Grand-Santi

Grand-Santi
Grand-Santi
Commune
	Church of Grand-Santi
	Location of the commune (in red) within French Guiana
	Location of Grand-Santi
	Coordinates: 4°16′26″N 54°22′58″W / 4.2739°N 54.3828°W
Country	France
Overseas region and department	French Guiana
Arrondissement	Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
Intercommunality	Ouest Guyanais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Felix Dada
Area 1	2,112 km2 (815 sq mi)
Population (2022)	9,390
• Density	4.4/km2 (12/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−03:00
INSEE/Postal code	97357 /97340
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Grand-Santi (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃ sɑ̃ti]; French Guianese Creole: Gransanti) is a commune of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America. Most of the inhabitants are Ndyuka Maroons and Surinamese immigrants.^[3]

History

The commune was originally called Grand-Santi-Papaichton and included the now independent communes of Apatou and Papaichton. On 12 November 1976 Apatou was detached from Grand-Santi-Papaichton and became an independent commune. On 1 January 1993 Papaichton was also detached from Grand-Saint-Papaichton and became an independent commune.^[4] On that occasion, the name of the commune was shortened into Grand-Santi.^[3] The commune mainly lives from small-scale agriculture and fishing.^[5] The commune also contains other villages like Belikampoe [nl].^[6]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1967	723	—
1974	1,041	+5.35%
1982	754	−3.95%
1990	1,786	+11.38%
1999	2,862	+5.38%
2007	3,427	+2.28%
2012	6,029	+11.96%
2017	7,918	+5.60%
2021	9,120	+3.60%
Source: INSEE^[7]

Transport

The commune can only be reached by boat or airplane.^[3] The Grand-Santi Airport is located 1 km (0.54 NM) northeast of Grand-Santi.^[8]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Grand-Santi". Petit Futé (in French). Retrieved 8 June 2020.
^ "Parcours La Source". Parc-Amazonien-Guyane (in French). Archived from the original on 31 December 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
^ "Grand-Santi: visite de Grand-Santi". Americas-fr (in French). Retrieved 8 June 2020.
^ "Carbets de Belikampoe". Guyane Amazonie (in French). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ SOGS – GRAND SANTI. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 23 January 2025.

External links

Official site (in French)

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[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.

[popref2022-2] "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.

[petit-3] "Grand-Santi". Petit Futé (in French). Retrieved 8 June 2020.

[parc-4] "Parcours La Source". Parc-Amazonien-Guyane (in French). Archived from the original on 31 December 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2020.

[5] "Grand-Santi: visite de Grand-Santi". Americas-fr (in French). Retrieved 8 June 2020.

[6] "Carbets de Belikampoe". Guyane Amazonie (in French). Retrieved 26 June 2022.

[pophist-7] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

[8] SOGS – GRAND SANTI. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 23 January 2025.

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