Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni

**Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni** is a commune and subprefecture of the French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France 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. In June 2025, an agreement for the transfer of 91 hectares of state-owned land was signed between the French State and the city of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni. The French government transferred more than 250,000 hectares to the French Guiana communities, enabling the creation of public facilities, housing, and a new business park.

## Geography

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 .

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## 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/km<sup>2</sup>.

**Evolution of the population in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni**

## Related pages

- Arrondissement of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni

## Other websites

- Ville de Saint-Laurent du Maroni official website
- Collectivité territorial de Guyane website
- Prefecture website
- Guyane-Amazonie Tourism

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
- **settlement type**: Prefectures in France, Subprefecture
- **image skyline**: StLaurent-02.jpg
- **image caption**: Church of Saint Laurent du Maroni
- **image shield**: Blason Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni.svg
- **shield size**: 120px
- **pushpin map**: French Guiana
- **pushpin label position**: right
- **pushpin map caption**: Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni (in red) in French Guiana
- **pushpin mapsize**: 280px
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: France
- **subdivision type1**: Overseas department, Department
- **subdivision name1**: French Guiana
- **subdivision type2**: Arrondissements of France, Arrondissement
- **subdivision name2**: Arrondissement of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
- **subdivision type3**: Communes of France, Intercommunality
- **subdivision name3**: Ouest guyanais
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **leader name**: Léon Bertrand
<small>(2014-2020)</small>
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1856
- **established title2**: Municipality, _Commune_
- **established date2**: 1949
- **area total km2**: 4830
- **elevation m**: 9
- **elevation min m**: 2
- **elevation max m**: 15
- **population as of**: 2014
- **population total**: 44169
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population blank1 title**: Demonym
- **population blank1**: Saint-Laurentins
- **postal code type**: Postal codes in France, Postal code
- **postal code**: 97320
- **blank name**: INSEE code
- **blank info**: 97311
- **website**: [http://www.saintlaurentdumaroni.fr/ Official website]