Arrondissements of the Guyane department

Politics of French Guiana
Map of the arrondissements of Guyane since October 2022.
Map of the arrondissements of Guyane in 1952 (green: Inini, yellow: Cayenne).

The 3 arrondissements of the Guyane department are:[1]

  1. Arrondissement of Cayenne (prefecture of the Guyane department: Cayenne), with 10 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 180,493 in 2021.
  2. Arrondissement of Saint-Georges (subprefecture: Saint-Georges), with 4 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 8,557 in 2021.
  3. Arrondissement of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni (subprefecture: Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni), with 8 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 97,568 in 2021.

History

At the creation of the department of Guyane in 1947, its only arrondissement was Cayenne.[2] The arrondissement of Inini, containing the previously unincorporated inland territory of French Guiana, was created in 1951.[3] In 1969 the arrondissement of Inini was disbanded, and the territory of French Guiana was divided between the arrondissement of Cayenne and the new arrondissement of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni.[4] In October 2022, the arrondissement of Saint-Georges was created by detaching from the arrondissement of Cayenne 4 communes of the Oyapock River valley bordering Brazil, in order to bring French central state services closer to this area located nearly 200 km from Cayenne.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Populations légales 2021: 973 Guyane" (PDF). INSEE. December 2023.
  2. ^ Décret n° 47-1018 du 7 juin 1947 relatif à l'organisation départementale et à l'institution préfectorale dans les départements de la Guadeloupe, de la Guyane française, de la Martinique et de la Réunion
  3. ^ Loi n°51-1098 du 14 septembre 1951
  4. ^ Décret n°69-261 du 17 mars 1969
  5. ^ Décret n° 2022-1357 du 26 octobre 2022 portant création de l'arrondissement de Saint-Georges (in French) Retrieved 26 March 2023
  6. ^ "Création d'une nouvelle sous-préfecture en Guyane à Saint-Georges de l'Oyapock | Mom".