Title: Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni Content:  Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni is a commune and subprefecture of the French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France that is in northern South America. Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni is a border town in northwest French Guiana. It is the second most populous city of French Guiana, after Cayenne. == Name == The name was given in 1856 by the Governor of French Guiana, Auguste Laurent Bauding, after his father and grandfather. Because the town is on the side of the Maroni river, the name was completed as is now: Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni. == History == The town was made a commune in 1949. In 1969, it was made the capital of the new arrondissement of Saint- Laurent-du-Maroni. == Geography == thumb|left|In red, the commune of Saint- Laurent-du-Maroni Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni is a city in northwestern French Guiana to the west of Cayenne, on the Maroni River (in Dutch: Marowijne), opposite the town of Albina in Suriname which can be reached by ferry or small boats. The commune has an area of ; at the city hall, the altitude is . It includes some islands in the river: Île Portal, Île de la Quarantaine and Île aux Lépreux. The Maroni river flows through the commune, to which it gives part of its name. Many of its tributaries also flows the commune: Crique Sparouine (on the southern border), Crique Bastien, Crique Serpent, Crique des cascades, Crique Awara, Crique Balaté, Crique Margot, Crique Chameau, Crique aux bœufs lamentins and Crique Vaches (on the northern border). Saint-Laurent- du-Maroni is surrounded by the communes Mana to the north and east, Grand- Santi to the south and southwest and Apatou to the northwest. === Climate === Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni has a Tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification: Af) in which there is no dry season - all months have mean precipitation values of at least . The average temperature for the year in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni is . The warmest month, on average, is September with an average temperature of . The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of . The average amount of precipitation for the year in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni is . The month with the most precipitation on average is May with of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is October with an average of . ==Demographics== The inhabitants of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni are known, in French, as Saint-Laurentins (women: Saint-Laurentines). The commune of Saint- Laurent-du-Maroni has a population, in 2014, of 44,169; its population density is of inhabitants/km2. Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:500 height:373 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:30 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:50000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:10000 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:5000 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:1967 text:1967 bar:1974 text:1974 bar:1982 text:1982 bar:1990 text:1990 bar:1999 text:1999 bar:2006 text:2006 bar:2014 text:2014 PlotData= color:barra width:30 align:left bar:1967 from:0 till: 5031 bar:1974 from:0 till: 5055 bar:1982 from:0 till: 6971 bar:1990 from:0 till: 13616 bar:1999 from:0 till: 19211 bar:2006 from:0 till: 33707 bar:2014 from:0 till: 44169 PlotData= bar:1967 at: 5031 fontsize:S text: 5,031 shift:(-12,5) bar:1974 at: 5055 fontsize:S text: 5,055 shift:(-14,5) bar:1982 at: 6971 fontsize:S text: 6,971 shift:(-14,5) bar:1990 at: 13616 fontsize:S text: 13,616 shift:(-16,5) bar:1999 at: 19211 fontsize:S text: 19,211 shift:(-16,5) bar:2006 at: 33707 fontsize:S text: 33,707 shift:(-16,5) bar:2014 at: 44169 fontsize:S text: 44,169 shift:(-16,5) Evolution of the population in Saint- Laurent-du-Maroni == Gallery == File:Eglise de Saint-Laurent du Maroni.JPG|Saint-Laurent du Maroni church. File:Marché de Saint-Laurent du Maroni 2.JPG|Saint-Laurent du Maroni market. File:SaintLaurent-1552.jpg|André- Bouron hospital. File:Chutes Voltaire 3.jpg|The Voltaire waterfall. == Related pages == * Arrondissement of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni