In 1878, the then Governor of Mauritius drew up a plan whereby Curepipe was named as The village of Curepipe. During that time, development was so lest with the increasing number of population and houses, roads and sidewalks built everywhere along with the growing number of schools, colleges, parished, churches and other shops. By 1882, the inhabitants of Curepipe started ... Read More »
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History of Curepipe
The Town of Curepipe is located in the district of Plaines Wilhems on an area covering 23.8 sq.km. It is found on the central of the plateau at an altitude of 1, 543 mts. It is the nearest town to the airport and thus the nearest town to the southern part of Mauritius. Curepipe is easily accessible to the capital ... Read More »
List of Activities
Activities organized for year 2026 Celebration of Spring Festival Ugaadi Celebration 2026 National Day Celebration 2026 Inter-Town Volleyball Festival (Male) Sunday 25 January 2026 Activities organized for year 2025 Christmas Carol and lighting of Christmas tree on Sunday 21 December 2025 Christmas Celebration – Distribution of Toys on Saturday 20 December 2025 Jeux Intervilles – AUA Petanque Tournament on Sunday ... Read More »
Services
Municipal Council of Curepipe Current Services The key services provided by the Municipal Council of Curepipe are given below: Service Coverage Levy of Local Rate Section 95 of the Local Government Act 2011 An annual local rate is levied on the owner of any immovable property situated within the jurisdiction of the Council Trade Fee As per the Local Government ... Read More »
THE WORKS DEPARTMENT
THE Public Infrastructure DEPARTMENT Read More »
Library Section
// THE LIBRARY DEPARTMENT MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF CUREPIPE Address: Queen Elizabeth II Avenue Curepipe • Phone No.: (230) 670-6733 / 670-4897/99 / 674-2287 • Fax No.: (230) 676-5054 / 676-5058 / 674-2287 • Email: curpip@intnet.mu or carnegiemcc@gmail.com HISTORICAL BACKGROUND In 1913, Andrew Carnegie founded the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust (CUKT). Carnegie Libraries are libraries which were built with money donated ... Read More »
Land Use and Planning Department
LAND USE & PLANNING DEPARTMENT Background The Municipal Council of Curepipe has the statutory power to carry out development control within its administrative boundary in accordance with the provisions of the Town and Country Planning Act 1954, the Planning & development ACT 2004 and the Local Government Act 2011. The Land Use & Planning Department of this Council deals with the processing of applications ... Read More »
Welfare Department
The Welfare Department The Welfare department provides services to the citizens in the field of education, culture, sports & leisure. The facilities given to the public include, among others: Free access to Municipal Pre-Primary schools Free use of infrastructures such as: Football grounds Petanque Pitches Sports Complexes Childrens Recreational Parks Volley-Ball pitches Basket-Ball Pitches Social Halls Aims & objectives of ... Read More »
List of Welfare Activities
MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF CUREPIPE LIST OF ACTIVITIES January 2018 – December 2018 1. Thaipoosam Cavadee In collaboration with religious associations of the township 2. Maha Shivratree Celebration 3. Mass i.c.w Chinese Spring Festival Ste Thérèse Church 4. Easter celebrations Spiritual Tours by Associaitons 5. Abolition of slavery Carnegie Library 6. Flag Raising Ceremony Town Hall Yard & Malherbes Pre-primary School ... Read More »