Balaté

Balaté
Balaté
Village
	Balaté Location in French Guiana
	Coordinates: 5.48279°N 54.04390°W
Country	France
Overseas region	French Guiana
Arrondissement	Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
Commune	Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
Government
• Captain	Sylvio Van der Pijl[1]
Population (2017)[2]
• Total	ca. 600

Balaté is a village of Lokono Amerindians[3] in the commune of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni at the confluence of the Maroni River and the Balaté River in French Guiana.

History

Balaté was founded in 1946[3] near the town of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni. The village had a population of about 600 people as of 2017.[2] In 1987, Jacques Chirac as Prime Minister established Zones of Collective Use Rights (ZDUC).[4] Since 1993, the village has 3,710 hectares of communal land located about 10 kilometres from the village to be used for fishing, hunting and subsistence farming.[5]

In 2006, Léon Bertrand, who was both Mayor of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni and Delegate Minister of Tourism, developed plans for a large tourist resort with a luxury hotel and casino in the village of Balaté. Captain Brigitte Wyngaarde, the traditional village chief, successfully opposed the plans.[6]

References

"Coronavirus : inquiétudes au village de Balaté de Saint-Laurent du Maroni". France TV (in French). 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
"L'État s'engage en Guyane" (PDF). Government of French Guiana (in French). 23 March 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
Demenois & Wyngaarde 2006, p. 8.
"Un atlas des Zones de droits d'usage collectifs en Guyane". Confins. Revue Franco-Brésilienne de Géographie / Revista Franco-Brasilera de Geografia (in French) (21). 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
Demenois & Wyngaarde 2006, p. 10.
"La parole étouffée de Brigitte Wyngaarde". Blada (in French). Retrieved 11 February 2020.

Bibliography

Demenois, Julien; Wyngaarde, Brigitte (2006). "Espoirs et difficultés du transfert de la gestion forestière à deux communautés de Guyane et du Cameroun". Bois et Forets des Tropiques. 289. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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[1] "Coronavirus : inquiétudes au village de Balaté de Saint-Laurent du Maroni". France TV (in French). 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2021.

[pop-2] "L'État s'engage en Guyane" (PDF). Government of French Guiana (in French). 23 March 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2021.

[FOOTNOTEDemenoisWyngaarde20068-3] Demenois & Wyngaarde 2006, p. 8.

[zduc-4] "Un atlas des Zones de droits d'usage collectifs en Guyane". Confins. Revue Franco-Brésilienne de Géographie / Revista Franco-Brasilera de Geografia (in French) (21). 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2021.

[FOOTNOTEDemenoisWyngaarde200610-5] Demenois & Wyngaarde 2006, p. 10.

[6] "La parole étouffée de Brigitte Wyngaarde". Blada (in French). Retrieved 11 February 2020.