Piaye

Piaye
Piaye

Location in Saint Lucia

Coordinates: LC 13°45′N 061°01′W / 13.750°N 61.017°W / 13.750; -61.017Coordinates: LC 13°45′N 061°01′W / 13.750°N 61.017°W / 13.750; -61.017
Country Saint Lucia
Quarter Laborie

Piaye is a community on the island of Saint Lucia; it is located on the southern coast, near Balembouche and Bongaloin the constituency of Choiseul, and shares its name with a nearby river. This community started as a small settlement of workers who laboured on the Balembouche estate. In the post-Balembouche period Piaye transformed into a community of fishermen, subsistence farmers and producers of hand-crushed aggregate for the construction industry.

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