Kourou
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 72.5/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Kourou (INSEE 97304) is in Guyane (973), part of CC des Savanes. Population 24,824 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/97304-kourou
Vitality score
Vitality score 72.5/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 76 % of the 951 communes of a similar size.
Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.
Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.
| Component | Value (0–1) | Weight | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily food | 0.69 | 25 | 17.36 |
| Social | 0.82 | 20 | 16.32 |
| Education | 0.71 | 10 | 7.13 |
| Health | 0.59 | 10 | 5.89 |
| Public & culture | 0.12 | 5 | 0.59 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.87 | 5 | 4.36 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
10 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DU BOURG · FELIX PRODUCTION · CHEN LI · SOCIETE LEMME · BOULANGER PATISSERIE ROBERT). [3,4]
4 × Butcher (boucherie) (MORAES CHAGAS MARIALINA · VIAND PEYI · DOMTOM IMPORT · STH TRANSPORT-EXPORT GUYANE). [3,4]
30 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LEE YUN · ZHAN XUYI · DENG YUCHENG · LAW YUK · MAN-KAI). [3,4]
3 × Supermarket (LEADER PRICE · U KDIS · UNISO). [3,4]
2 × Fishmonger (PECHERIE LE TREMAIL). [3,4]
69 × Restaurant (LES MILLE PATES SARL · SINGAPOUR SARL · SNACK VIOLETA · CRIQUE GABRIELLE). [3,4]
8 × Café / bar (LE PRIVE · SABOR BRASILEIRO · TAM TAM LE PETIT BEAUBOURG · YANABAR · LE COSMO). [4]
9 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE ROLAND LUCILE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE EMILE NEZES · ECOLE MATERNELLE MICHEL LOHIER · ECOLE MATERNELLE R.CRESSON · ECOLE MATERNELLE MAXIMILIEN SABA). [3]
10 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE EUSTASE RIMANE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE ROLAND LUCILE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE MICHEL LOHIER · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE EMILE NEZES · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE R. CRESSON). [3]
4 × Collège (COLLEGE HENRI AGARANDE · COLLEGE VICTOR SCHOELCHER · COLLEGE OMEBA TOBO · COLLEGE JOSEPH HO TEN YOU). [3]
10 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ALAIN FORNET, MÉDECIN · MYRIAM SENES, MÉDECIN · CARLOS CARRERA TELLO, MÉDECIN · BENOIT KOCH, MÉDECIN · JEAN-MARIE DEYA, MÉDECIN). [3]
5 × Pharmacy (SELAS PHARMACIE DU BOURG · PHARMACIE DE L ANSE · PHARMACIE DU LAC · PHARMACIE COLIBRI · PHARMACIE DE LA PLACE DES AMERIQUES). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE KOUROU). [3]
1 × Cinema (URANIA). [3]
5 × Gym / sports hall (COLLEGE VICTOR SHOELCHER · ECOLE RAYMOND CRESSON · PLAINE SPORTIVE DE BOIS CHAUDAT · LYCEE GASTON MONNERVILLE · LYCEE PROFESSIONNEL ELIE CASTOR). [3]
13 × Hairdresser (GUYAN'HAIR · EVA COIFFURE · C K R - HAIR & BEAUTY RELOOKING · L ' HAIR EN BEAUTE). [3,4]
3 × Fuel station (TEXACO · TOTAL · STATION TOTAL). [3,4]
6 × Hotel (LE GROS BEC · HOTEL MERCURE ARIATEL KOUROU · HOTEL ATLANTIS · HOTEL LE BALLAHOU · LA MARINA). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Fishmonger, 27 × Restaurant, 1 × Bank, 6 × Hairdresser, 1 × Fuel station.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 10 | LE FOURNIL DU BOURG · FELIX PRODUCTION · CHEN LI · SOCIETE LEMME · BOULANGER PATISSERIE ROBERT | INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 4 | MORAES CHAGAS MARIALINA · VIAND PEYI · DOMTOM IMPORT · STH TRANSPORT-EXPORT GUYANE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 30 | LEE YUN · ZHAN XUYI · DENG YUCHENG · LAW YUK · MAN-KAI | INSEE BPE 30 / INSEE SIRENE 41 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 3 | LEADER PRICE · U KDIS · UNISO | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 2 | PECHERIE LE TREMAIL | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Restaurant | 69 | LES MILLE PATES SARL · SINGAPOUR SARL · SNACK VIOLETA · CRIQUE GABRIELLE | INSEE BPE 69 / INSEE SIRENE 147 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 8 | LE PRIVE · SABOR BRASILEIRO · TAM TAM LE PETIT BEAUBOURG · YANABAR · LE COSMO | INSEE SIRENE 8 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 9 