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Encyclopedia > Cayenne
Commune of Cayenne

Town hall of Cayenne
Administration
Country France
Region Guyane
Department Guyane (préfecture)
Arrondissement Cayenne
Canton Chief town of 6 cantons
Intercommunality Communauté
de communes
du Centre Littoral
Mayor Jean-Claude Lafontaine
Statistics
Land area¹ 23.60 km²
Population²
(1999 census)
50,594
 - Density (1999) 2,144/km²
Miscellaneous
Postal code 97300
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).
France

Cayenne is the capital of the French overseas région of French Guiana. The city stands on an island at the mouth of the Cayenne River on the Atlantic coast. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 1052 KB) La mairie de Cayenne. ... This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including independent states (both those that are internationally recognised and generally unrecognised), inhabited dependent territories and areas of special sovereignty. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Departments (French: départements) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to English counties. ... In France, a préfecture is the capital city of a département. ... The 100 French départements are divided into 342 arrondissements. ... The arrondissement of Cayenne is an arrondissement of France, located in the Guyane département, of the Guyane région. ... The cantons of France are administrative divisions subdividing arrondissements and départements. ... The commune is an administrative division of France. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... Postal codes were introduced in France in 1972, when La Poste introduced automated sorting. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... Estuaries and coastal waters are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth, providing ecological, economic, cultural, and aesthetic benefits. ... This page lists English translations of several Latin phrases and abbreviations, such as and . ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... In politics, a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has a second meaning based on an alternative sense of capital) is the principal city or town associated with a countrys government. ... France is divided into 26 régions: 21 of these are in the continental part of metropolitan France, one is Corse on the island of Corsica (although strictly speaking Corse is in fact a territorial collectivity, not a région, but is referred to as a région in common... The Cayenne River is a 50 km long river in French Guiana. ... “Atlantic” redirects here. ...


At the 1999 census, there were 66,149 inhabitants in the urban area of Cayenne, 50,594 of whom lived in the city (commune) of Cayenne proper, and the remainder in the neighbouring commune of Remire-Montjoly. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ... Remire-Montjoly is a neighboring town to Cayenne, in French Guiana. ...

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History

Ignored by Spanish explorers, who found the region too hot and too poor to be colonised, the country was invaded by the French in 1643 and Cayenne was established in 1664. It then passed hands between the Dutch, British and Brazilians before being returned to France. It was used as a French penal settlement from 1854 to 1938. // Events January 21 - Abel Tasman discovers Tonga February 6 - Abel Tasman discovers the Fiji islands. ... Events March 12 - New Jersey becomes a colony of England. ... 1854 (MDCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...


See also History of French Guiana // Pre-colonial French Guiana was originally inhabited by a number of Native American peoples, among them the Carib, Arawak, Emerillon, Galibi, Palikour, Wayampi (also known as Oyampi) and Wayana. ...


Economy

Cayenne is an important industrial centre for the shrimp industry. Formerly, it also contained sugar refineries. Superfamilies Alpheoidea Atyoidea Bresilioidea Campylonotoidea Crangonoidea Galatheacaridoidea Nematocarcinoidea Oplophoroidea Palaemonoidea Pandaloidea Pasiphaeoidea Procaridoidea Processoidea Psalidopodoidea Stylodactyloidea Shrimp are swimming, decapod crustaceans classified in the infraorder Caridea, found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water. ... Two sugar beets - the one on the left has been cultivated to be smoother than the traditional beet, so that it traps less soil. ...


Culture

Cayenne is very ethnically diverse, with Creoles, Haitians, Brazilians, Europeans, Hmong and Asians all living in the city. It is famous for its particular annual carnival which starts with the arrival of Vaval (Carnival King) on the first Sunday after New Year's Day and continues with very popular all-night costume balls and Sunday afternoon parades every weekend until Mardi Gras.


