Press kit · department 973

Guyane.

Every town in the department ranked on each criterion, ready to be reused. Each town is compared with French towns of the same size tier — a market town is never measured against a major city. Free to reuse, including commercially, on the sole condition that you credit La Grande Carte with a link to this page.

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01.

Safest cities.

Low crime, rare assaults, few burglaries, downward trend — data from the French Ministry of Interior

Top-ranked in the department

Town	Size tier	Population	Rank in its tier · Department	Rank in its tier · France
Grand-Santi	Small cities	9,390	1 / 6	42 / 1747
Papaichton	Small cities	5,530	2 / 6	56 / 1747
Apatou	Small cities	10,059	3 / 6	75 / 1747
Maripasoula	Small cities	8,423	4 / 6	84 / 1747
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	Mid-size cities	51,732	1 / 5	138 / 470
Mana	Small cities	11,364	5 / 6	610 / 1747
Macouria	Small cities	18,807	6 / 6	1007 / 1747
Remire-Montjoly	Mid-size cities	27,037	2 / 5	333 / 470
Kourou	Mid-size cities	24,470	3 / 5	415 / 470
Cayenne	Mid-size cities	63,956	4 / 5	441 / 470

Both tables are sorted by national rank within the size tier, the only measure that is comparable between a small town and a large city. The department rank is read within the same tier: a town that is the only one of its size in the department is therefore automatically ranked 1 of 1.

Full national ranking: Safest cities.

02.

Best environmental quality.

Compliant drinking water, far from nuclear plants, low radon, low seismic risk, balanced soils, no major hazard

Top-ranked in the department

Town	Size tier	Population	Rank in its tier · Department	Rank in its tier · France
Matoury	Mid-size cities	35,551	1 / 5	7 / 470
Remire-Montjoly	Mid-size cities	27,037	2 / 5	9 / 470
Kourou	Mid-size cities	24,470	3 / 5	19 / 470
Cayenne	Mid-size cities	63,956	4 / 5	35 / 470
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	Mid-size cities	51,732	5 / 5	145 / 470
Macouria	Small cities	18,807	1 / 6	714 / 1747
Grand-Santi	Small cities	9,390	2 / 6	719 / 1747
Apatou	Small cities	10,059	3 / 6	832 / 1747
Mana	Small cities	11,364	4 / 6	916 / 1747
Papaichton	Small cities	5,530	5 / 6	1174 / 1747

Full national ranking: Best environmental quality.

03.

Best cities for health.

Access to GPs (APL), hospitals and specialists, drinking water quality, radon and nuclear exposure

Top-ranked in the department

Town	Size tier	Population	Rank in its tier · Department	Rank in its tier · France
Remire-Montjoly	Mid-size cities	27,037	1 / 5	443 / 470
Cayenne	Mid-size cities	63,956	2 / 5	457 / 470
Mana	Small cities	11,364	1 / 6	1714 / 1747
Kourou	Mid-size cities	24,470	3 / 5	464 / 470
Grand-Santi	Small cities	9,390	2 / 6	1729 / 1747
Papaichton	Small cities	5,530	3 / 6	1730 / 1747
Macouria	Small cities	18,807	4 / 6	1732 / 1747
Matoury	Mid-size cities	35,551	4 / 5	467 / 470
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	Mid-size cities	51,732	5 / 5	468 / 470
Apatou	Small cities	10,059	5 / 6	1742 / 1747

Full national ranking: Best cities for health.

04.

Best cities for families.

Schools and nurseries, safety, doctors, sport and culture, shops, fibre internet — everything to raise kids well

Top-ranked in the department

Town	Size tier	Population	Rank in its tier · Department	Rank in its tier · France
Remire-Montjoly	Mid-size cities	27,037	1 / 5	41 / 470
Kourou	Mid-size cities	24,470	2 / 5	122 / 470
Cayenne	Mid-size cities	63,956	3 / 5	179 / 470
Macouria	Small cities	18,807	1 / 6	933 / 1747
Mana	Small cities	11,364	2 / 6	941 / 1747
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	Mid-size cities	51,732	4 / 5	259 / 470
Maripasoula	Small cities	8,423	3 / 6	1282 / 1747
Apatou	Small cities	10,059	4 / 6	1333 / 1747
Matoury	Mid-size cities	35,551	5 / 5	371 / 470
Papaichton	Small cities	5,530	5 / 6	1540 / 1747

Full national ranking: Best cities for families.

