Saint-Louis
Saint-Louis is a city and a world heritage site on the Grande Cote in Northern Senegal, at the mouth of Senegal River which serves as the border with Mauritania. With some 254,000 inhabitants (2023), it's the country's eighth largest city. Wikivoyage
Population 258,592 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Getting there
Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
Pont Faidherbe Attraction · 850 m - La Grue à vapeur de vingt tonnes Memorial · 320 m
- Pacôme Memorial · 560 m
- Chez Gaël Gallery · 600 m
- Centre Culturel Le Chateau Attraction · 910 m
- Musée de l'Aéropostale Jean Mermoz Museum · 930 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Saint-Louis International Jazz Festival
May
This annual event generally occurs in late May for about a week. The 2025 edition of this internationally renowned event attracted over 30 jazz musicians, and visitors from around the world.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Saint-Louis); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.