Cayenne | |
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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 | |
![]() Location of the commune (in red) within French Guiana | |
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 (2021)[2] | 63,468 |
• Density | 2,700/km2 (7,000/sq mi) |
• Urban (Jan. 2020[3]) | 126,223 |
• Urban density | 610/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
• Metro (Jan. 2020[4]) | 151,887 |
• 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 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 2020 census, there were 151,887 inhabitants in the metropolitan area of Cayenne (as defined by INSEE),[4] 65,956 of whom lived in the city (commune) of Cayenne proper.[7]