Kourou

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Kourou
Commune
From top to bottom, left to right: Guiana Space Centre, Sainte-Catherine Church, Dreyfus Tower, the beach of Kourou and the Salvation Islands.
Coat of arms
Location of the commune (in red) within French Guiana
Location of Kourou
Coordinates: 5°09′35″N 52°39′01″W / 5.1597°N 52.6503°W / 5.1597; -52.6503
Country	France
Overseas region and department	French Guiana
Arrondissement	Cayenne
Intercommunality	CC des Savanes
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	François Ringuet[1]
Area 1	2,160 km2 (830 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	24,612
• Density	11/km2 (30/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−03:00
INSEE/Postal code	97304 /97310
Elevation	2 m (6.6 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Kourou (/kuːˈruː/; French pronunciation: [kuʁu]) is a commune in French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France in South America. Kourou is famous for being the location of the Guiana Space Centre, the main spaceport of France and the European Space Agency (ESA). It is an administrative district in French Guiana and the main town there.