Communauté de communes des Savanes

Communauté de communes des Savanes
Communauté de communes
Location of the Communauté de communes des Savanes in French Guiana
Country	France
Overseas region and department	French Guiana
No. of communes	4
Established	January 2011
Seat	Sinnamary
Government
• President	François Ringuet
Area	11,942 km^2 (4,611 sq mi)
Population  (2018)	29,843
• Density	2/km^2 (5/sq mi)
Website	www.ccdsguyane.fr

The Communauté de communes des Savanes (CCDS) is a communauté de communes, an intercommunal structure in the French département d'outre-mer of French Guiana. It was created in January 2011, and its seat is Sinnamary.^[1] Its area is 11,942 km², and its population was 29,843 in 2018.^[2]

Composition

The communauté de communes des Savanes comprises the following communes:^[1][3]

List of communes of the Communauté de communes des Savanes

Name	INSEE code	Demonym	Area (km^2)	Population (2017)	Density (per km^2)
Kourou	97304	Kouroucien	2,160	25,685	12
Iracoubo	97303		2,762	1,799	0.65
Saint-Élie	97358		5,680	242	0.04
Sinnamary	97312		1,340	2,919	2.2

Administration

The communauté de communes is led by an indirectly elected President along with a conseil communautaire composed of 11 Vice-Presidents and 23 conseillers communautaires.^[4]

President

List of presidents of the Communauté de communes des Savanes

In office		Name	Party	Capacity	Ref.
February 2011	April 2014	Jean-Claude Madeleine		Mayor of Sinnamary (2008–present)	[5]
April 2014	present	François Ringuet		Member of the General Council of French Guiana (2011–2015) Mayor of Kourou (2014–present)	[4][5]

Administrative seat

The administrative seat of the Communauté de communes des Savanes is located in Kourou at 1 rue Raymond Cresson.^[6]

References

1. CC des Savanes (N° SIREN : 200027548), BANATIC, accessed 17 October 2024.
2. Comparateur de territoire, INSEE, accessed 8 April 2022.
3. Intercommunalité : Communauté de communes des Savanes, INSEE
4. "Composition du Conseil Communautaire". CCDS - Communauté de Communes Des Savanes. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
5. "François Ringuet nouveau président de la CCDS". Guyane la 1ère (in French). Retrieved 10 June 2020.
6. "Présentation". CCDS - Communauté de Communes Des Savanes. Retrieved 10 June 2020.