Communauté de communes de l'Ouest guyanais

Comm. de communes de l'Ouest guyanais
Comm. de communes de l'Ouest guyanais
Communauté de communes
Country	France
Overseas region; and department	French Guiana
No. of communes	8
Established	1 January 1995
Seat	Mana
Government
• President (2018-)	Sophie Charles (DVD)
Area	40,945 km2 (15,809 sq mi)
Population (2016)	92,995
• Density	2/km2 (5/sq mi)
Website	ouestguyane.fr

The Communauté de communes de l'Ouest guyanais (CCOG) is a communauté de communes, an intercommunal structure in the French département d'outre-mer of French Guiana. Created in 1995, the communauté de communes had a population of 92,995 in 2016 and was composed of the eight western communes of French Guiana.

Composition[]

The CCOG is composed of the eight westernmost communes of French Guiana.

List of communes[]

List of communes of the **Communauté de communes de l'Ouest guyanais**
Name	INSEE code	Demonym	Area (km²)	Population (2017)	Density (per km²)
Mana (Seat)	97306	Mananais	6,332.6	10,894	1.7
Apatou	97360		2,020	9,241	4.6
Awala-Yalimapo	97361		187.4	1,411	7.5
Grand-Santi	97357		2,123	7,918	3.7
Papaichton	97362		2,628	6,668	2.5
Maripasoula	97353	Maripasouliens	18,360	13,227	0.72
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	97311	Saint-Laurentins	4,830	42,612	8.8
Saül	97352		4,475	152	0.03

Administration[]

The communauté de communes is led by an indirectly elected President along with a bureau communautaire composed of 9 Vice-Presidents.^[1] The president and vice-presidents are chosen by the conseil communautaire of the CCOG composed of 31 communal delegates.^[2]

President[]

List of presidents of the *Communauté de communes de l'Ouest guyanais*
In office		Name	Party	Capacity	Ref.
1995	2018	Georges Patient	DVG	Mayor of Mana (1989-2017)
2001	2018	Léon Bertrand	RPR then UMP	Maire de Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni (1983-2018)
2018	Present	Sophie Charles	DVD	Maire de Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni (2018–present)	^[1]^[3]

Elected members[]

The Communauté de communes de l'Ouest guyanais is governed by an elected council composed of 31 councillors from each of its 8 communes. The number of council seats each commune receives is proportional based upon their population as follows:^[2]

13 delegates for Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
4 delegates for each of Mana and Maripasoula
3 delegates for each of Grand-Santi and Apatou
2 delegates for Papaichton
1 delegate for each of Awala-Yalimapo and Saül

Administrative seat[]

The administrative seat of the Communauté de communes de l'Ouest guyanais is located in Mana at 2 rue Bruno Aubert.^[4]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Le Bureau Communautaire". Ouest Guyane (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-30.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Le Conseil Communautaire". Ouest Guyane (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-30.
^ "Sophie Charles élue présidente de la Communauté de communes de l'ouest guyanais". Guyane la 1ère (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-30.
^ "Accueil". Ouest Guyane (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-30.

[:0-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Le Bureau Communautaire". Ouest Guyane (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-30.

[:1-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Le Conseil Communautaire". Ouest Guyane (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-30.

[3] "Sophie Charles élue présidente de la Communauté de communes de l'ouest guyanais". Guyane la 1ère (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-30.

[4] "Accueil". Ouest Guyane (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-30.

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