Communauté de communes in French Guiana, France
The Communauté de communes de l'Ouest guyanais (CCOG) is a communauté de communes, an intercommunal structure in the French département d'outre-mer of French Guiana. It was created in 1995, and its seat is Mana.[1] Its area is 40,945 km2, and its population was 94,677 in 2018.[2]
Composition
The CCOG is composed of the eight westernmost communes of French Guiana:[1][3]
List of communes of the Communauté de communes de l'Ouest guyanais
Name
|
INSEE code
|
Demonym
|
Area
(km2)
|
Population
(2017)
|
Density
(per km2)
|
Mana
(Seat)
|
97306
|
Mananais
|
6,332.6
|
10,894
|
1.7
|
Apatou
|
97360
|
|
2,020
|
9,241
|
4.6
|
Awala-Yalimapo
|
97361
|
|
187.4
|
1,411
|
7.5
|
Grand-Santi
|
97357
|
|
2,123
|
7,918
|
3.7
|
Papaichton
|
97362
|
|
2,628
|
6,668
|
2.5
|
Maripasoula
|
97353
|
Maripasouliens
|
18,360
|
13,227
|
0.72
|
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
|
97311
|
Saint-Laurentins
|
4,830
|
42,612
|
8.8
|
Saül
|
97352
|
|
4,475
|
152
|
0.03
|
Administration
The communauté de communes is led by an indirectly elected President along with a bureau communautaire composed of 9 Vice-Presidents.[4] The president and vice-presidents are chosen by the conseil communautaire of the CCOG composed of 31 communal delegates.[5]
President
Elected members
The Communauté de communes de l'Ouest guyanais is governed by an elected council composed of 31 councillors from each of its 8 communes. The number of council seats each commune receives is proportional based upon their population as follows:[5]
Administrative seat
The administrative seat of the Communauté de communes de l'Ouest guyanais is located in Mana at 2 rue Bruno Aubert.[7]
References