Matoury

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Commune in French Guiana, France

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::summary Commune in French Guiana, France ::

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FieldValue
nameMatoury
commune statusCommune
imageLarivot.jpg
captionA view of the port of Larivot in Matoury
map size220px
adjustable mapLocator map of Matoury 2022.png
map captionLocation of the commune (in red) within French Guiana
arrondissementCayenne
INSEE97307
postal code97351
mayorSerge Smock
term2020–2026
intercommunalityCA Centre Littoral
coordinates
elevation min m0
elevation max m234
area km2137.19
population
population date
population footnotes
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Matoury (; ) is a commune of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America.

Matoury is a southern suburb of Cayenne, the préfecture and largest city of French Guiana. Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport, the main international airport of French Guiana, is located in the commune of Matoury.

Air Guyane Express had its head office on the grounds of the airport.

Geography

Location

Matoury is located in French Guiana situated in South America. It is bordered by 5 communes:

The city used to be called "Tour de l'Isle" because it is bordered by water :

  • Fouillé inlet ( in French "Crique Fouillée") is the limit both with Cayenne and Rémire-Montjoly
  • The river Mahury and the southern part of the river Tour de l'Île are the border with Roura
  • The Northern part of the river Tour de l'Île and the southern part of the Cayenne river are the boundary with Montsinéry-Tonnegrande
  • The Northern part of the Cayenne river is the limit with Macouria

Town planning

The town planning of Matoury is very uneven. Outside the town-centre there are some urbanized areas along the road leading to Cayenne, Macouria and Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport. PROGT, the professional lyceum in Balata is surrounded by forests. The city is urbanizing quickly as a suburb of Cayenne

The main neighbourhoods of Matoury are:

  • Copaya and Barbadine in the town-centre
  • Concorde near the Félix Eboué airport
  • Larivot next to the Larivot harbour
  • Chemin de la Levée
  • Stoupan and Degrad on the river Mahury
  • Sainte-Rose-de-Lima
  • Balata
  • Cogneau-Larivot
  • La Chaumière

Population

The commune of Matoury experienced a rapid suburbanisation in the late 20th century, and grew from 567 people in 1967 to 31,956 in 2017.

| align = none | cols = 1 | percentages = pagr | source = SPLAF and INSEE (1967-2017) | graph-pos = right |1961 |517 |1967 |567 |1974 |1133 |1982 |2532 |1990 |10152 |1999 |18032 |2007 |24893 |2012 |29712 |2017 |31956

Matoury is a cosmopolitan town. It is home to Amerindians (located in Sainte-Rose-de-Lima, Cécilia and Petit-la-Chaumière), to Afro–French Guianans, Metropolitans, Haïtians, Brazilians, Surinamese, Javanese, Chinese, Maroon and people from British West Indies such as Saint Lucia.

History

In 1838, during the colonial era, the District of Matoury was the third of the French Guiana colony thanks to its large and diversely cultivated areas. The main productions were sugarcane, cotton, clove, achiote and pepper.

Matoury is also home to remains of the past:

  • The Trio fort situated in the Levée location was designed by Vauban and was used to protect the Cayenne Isle, conjointly with the Cépérou and Diamant forts (in Cayenne and Rémire-Montjoly).
  • The Macaye-Duchassis habitation which used to be a cacao and sugar plantation|
  • The Lamirande manufacture in Lamirande, next to the PROGT, which used produced sugar and rum between 1927 and 1950.

A new Hôtel de Ville (town hall) was built in the town in around 1980.

Administration

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Gabriel Serville was Mayor of the city between 2014 and 2020, and deputy to the French National Assembly since 2012.

Nature

The Mirande trail is located in Matoury. The trail gives access to the Mont Grand Matoury Nature Reserve on the eponymous mountain.

Notable people

References

References

  1. (2 December 2020). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
  2. "Directory: World airlines." ''[[Flight International]]''. 16–22 March 2004. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/2004/2004-09%20-%200067.html?search=%22Air%20Ukraine%22 65].
  3. SPLAF (Site sur la Population et les Limites Administratives de la France). "Agglomérations et villes de la Guyane".
  4. [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-97307#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
  5. Masse, Daniel. (1986). "La Guyane: ses communes". Societé Leclerc.
  6. "Guide Matoury".
  7. "Éric Alex".

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