In the nineteenth century there existed a sugar factory and estate in the

vicinity. The existence of good agricultural land earned the village the name of

Goodlands. Actually the name was given after the property was acquired in the

19th century by a British concern among whom James Arbuthnot.

Goodlands is now mare of a town than a village, and is very densely populated. Of

all the villages of the North, Goodlands is quite a lively place. Several

thousands of village dwellers go to Goodlands to get what they need: a bus or a

taxi to go to Rivière-Du-Rempart or Central Flacq, to Triolet or Port Louis,

along an itinerary covering almost half of the island; all sorts of goods for

consumption purposes or otherwise; work, be it in the sugar factory of Saint

Antoine, in the industrial zone or in the various shops and commercial concerns.

Its new traffic centre in Sainte Claire is a model of its own.