Communauté de communes de l'Ouest guyanais

Comm. de communes de l'Ouest guyanais
Comm. de communes de l'Ouest guyanais
Communauté de communes
Country	France
Overseas region; and department	French Guiana
No. of communes	8
Established	1 January 1995
Seat	Mana
Government
• President (2020–2026)	Sophie Charles (DVD)
Area	40,945 km2 (15,809 sq mi)
Population (2018)	94,677
• Density	2/km2 (5/sq mi)
Website	ouestguyane.fr

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]

Composition

The CCOG is composed of the eight westernmost communes of French Guiana:[1][3]

List of communes of the **Communauté de communes de l'Ouest guyanais**
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

Administration

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]

President

List of presidents of the *Communauté de communes de l'Ouest guyanais*
In office		Name	Party	Capacity	Ref.
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]

Elected members

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]

13 delegates for Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
4 delegates for each of Mana and Maripasoula
3 delegates for each of Grand-Santi and Apatou
2 delegates for Papaichton
1 delegate for each of Awala-Yalimapo and Saül

Administrative seat

The administrative seat of the Communauté de communes de l'Ouest guyanais is located in Mana at 2 rue Bruno Aubert.[7]

References

CC de l'Ouest Guyanais (N° SIREN : 249730037), BANATIC, accessed 8 April 2022.
Comparateur de territoire, INSEE, accessed 8 April 2022.
Intercommunalité-Métropole de CC de l'Ouest Guyanais (249730037), INSEE
"Le Bureau Communautaire". Ouest Guyane (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-30.
"Le Conseil Communautaire". Ouest Guyane (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-30.
"Sophie Charles élue présidente de la Communauté de communes de l'ouest guyanais". Guyane la 1ère (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-30.
"Accueil". Ouest Guyane (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-30.

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[BANATIC-1] CC de l'Ouest Guyanais (N° SIREN : 249730037), BANATIC, accessed 8 April 2022.

[compar-2] Comparateur de territoire, INSEE, accessed 8 April 2022.

[3] Intercommunalité-Métropole de CC de l'Ouest Guyanais (249730037), INSEE

[:0-4] "Le Bureau Communautaire". Ouest Guyane (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-30.

[:1-5] "Le Conseil Communautaire". Ouest Guyane (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-30.

[6] "Sophie Charles élue présidente de la Communauté de communes de l'ouest guyanais". Guyane la 1ère (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-30.

[7] "Accueil". Ouest Guyane (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-30.