Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
Subprefecture
Church of Saint Laurent du Maroni
Coat of arms
Country	France
Department	French Guiana
Arrondissement	Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
Intercommunality	Ouest guyanais
Founded	1856
Commune	1949
Area
• Total	4,830 km2 (1,860 sq mi)
Elevation	9 m (30 ft)
Highest elevation	15 m (49 ft)
Lowest elevation	2 m (7 ft)
Population  (2014)
• Total	44,169
• Density	9.145/km2 (23.685/sq mi)
• Demonym	Saint-Laurentins
Postal code	97320
INSEE code	97311
Website	Official website: http://www.saintlaurentdumaroni.fr/

Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni is a commune and subprefecture of the French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France that is in northern South America.

Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni is a border town in northwest French Guiana. It is the second most populous city of French Guiana, after Cayenne.

Name

The name was given in 1856 by the Governor of French Guiana, Auguste Laurent Bauding, after his father and grandfather. Because the town is on the side of the Maroni river, the name was completed as is now: Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni.

History

The town was made a commune in 1949. In 1969, it was made the capital of the new arrondissement of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni.

Geography

In red, the commune of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni

Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni is a city in northwestern French Guiana to the west of Cayenne, on the Maroni River (in Dutch: Marowijne), opposite the town of Albina in Suriname which can be reached by ferry or small boats.

The commune has an area of 4,830 km² (1,860 sq mi); at the city hall, the altitude is 9 m (30 ft). It includes some islands in the river: Île Portal, Île de la Quarantaine and Île aux Lépreux.

The Maroni river flows through the commune, to which it gives part of its name. Many of its tributaries also flows the commune: Crique Sparouine (on the southern border), Crique Bastien, Crique Serpent, Crique des cascades, Crique Awara, Crique Balaté, Crique Margot, Crique Chameau, Crique aux bœufs lamentins and Crique Vaches (on the northern border).

Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni is surrounded by the communes Mana to the north and east, Grand-Santi to the south and southwest and Apatou to the northwest.

	Apatou	Mana	Mana
	Albina (Suriname)		Mana
		Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
	Grand-Santi	Grand-Santi

Climate

Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni has a Tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification: Af) in which there is no dry season - all months have mean precipitation values of at least 60 millimetres (2.4 in).

The average temperature for the year in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni is 26.7 °C (80.1 °F). The warmest month, on average, is September with an average temperature of 27.8 °C (82.0 °F). The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of 26.1 °C (79.0 °F).

The average amount of precipitation for the year in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni is 2,593.3 mm (102.1 in). The month with the most precipitation on average is May with 345.4 mm (13.6 in) of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is October with an average of 101.6 mm (4.0 in).

Demographics

The inhabitants of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni are known, in French, as Saint-Laurentins (women: Saint-Laurentines).

The commune of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni has a population, in 2014, of 44,169; its population density is of 9.1 inhabitants/km².

Evolution of the population in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni

Gallery

Related pages

• Arrondissement of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni

Images for kids

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  "Quartier Spécial" - Condemned men's block, 1954 (the guillotine stood at the spot where the photographer took the photo)

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  "Quartier - Disciplinaire", St. Laurent. 1954

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  View inside the prison of Saint-Laurent.

See also

In Spanish: Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni para niños