Cayenne
Cayenne
Kayenn (Guianese Creole French) | |
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Capital city, Prefecture and commune | |
From top to bottom, left to right: View of the Mount and Fort Cépérou, Place des Palmistes, French Guiana Prefecture Building, Place Léoplod-Héder, Hôtel de Ville | |
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Flag | |
Location of the commune (in red) within French Guiana | |
Location of Cayenne | |
| Coordinates: 4°56′14″N 52°19′34″W / 4.9372°N 52.3260°W | |
| Country | France |
| Overseas region and department | French Guiana |
| Arrondissement | Cayenne |
| Intercommunality | CA 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 (2022)[2] | 63,956 |
| • Density | 2,700/km2 (7,000/sq mi) |
| • Urban (Jan. 2021[3]) | 125,552 |
| • Urban density | 610/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
| • Metro (Jan. 2021[4]) | 151,103 |
| • Metro density | 30/km2 (77/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Cayennais |
| Time zone | UTC−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 (/keɪˈɛn/;[5] French pronunciation: [kajɛn] ⓘ; Guianese Creole French: Kayenn) is the prefecture and capital city of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America. 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]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ INSEE. "Statistiques locales - France par unité urbaine - Population municipale (historique depuis 1876)2021". Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ a b INSEE. "Statistiques locales - France par aire d'attraction des villes - Population municipale (historique depuis 1876)2021". Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ Cayenne Archived 6 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Oxford Dictionaries
- ^ "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.
- ^ INSEE. "Population en historique depuis 1968" (in French). Retrieved 25 September 2024.