Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
In French Guiana, this town has 9,668 residents.
Grand-Santi’s best grade is for safety (A+) — an average of 4.9 recorded violent incidents and 1.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. A fifth of residents are 15 to 24.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Grand-Santi has no overall grade because cost of living, schools and walkability aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Grand-Santi does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Grand-Santi with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Grand-Santi has no overall grade because cost of living, schools and walkability aren’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Grand-Santi as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
0.8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Grand-Santi.
Grand-Santi ranks first of the 13 compared towns in French Guiana on the Safety Grade. Over 2025, Grand-Santi logged 49 recorded offenses. Sexual violence topped the graded crimes in Grand-Santi (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When armed robbery, vehicle theft and criminal damage number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (14.3% of the index here). That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Children under 15 make up 42%, above compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by 2.9% of adults. The median resident of Grand-Santi is 19 years old.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: France 51.8%.
| Grand-Santi | France median | |
|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 42% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 20% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 11% | 26% |
| 65+ | 2.5% | 22% |
| No diploma | 81% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 8.1% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 2% | 18% |
| Higher education | 2.9% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · France median: the median of compared communes (French Guiana has none of its own)
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
141 deaths in Grand-Santi between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 139: 1% above. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Grand-Santi come to 101 per 100 predicted. Life expectancy in French Guiana: 82.2 years for women and 77.1 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B−.
Per resident in work, Grand-Santi counts 1 jobs (800 jobs, 850 workers). 19.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Grand-Santi is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Grand-Santi yet.
It grades A+ for safety, #1 of 13 in French Guiana.
Commune in French Guiana
Grand-Santi is a commune of 9,668 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Ouest Guyanais. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated October 30, 2026. 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.