Espérance Trébuchet, a village of Rivière-Du-Rempart, draws its name from an old

sugar estate, L’ESPÉRANCE , which was bought by one of the sons of René Jean

Trébuchet, a French sailor. The transaction took place in 1850

Today Espérance Trébuchet still holds good to its repute as an agricultural

village. Morever its borehole is an important source of water supply for the

north.