The Communauté de communes de l'Ouest guyanais (CCOG) is a communauté de communes, an intercommunal structure in the French département d'outre-mer of French Guiana. It was created in 1995, and its seat is Mana.[1] Its area is 40,945 km2, and its population was 94,677 in 2018.[2]
Comm. de communes de l'Ouest guyanais | |
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Communauté de communes | |
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Country | France |
Overseas region and department | French Guiana |
No. of communes | 8 |
Established | 1 January 1995 |
Seat | Mana |
Government | |
• President (2018-) | Sophie Charles (DVD) |
Area | 40,945 km2 (15,809 sq mi) |
Population (2018) | 94,677 |
• Density | 2/km2 (5/sq mi) |
Website | ouestguyane |
The CCOG is composed of the eight westernmost communes of French Guiana:[1][3]
Name | INSEE code | Demonym | Area
(km2) |
Population
(2017) |
Density
(per km2) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mana
(Seat) |
97306 | Mananais | 6,332.6 | 10,894 | 1.7 |
Apatou | 97360 | 2,020 | 9,241 | 4.6 | |
Awala-Yalimapo | 97361 | 187.4 | 1,411 | 7.5 | |
Grand-Santi | 97357 | 2,123 | 7,918 | 3.7 | |
Papaichton | 97362 | 2,628 | 6,668 | 2.5 | |
Maripasoula | 97353 | Maripasouliens | 18,360 | 13,227 | 0.72 |
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni | 97311 | Saint-Laurentins | 4,830 | 42,612 | 8.8 |
Saül | 97352 | 4,475 | 152 | 0.03 |
The communauté de communes is led by an indirectly elected President along with a bureau communautaire composed of 9 Vice-Presidents.[4] The president and vice-presidents are chosen by the conseil communautaire of the CCOG composed of 31 communal delegates.[5]
In office | Name | Party | Capacity | Ref. | |
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1995 | 2018 | Georges Patient | DVG | Mayor of Mana (1989-2017) | |
2001 | 2018 | Léon Bertrand | RPR then UMP | Maire de Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni (1983-2018) | |
2018 | Present | Sophie Charles | DVD | Maire de Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni (2018–present) | [4][6] |
The Communauté de communes de l'Ouest guyanais is governed by an elected council composed of 31 councillors from each of its 8 communes. The number of council seats each commune receives is proportional based upon their population as follows:[5]
The administrative seat of the Communauté de communes de l'Ouest guyanais is located in Mana at 2 rue Bruno Aubert.[7]