Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 9,579 in French Guiana.
Maripasoula has no overall grade because cost of living, schools and walkability aren’t graded here. Its weakest subject is health (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 42% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is safety (A): an average of 8.4 recorded violent incidents and 3.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Maripasoula does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Maripasoula 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.
Maripasoula has no overall grade because cost of living, schools and walkability aren’t graded here.
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Maripasoula has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
0.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Maripasoula.
1.9% of residents are 65 or over, lower than compared French towns (22%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 15% of the town. Degrees are held by just over one in ten adults.
40% women, 60% men
About 67 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: France 51.8%.
| Maripasoula | France median | |
|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 33% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 15% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 36% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 14% | 26% |
| 65+ | 1.9% | 22% |
| No diploma | 61% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 11% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 13% | 18% |
| Higher education | 11% | 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 in French Guiana: 82.2 years for women and 77.1 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 211 deaths in Maripasoula between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 148: 42% above. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Maripasoula is Site de Saint Laurent du Maroni, 127.6 mi away.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Maripasoula comes 3rd of the 13 compared towns in French Guiana on the Safety Grade. For 2025, the figures show 106 offenses in the town. More of the graded crimes in the town were family violence than anything else (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 · For armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 4.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Archaeological sites, 2 of the 3, make up the bulk. Homes from before 1919 make up 0.4% of the total.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
For its 3,250 residents in work, Maripasoula has 3,200 jobs: 1 each. One in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than 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.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 3 homes in Maripasoula.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Maripasoula has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
One notable person was born in Maripasoula.
Cyrille Regis: Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maripasoula | 9,579 | — | — | — | A | D− |
| Papaichton | 5,006 | 14 | — | — | — | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #3 of 13 in French Guiana. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 19 acts of criminal damage.
Commune in French Guiana
Maripasoula is a commune of 9,579 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.
