Communauté de communes des Savanes | |
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![]() Location of the Communauté de communes des Savanes in
French Guiana | |
Country | France |
Overseas region and department | French Guiana |
No. of communes | 4 |
Established | January 2011 |
Seat | Sinnamary |
Government | |
• President | François Ringuet |
Area | 11,942 km2 (4,611 sq mi) |
Population (2018) | 29,843 |
• Density | 2/km2 (5/sq mi) |
Website |
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The Communauté de communes des Savanes (CCDS) is a communauté de communes, an intercommunal structure in the French département d'outre-mer of French Guiana. It was created in January 2011, and its seat is Sinnamary. [1] Its area is 11,942 km2, and its population was 29,843 in 2018. [2]
The communauté de communes des Savanes comprises the following communes: [1] [3]
Name | INSEE code | Demonym | Area
( km2) |
Population
(2017) |
Density
(per km2) |
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Kourou | 97304 | Kouroucien | 2,160 | 25,685 | 12 |
Iracoubo | 97303 | 2,762 | 1,799 | 0.65 | |
Saint-Élie | 97358 | 5,680 | 242 | 0.04 | |
Sinnamary | 97312 | 1,340 | 2,919 | 2.2 |
The communauté de communes is led by an indirectly elected President along with a conseil communautaire composed of 11 Vice-Presidents and 23 conseillers communautaires. [4]
In office | Name | Party | Capacity | Ref. | |
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February 2011 | April 2014 | Jean-Claude Madeleine | Mayor of Sinnamary (2008-present) | [5] | |
April 2014 | present | François Ringuet | Member of the
General Council of French Guiana (2011-2015)
Mayor of Kourou (2014-present) |
[4] [5] |
The administrative seat of the Communauté de communes des Savanes is located in Kourou at 1 rue Raymond Cresson. [6]