- Village location:
- Macouba, town created on 1 March 1845, is located north-east of Martinique between Grand River and Basse-Pointe.
- It is limited to the south by Mount Pelee, on the north by steep cliffs eroded by the Atlantic Ocean, to the east by the Potiche river and to the west by the Ajoupa-Bouillon.
- Origin of the name: The origin of the town name is based on several assumptions:
- First hypothesis: The Macouba is a freshwater fish, the estimated flesh that is also called simply tadpole and who regaled Father Labat, who was parish priest from 1694 to 1696.
- Second hytpothèse: the Macouba is an old phrase wishing to indicate the North.
- Third hypothesis: The Macouba would be a kind of tobacco grown up there a few decades in the territory of the commune.
- Fourth hypothesis: Finally, a Congolese origin is attributed to him, "Makouba", meaning "the ax", a term that slaves would have pronounced during the first deforestation. This etymology is however not certified.
- History Town:
- When passing the island by Du Parquet in 1635, the territory of Macouba is vested in the Caribbean. The French settled there after their conquest in 1658. The Macouba remains an area of Basse-Pointe until 1845. The town is famous for its pétun (tobacco) in the seventeenth century. Cocoa and coffee are his wealth in the nineteenth century.
- Tobacco farming gave the town for a period greater prosperity. This tobacco was the most natural and best of all, besides the tobacco leaf is the emblem of the town.
- In 1848, after the liberation of slaves, immigrants from India were used to deal with the crisis of the sugar economy and the need for labor-abundant and cheap. The land worked ardently by newcomers Indies brought a relative wealth to the town. The latter being strongly attached to their culture and religion, hence the presence of the Indian temple Macouba.
