Arrondissement of Cayenne - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The arrondissement of Cayenne is an arrondissement

Arrondissements of France

The 101 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts.The capital of an arrondissement/district is called a subprefecture...

of France, located in the Guyane

French Guiana

French Guiana is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department located on the northern Atlantic coast of South America. It has borders with two nations, Brazil to the east and south, and Suriname to the west...

département, in the Guyane

French Guiana

région
Régions of France
France is divided into 27 administrative regions , 22 of which are in Metropolitan France, and five of which are overseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity , but is considered a region in mainstream usage, and is even shown as such on the INSEE website...

. It has 16 cantons

Cantons of France

The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 342 arrondissements and 101 departments.Apart from their role as organizational units in certain aspects of the administration of public services and justice, the chief purpose of the cantons today is to serve as...

and 14 communes

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

. It is the larger of the two arrondissements in French Guiana

French Guiana

Cantons

The cantons of the arrondissement of Cayenne are:

Approuague-Kaw
Canton of Approuague-Kaw
Approuague-Kaw is one of the cantons of the Guyane department in French Guiana. It is located in the arrondissement of Cayenne....
Cayenne 1st Canton Nord-Ouest
Cayenne 2nd Canton Nord-Est
Cayenne 3rd Canton Sud-Ouest
Cayenne 4th Canton Centre
Cayenne 5th Canton Sud
Cayenne 6th Canton Sud-Est
Iracoubo
Kourou
Macouria
Matoury
Montsinéry-Tonnegrande
Remire-Montjoly
Roura
Saint-Georges-Oyapoc
Sinnamary

Communes

The communes of the arrondissement of Cayenne, and their INSEE code

INSEE code

The INSEE code is a numerical indexing code used by the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies to identify various entities, including communes, départements...

s, are:

1. Camopi Camopi Camopi is a commune of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America. With a land area of , it is the third-largest commune of France.... (97356)	2. Cayenne Cayenne Cayenne is the capital 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 "Ferit Aurum Industria" which means "Work brings wealth"... (97302)	3. Iracoubo Iracoubo Iracoubo is a commune on the coast of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America. The settlement of Iracoubo, seat of the commune, is located between the settlement of Sinnamary and the hamlet of Organabo .There is a parish church dating from 1893 in the... (97303)	4. Kourou Kourou Kourou is a commune in French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America.Kourou is the location of the Guiana Space Centre, France and ESA's main spaceport.-Geography:... (97304)
5. Macouria Macouria Macouria is a commune of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America. The seat of the commune is the settlement of Tonate, and so the commune is also known unofficially as Macouria-Tonate.... (97305)	6. Matoury Matoury Matoury is a commune of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America.Matoury is a southern suburb of Cayenne, the préfecture and largest city of French Guiana... (97307)	7. Montsinéry-Tonnegrande Montsinéry-Tonnegrande Montsinéry-Tonnegrande is a commune of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America.Montsinéry-Tonnegrande is to the south-west of Cayenne. It contains an Amazon zoo and various walking trails... (97313)	8. Ouanary Ouanary Ouanary is a commune of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America. Ouanary lies on the mouth of the Oiapoque river. The settlement of Ouanary is accessible only by boat or helicopter.... (97314)
9. Remire-Montjoly Rémire-Montjoly Remire-Montjoly is a commune of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America.... (97309)	10. Roura Roura Roura is a commune of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America.... (97310)	11. Régina Régina Régina is a commune of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America. With a land area of , it is the second-largest commune of France.Régina lies on the Approuague River. In former times it was a gold mining centre... (97301)	12. Saint-Georges (97308)
13. Saint-Élie Saint-Élie Saint-Élie is a commune of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America. It was formerly capital of the Inini territory.-References:*... (97358)	14. Sinnamary Sinnamary Sinnamary is a town and commune on the coast of French Guiana, between Kourou and Iracoubo. Sinnamary was the second French settlement to be founded in French Guiana: the town was founded in 1664.... (97312)

External links

Cayenne on French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies site (INSEE, in French)

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