Points of interest

Cayenne centers on its main commercial street, the Avenue Général de Gaulle. At the east end of the avenue near the coast is the Place de Palmistes and the Place de Grenoble (also known as the Place Léopold Héder). Most of the official buildings are located in this area: the Hôtel de Ville (the town hall) built by Jesuits in the 1890s, the Post Office, the Préfecture, residence of French Guiana's Préfect, and the Musée Départmental Franconie. To the west of this area lies Fort Cépérou, built in the 17th century, though now mostly in ruins. To the south lie the Place du Coq and Place Victor Schoelcher (named in honour of the anti-slavery activist) and a market. The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ...


To the south of this compact region is the Village Chinois (known as Chicago), separated from the rest of Cayenne by the Canal Laussat. It has a reputation for being a dangerous area.


Other buildings in the city include the Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur de Cayenne, municipal library, the municipal musseum and a museum of French Guianese Culture (Musée des Cultures Guyanais) and a scientific research institute (IRD formerly Orstom). The Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur de Cayenne is a French national monument located in the town of Cayenne. ...


There are some beaches along the coast, like Montjoly and Montabo, and several promontories, though the waters contain sharks. Montjoly is both a neighborhood and beach in Cayenne, French Guiana. ... The term promontory has several similar meanings in English, including geographical names: A promontory is a prominent mass of land which overlooks lower lying land or a body of water (e. ... Orders Carcharhiniformes Heterodontiformes Hexanchiformes Lamniformes Orectolobiformes Pristiophoriformes Squaliformes Squatiniformes Symmoriida(extinct) Sharks (superorder Selachimorpha) are fish with a full cartilaginous skeleton[1] and a streamlined body. ...


Travel

Cayenne is served by the Cayenne-Rochambeau Airport. Cayenne-Rochambeau Airport (IATA: CAY, ICAO: SOCA) is an airport in Cayenne, French Guiana. ...


There are many hotels in the city: Central Hotel, La Bodéga, Hôtel Ajoupa, Hôtel Amazonia, Hôtel les Amandiers, Hôtel Neptima, Hôtel Novotel and Ket-Tai.


Administration

Cayenne is the chief town of six cantons: The canton is an administrative division of France. ...

  • The first canton (North West) has 3,935 inhabitants;
  • The second canton (North East) has 5,730 inhabitants;
  • The third canton (South West) has 8,017 inhabitants;
  • The fourth canton (Centre) has 5,955 inhabitants;
  • The fifth canton (South) has 9,750 inhabitants;
  • The sixth canton (South East) has 17,207 inhabitants

Cayenne in popular culture

The French folk song Cayenne (named after the main city of French Guiana) tells the story of a pimp who shoots a well-to-do client who grossly disrespected a prostitute, and is then convicted and transferred to the infamous penitentiary. The song has been covered in recent years by rock/punk groups such as Parabellum. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Parabellum are a French alternative rock/punk rock band. ...


In The Hardy Boys #12: Footprints under the Window, The Hardys' investigations take them to Cayenne. The Hardy Boys is a popular series of detective/adventure books for boys chronicling the fictional adventures of teenage brothers Frank and Joe Hardy. ... Footprints Under The Window is Volume 12 in the original Hardy Boys book series published by Grosset And Dunlap. ...


See also

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Cayenne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (595 words)
Cayenne is the capital of the French overseas région of French Guiana.
At the 1999 census, there were 66,149 inhabitants in the urban area of Cayenne, 50,594 of whom lived in the city (commune) of Cayenne proper, and the remainder in the neighbouring commune of Remire-Montjoly.
Cayenne is an important industrial centre for the shrimp industry, and there used to be old sugar refineries in the city.
Cayenne pepper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (293 words)
Cayenne pepper is a very hot red powder used to flavor dishes; its name comes from the city of Cayenne in French Guiana.
Cayenne is used in cooking spicy hot dishes.
An ointment or tincture made from cayenne is used in China and Japan to heal frostbite and myalgia (muscle pains).
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