The Vieux Grand Port Historic Site is a National Heritage site, which contains the ruins of Fort Frederik Henrik, named after Frederik Henrik, Prince of Orange.
The Dutch discovered Mauritius in 1598, and built the fort in 1638.
After 1753 they built on top of the ruins of Fort Frederik Henrik.
[1] Today the site is the Frederik Hendrik Museum.
In the 2000 census, the population of Vieux Grand Port was 2,779.