Cayenne

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Cayenne
Cayenne Coat of Arms Location of the municipality of Cayenne in the French Guiana department
region French Guiana
Department French Guiana
Arrondissement Cayenne
Community association Center Littoral
Coordinates 4 ° 56 ′  N , 52 ° 20 ′  W Coordinates: 4 ° 56 ′  N , 52 ° 20 ′  W
height 0-105 m
surface 23.60 km 2
Residents 61,268 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 2,596 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 97300
INSEE code 97302

Aerial photograph

Template: Infobox municipality in France / maintenance / different coat of arms in Wikidata

Cayenne [ kaˈjɛn ] is the capital and largest city of the French overseas department of French Guiana with 61,268 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) and an area of ​​23.6 km². The city is located on a peninsula of the same name in the mouth of the Río Cayenne in the Atlantic .

The three Îlets Dupont are located a few hundred meters from the northern tip of the Cayenne peninsula . 45 kilometers north-west of Cayenne are the Îles du Salut belonging to the city , which served France as a penal colony. The Cayenne Airport is located approximately 16 kilometers southwest of the city on the nearby town of Matoury .

City structure

Cayenne is divided into the following districts ( quartiers ):

  • Center ville: De Gaulle, Buzaret, Amandier, Les Palmistes.
  • Center ville quartiers Sud: Village Chinois, Ronjon, Palétuvuiers, Malouins, Rénovation Urbaine, ZA Galmo
  • Faubourg nord: Mirza, Médan, Les Floralies, N'zila, Faubourg l'Abri, Lafaurie, Césaire, Thémire, Anatole, Brutus, Mango, Jacarandas, eau lisette
  • Faubourg sud: Bonhomme, Jean François / Pascaline, Cabassou, Raban, Novaparc NR, ZA Calimbe, Uranus
  • Quartiers sud-ouest: Ploermel, Mont Baduel, Mont Lucas, Petit Lucas, Hameau des encens, Stanislas, Suzini
  • Périphériques Nord: Cité Pasteur, Cité Chatenay, Cité Horth, Cité Grant, Cité Coulée d'Or, Cité les pépites, Cité zéphir
  • Périphériques Sud: Apounau, La Roseraie, Cité Mortin

Former canton division

Former cantonal division of Cayenne

Irrespective of this, until it was dissolved in 2015, it was divided into six cantons (each with their respective districts or quarters ):

Rochambeau Airport (Aéroport de Cayenne - Rochambeau)
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Source: Météo-France
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Min. Temperature (° C) 22.9 22.9 23.0 23.2 23.1 22.5 22.0 21.9 21.7 21.8 22.0 22.6 O 22.5
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history

The first French settlement of the peninsula in 1604 by an expedition sent by Henry IV was abandoned after a few years due to the destruction by the Portuguese. On November 27, 1643, the city was re-established under King Charles Poncet de Brétigny, Lieutenant General. In 1652 the first slaves were introduced.

Worth seeing

Personalities

Web links

Wiktionary: Cayenne  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Commons : Cayenne  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Amazonian Museum Network. Retrieved November 10, 2019 .
  2. ^ Amazonian Museum Network. Retrieved November 10, 2019 .