French Guiana has 22 towns and villages, each with its page. Its 15 towns of 2,500 or more are graded against towns across France on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more; 4 of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades. There are no income figures here yet, so no Cost Grade and no overall grade; every town has its page and the grades it has.
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22towns and villages
Cayennelargest · 62,675
No overall grade
Towns without an overall grade
Each has its page and the subject grades it has. In France an overall grade needs a Safety Grade, and five graded subjects in all.
With the 15 towns of 2,500 or more above, these are all 22 communes of French Guiana, A to Z. Towns of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades on their page (the figure is the population); villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades. The search at the top finds these too.
Yes: all 22 have their page, listed on this page. Grading depends on size: the 15 towns of 2,500 or more get every grade we can give them, the 4 of 1,000 to 2,499 get subject grades, and the 3 villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades.
Why isn’t my town ranked?
A département ranks its towns when five or more have an overall grade; French Guiana has 0. Cayenne and Kourou and Macouria and Mana and 11 more have no overall grade; their pages show the grades they have, and why.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, run #47 of October 30, 2026 · INSEE, census 2023 (population). Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.