12 Facts About Cayenne

Cayenne is the largest francophone city of the South American continent.

French colonists returned in 1643 and founded Cayenne, but were forced to leave once more following the Amerindian attacks.

Cayenne is located on the estuary of the Cayenne River on the Atlantic Ocean.

The current president of the intercommunal authority of Centre Littoral since November 2020 has been Serge Smock, mayor of Matoury, who ran on a centrist platform affiliated with Emmanuel Macron's LREM party and defeated Sandra Trochimara, successor of Marie-Laure Phinera-Horth as mayor of Cayenne, who was trying to succeed her as president of the intercommunal authority with the support of an array of Left-wing parties.

Until 2015, the commune of Cayenne was divided into six cantons, but these were abolished in 2015 when the department and the region of French Guiana were abolished and replaced by the French Guiana Territorial Collectivity.

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Under the Koppen climate classification, Cayenne has a tropical monsoon climate bordering on an equatorial climate .

Cayenne sees copious precipitation during the year, with its weather being more strongly affected by the Intertropical Convergence Zone than the trade winds.

Village chionois in Cayenne is located on the edge of the city's center along the Cayenne River.

Cayenne is served by the Cayenne – Felix Eboue Airport, which is located in the neighbouring commune of Matoury.

Cayenne is connected to Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni via the Route nationale 1, and to Saint-Georges via the Route nationale 2.

Cayenne is home to the University of French Guiana, formerly a campus of the University of the French West Indies until a strike concerning university funding led to the creation of a separate institution in 2014.

French folk song "Cayenne", tells the story of a pimp who shoots a well-to-do client who grossly disrespected a prostitute, and is then convicted and transferred to the infamous penitentiary.