopTotal_18ans_Menag2015.pdf |archive-date=6 November 2015 }}

|population_total = 155692

|population_density_km2 = auto

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|elevation_m = 211

|timezone = EST

|utc_offset = −05:00

|timezone_DST = EDT

|utc_offset_DST = −04:00

|postal_code_type = Postal code

|postal_code = HT 4210

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Gros-Morne ({{IPA|fr|ɡʁo mɔʁn}}; {{langx|ht|Gwo Mòn}}) is a commune in the Gros-Morne Arrondissement, in the Artibonite department of Haiti. It has 155,692 inhabitants (2015). Gros-Morne is a rural city in Haiti. Its name means "Big Mountain."

Economy

Gros-Morne is famous for its production of the "Madame Francis" mango, in spite of the limited means of transport.{{cite web |last1=Charles |first1=Jean Hervé |title=Commentary: Gros Morne, Haiti, the capital of the forbidden fruit: The Francis mango |url=http://www.caribbeannewsnow.com/topstory-Commentary%3A-Gros-Morne,-Haiti,-the-capital-of-the-forbidden-fruit%3A-The-Francis-mango-33289.html |website=Caribbean News Now |access-date=2020-01-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127160915/http://www.caribbeannewsnow.com/topstory-Commentary%3A-Gros-Morne,-Haiti,-the-capital-of-the-forbidden-fruit%3A-The-Francis-mango-33289.html |archive-date=2017-01-27 |date=24 January 2017 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lenouvelliste.com/public/index.php/article/139531/vilton-charles-the-man-behind-kopkomfg |title=Vilton Charles, the man behind KOPKOMFG |editor=Junior, Jeanty Gerard |date=19 December 2014 |publisher=Le Nouvelliste |access-date=26 March 2017}}

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{{Communes of Haiti}}

Category:Populated places in Artibonite (department)

Category:Communes of Haiti

The Moise family has been sponsoring the advancement of Gros-Morne's agriculture since 1980. In 2019 one of the family youngest son Marvens Kwensky Moise, started the non-profit organization "Ann Plante Gros-Morne" to help further the cause.

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