Anse Etoile
Anse Etoile is one of the administrative districts of Seychelles, on Mahé. The north of the island above the capital. For its exact population, see the 2022 national census, which counted 100,447 people across the country.
- Anse Etoile lies in the East and Central Mahé area, on Mahé [WIKIPEDIA]
- Seychelles has 26 districts; the 2022 census counted 100,447 people nationally [SNA]
- Exact per-district populations are published by the National Bureau of Statistics [NBS 2022]
Where it is
Anse Etoile is part of East and Central Mahé, on Mahé. The north of the island above the capital.
The name
The name means, in French, star cove.
Its people
The last full count was the 2022 Population and Housing Census, which put the whole country at 100,447, up almost ten percent on 2010. The districts of Mahé hold about 86 percent of that total. For the exact number of people living in Anse Etoile, and how that has changed, the National Bureau of Statistics is the authority, and its 2022 census report carries the district-by-district table.
For the diaspora
If this is the district your family comes from, it is also part of the story of why so many Seychellois are now abroad. You can trace that wider movement in the Diaspora Atlas, and the deeper history of the islands in the history pages. If you would like to help build this page out, with a landmark, a parish, a memory that belongs to Anse Etoile, write to hello@seychellesabroad.org.
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Districts of Seychelles. 2026. original · archived accessed 2026-07-15Structure of the 26 administrative districts: Greater Victoria, rural Mahé, Praslin, La Digue and the Outer Islands.
- Seychelles News Agency. Seychelles hits 100,000 population mark for the first time, census stats say. 2022-08-31. original accessed 2026-07-15Provisional 2022 census: 100,447 inhabitants (53,927 male, 46,520 female), 84% citizens, up 9.9% on 2010; Cascade the most populated district at 6,249.
- National Bureau of Statistics, Seychelles. Seychelles Population and Housing Census 2022. 2022. original · archived accessed 2026-07-15The most recent national census, including district-level tables.
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