Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 19,899 in French Guiana.
Macouria has no overall grade because cost of living and walkability aren’t graded here. Its weakest subject is health (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 30% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is schools (A+): brevet results 36 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Macouria does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Macouria 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.
Macouria has no overall grade because cost of living and walkability aren’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Macouria as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien Hôpital Jean Martial, in Cayenne, 10.8 mi away.
1% 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 Macouria.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Schools rank #1 of 7 in French Guiana. There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 11 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Just HyasineNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 139 | 88%+36 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Over-65s are 5.9% of the population. 32% are under 15, higher than compared French towns (17%). Among adults, 21% have a degree.
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: France 51.8%.
| Macouria | France median | |
|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 32% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 16% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 20% | 26% |
| 65+ | 5.9% | 22% |
| No diploma | 38% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 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.
Life expectancy at birth in French Guiana is 82.2 years for women and 77.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 558 residents of Macouria died, against 430 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 30% more. The nearest emergency department to Macouria is Site de Cayenne, 12.3 mi away. The town has 6 family doctors.
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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
The commonest graded crime in Macouria was family violence (2025). 2025 saw 448 offenses recorded here. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 12.1 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 10.6.
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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 7.4% of commuters at the census. Macouria holds 2,450 jobs; 6,000 of its residents are in work, so 0.4 jobs each. At the census, 1.9% of working residents in Macouria didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
Advertised rents are estimated at €15.76/m² a month, above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €14.07/m² a month. Macouria recorded 150 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,178/m² | 147 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Gardens and family days out in and near Macouria. Best known first.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Macouria 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 Macouria yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macouria | 19,899 | — | — | — | C+ | D− |
| Montsinéry-Tonnegrande | 3,626 | 8.4 | — | — | A | B− |
| Cayenne | 62,675 | 11 | — | — | D− | D− |
| Matoury | 36,512 | 15 | — | — | D | D− |
| Kourou | 24,824 | 15 | — | — | D− | D− |
| Remire-Montjoly | 27,723 | 16 | — | — | C− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #6 of 13 in French Guiana. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 78 burglaries and 79 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A+, better than 100% of compared French towns and #1 of 7 in French Guiana. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in French Guiana
Macouria is a commune of 19,899 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Centre Littoral. 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.
