Cayenne

Cayenne
From top to bottom, left to right: View of the Mount and Fort Cépérou, Place des Palmistes, French Guiana Prefecture Building, Place Léoplod-Héder, City Hall
Flag of Cayenne
Location of the commune (in red) within French Guiana
Location of the commune (in red) within French Guiana
Location of Cayenne
Map
Coordinates: 4°56′14″N 52°19′34″W / 4.9372°N 52.3260°W / 4.9372; -52.3260
CountryFrance
Overseas region and departmentFrench Guiana
ArrondissementCayenne
IntercommunalityCA Centre Littoral
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Sandra Trochimara[1]
Area
1
23.60 km2 (9.11 sq mi)
 • Urban
 (2020)
206.9 km2 (79.9 sq mi)
 • Metro
 (2020)
5,087 km2 (1,964 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
63,468
 • Density2,700/km2 (7,000/sq mi)
 • Urban
 (Jan. 2021[3])
125,552
 • Urban density610/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
 • Metro
 (Jan. 2021[4])
151,103
 • Metro density30/km2 (77/sq mi)
DemonymCayennais
Time zoneUTC−03:00
INSEE/Postal code
97302 /97300
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cayenne (/kˈɛn/;[5] French pronunciation: [kajɛn] ; Guianese Creole French: Kayenn) is the prefecture of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America and its capital city. The city stands on a former island at the mouth of the Cayenne River on the Atlantic coast. The city's motto is "fert aurum industria", which means "work brings wealth".[6] Cayenne is the largest Francophone city of the South American continent.

In the 2021 census, there were 151,103 inhabitants in the metropolitan area of Cayenne (as defined by INSEE),[4] 63,468 of whom lived in the city (commune) of Cayenne proper.[7]

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE. "Statistiques locales - France par unité urbaine - Population municipale (historique depuis 1876)2021". Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  4. ^ a b INSEE. "Statistiques locales - France par aire d'attraction des villes - Population municipale (historique depuis 1876)2021". Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  5. ^ Cayenne Archived 6 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Oxford Dictionaries
  6. ^ "page concernant le blason de la ville sur le site page de Redris". Pagesperso-orange.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2008. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  7. ^ INSEE. "Population en historique depuis 1968" (in French). Retrieved 25 September 2024.

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