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5,006 people live in this town in French Guiana.
Papaichton’s strongest is health (A+) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 37% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are on the low side: 1 job per working resident; 44.7% unemployment. Young adults aged 15 to 24 make up 16% of residents.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Papaichton has no overall grade because cost of living, safety, 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 Papaichton does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Papaichton 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.
Papaichton has no overall grade because cost of living, safety, schools and walkability aren’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Papaichton as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
1.3% 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 Papaichton.
Retirement age and beyond: 2.4% of residents are 65 or older. 3.4% of adults hold a degree, lower than compared French towns (30%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 16% of the town.
46% women, 54% men
About 119 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: France 51.8%.
| Papaichton | France median | |
|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 34% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 16% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 33% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 15% | 26% |
| 65+ | 2.4% | 22% |
| No diploma | 75% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 11% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 4.6% | 18% |
| Higher education | 3.4% | 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.
From 2016 to 2025, 61 residents of Papaichton died, against 97 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 37% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Papaichton is Site de Saint Laurent du Maroni, 116.5 mi away. 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.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
The commonest graded crime in Papaichton was other physical violence (2025). Violence against people ran at 4.7 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 1.5 (2023–2025 average). The 2025 count: 28 offenses in the town.
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 sexual violence, burglary, 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 (38.3% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
At the census, 26.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above compared French towns (13.4%). Per resident in work, Papaichton counts 1 jobs (1,150 jobs, 1,150 workers).
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 Papaichton 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 Papaichton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Papaichton | 5,006 | — | — | — | — | A+ |
| Maripasoula | 9,579 | 14 | — | — | A | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Papaichton has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Commune in French Guiana
Papaichton is a commune of 5,006 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.