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Saint-ÉlieFrench Guiana

A town of 159 in French Guiana.

Is Saint-Élie a good place to live?

Saint-Élie is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Saint-Élie stand out

The 2 things Saint-Élie does most differently from other towns.

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Saint-Élie’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Saint-Élie’s story

No historic monuments in Saint-Élie

The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Élie as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

0% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Élie.

Who lives here

Saint-Élie has fewer older residents than compared French towns: 3.7% are 65 or over

6.2% are under 15, lower than compared French towns (17%). Residents of Saint-Élie have a median age of 38.6.

38.6median age
Saint-ÉlieFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma79%
CAP or BEP6%
Baccalauréat8%
Higher education6%

Women and men · all residents

27% women, 73% men

About 38 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Élie
Saint-ÉlieFrance median
Under 156.2%17%
15–2411%11%
25–4453%23%
45–6427%26%
65+3.7%22%
No diploma79%19%
CAP or BEP6.2%26%
Baccalauréat8.3%18%
Higher education6.2%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · France median: the median of compared communes (French Guiana has none of its own)

Work & commute

Saint-Élie has lower unemployment than compared French towns: 1.7%

At the census, 18.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, higher than compared French towns (13.4%). Saint-Élie has 150 jobs for 100 working residents, 1.4 per worker.

18%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

On foot18%
Driving13%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
150
jobs based in Saint-Élie, 1.4 per working resident
1.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
67%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Saint-Élie costs more than in compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €14.48/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

The market in Saint-Élie: 2 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€14.48/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saint-Élie€14.48/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
€14.48/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.31 to €18.53/m² a month)
€13.05/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

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Everything we know about Saint-Élie

11pages on Saint-Élie

Landmarks

Nothing in Saint-Élie is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Saint-Élie

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Élie yet.

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About Saint-Élie

Commune in French Guiana

Saint-Élie is a commune of 159 people in the Communauté de communes des Savanes. 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

Population
159 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Savanes
Département
French Guiana (973)
Area
2,231 sq mi (5,778.3 km²)
INSEE code
97358

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.