05.

Most dynamic cities.

Growing population, rising incomes, falling unemployment, strong municipal investment, recent housing

Top-ranked in the department

Town	Size tier	Population	Rank in its tier · Department	Rank in its tier · France
Apatou	Small cities	10,059	1 / 6	423 / 1747
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	Mid-size cities	51,732	1 / 5	150 / 470
Mana	Small cities	11,364	2 / 6	689 / 1747
Matoury	Mid-size cities	35,551	2 / 5	190 / 470
Grand-Santi	Small cities	9,390	3 / 6	791 / 1747
Remire-Montjoly	Mid-size cities	27,037	3 / 5	279 / 470
Cayenne	Mid-size cities	63,956	4 / 5	321 / 470
Macouria	Small cities	18,807	4 / 6	1297 / 1747
Papaichton	Small cities	5,530	5 / 6	1610 / 1747
Maripasoula	Small cities	8,423	6 / 6	1682 / 1747

Full national ranking: Most dynamic cities.

06.

Best quality of life.

Overall synthesis: amenities, safety, doctors, incomes, fibre, nearby nature, healthy water, low unemployment

Top-ranked in the department

Town	Size tier	Population	Rank in its tier · Department	Rank in its tier · France
Remire-Montjoly	Mid-size cities	27,037	1 / 5	246 / 470
Kourou	Mid-size cities	24,470	2 / 5	286 / 470
Cayenne	Mid-size cities	63,956	3 / 5	298 / 470
Mana	Small cities	11,364	1 / 6	1291 / 1747
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	Mid-size cities	51,732	4 / 5	360 / 470
Papaichton	Small cities	5,530	2 / 6	1368 / 1747
Matoury	Mid-size cities	35,551	5 / 5	369 / 470
Grand-Santi	Small cities	9,390	3 / 6	1384 / 1747
Maripasoula	Small cities	8,423	4 / 6	1436 / 1747
Apatou	Small cities	10,059	5 / 6	1450 / 1747

Full national ranking: Best quality of life.

07.

Preserved nature & environment.

National parks, nature reserves, Natura 2000, regional parks, far from nuclear, no major risks — preserved France

Top-ranked in the department

Town	Size tier	Population	Rank in its tier · Department	Rank in its tier · France
Mana	Small cities	11,364	1 / 6	239 / 1747
Matoury	Mid-size cities	35,551	1 / 5	77 / 470
Kourou	Mid-size cities	24,470	2 / 5	131 / 470
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	Mid-size cities	51,732	3 / 5	187 / 470
Remire-Montjoly	Mid-size cities	27,037	4 / 5	192 / 470
Papaichton	Small cities	5,530	2 / 6	901 / 1747
Macouria	Small cities	18,807	3 / 6	1008 / 1747
Cayenne	Mid-size cities	63,956	5 / 5	277 / 470
Grand-Santi	Small cities	9,390	4 / 6	1073 / 1747
Apatou	Small cities	10,059	5 / 6	1076 / 1747

Full national ranking: Preserved nature & environment.

Method and limits

What these tables say — and what they don’t.

Scores are composite: each criterion carries a published weight, shown under each national ranking.
Towns are ranked within a population tier (5,000–20,000, 20,000–100,000, over 100,000 inhabitants). Towns under 5,000 inhabitants are not ranked.
A town missing the data for a criterion is left out of that ranking, never ranked last by default.
This is not a league table of lived quality of life: these figures reflect the public data available, with its blind spots and publication delays.
Crime figures are offences recorded by the police and the gendarmerie: they depend on whether victims report them and on how present the services are.

Sources, data years and weightings: About page. A question, a figure that looks wrong to you, a request for a custom breakdown — contact@lagrandecarte.fr.