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE ROLAND LUCILE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE EMILE NEZES · ECOLE MATERNELLE MICHEL LOHIER · ECOLE MATERNELLE R.CRESSON · ECOLE MATERNELLE MAXIMILIEN SABA | INSEE BPE 9 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 10 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE EUSTASE RIMANE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE ROLAND LUCILE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE MICHEL LOHIER · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE EMILE NEZES · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE R. CRESSON | INSEE BPE 10 [3] |
| Collège | 4 | COLLEGE HENRI AGARANDE · COLLEGE VICTOR SCHOELCHER · COLLEGE OMEBA TOBO · COLLEGE JOSEPH HO TEN YOU | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 10 | ALAIN FORNET, MÉDECIN · MYRIAM SENES, MÉDECIN · CARLOS CARRERA TELLO, MÉDECIN · BENOIT KOCH, MÉDECIN · JEAN-MARIE DEYA, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 10 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 5 | SELAS PHARMACIE DU BOURG · PHARMACIE DE L ANSE · PHARMACIE DU LAC · PHARMACIE COLIBRI · PHARMACIE DE LA PLACE DES AMERIQUES | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE KOUROU | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | URANIA | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 5 | COLLEGE VICTOR SHOELCHER · ECOLE RAYMOND CRESSON · PLAINE SPORTIVE DE BOIS CHAUDAT · LYCEE GASTON MONNERVILLE · LYCEE PROFESSIONNEL ELIE CASTOR | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 13 | GUYAN'HAIR · EVA COIFFURE · C K R - HAIR & BEAUTY RELOOKING · L ' HAIR EN BEAUTE | INSEE BPE 13 / INSEE SIRENE 24 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 3 | TEXACO · TOTAL · STATION TOTAL | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 6 | LE GROS BEC · HOTEL MERCURE ARIATEL KOUROU · HOTEL ATLANTIS · HOTEL LE BALLAHOU · LA MARINA | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 21 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 25,490 (2012) → 24,824 (2023): -2.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 13,873 (1990) → 24,824 (2023): 78.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 9,463, of which 6.4 % second homes and 10.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Kourou): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Kourou): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]
GP (Kourou): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Kourou): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Kourou): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 242 days a year at or above 30 °C and 0 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the KOUROU PLAGE weather station, 1.1 km away at 3 m; the village itself is at 3 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 92 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at KOUROU PLAGE, 1.1 km away at 3 m, over 29 summers. [9]
An average of 2,572 mm of rain a year, spread over 174 days — about 14.8 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at KOUROU PLAGE, 1.1 km away at 3 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97304/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97304/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97304/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97304/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 97304
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
Villages like this one
Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vichy | 03 | 7,033 km NE | 25,115 | 76.9 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 38 % · humidity 0 % |
| Rodez | 12 | 6,897 km NE | 23,981 | 75.2 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 5 % · humidity 0 % |
| Libourne | 33 | 6,717 km NE | 25,036 | 78.5 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 58 % · humidity 0 % |
| Aurillac | 15 | 6,912 km NE | 26,214 | 80.2 | Well served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 31 % · humidity 0 % |
| Saintes | 17 | 6,729 km NE | 25,363 | 76.3 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 62 % · humidity 0 % |
| Cavaillon | 84 | 7,060 km NE | 25,636 | 76.2 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 35 % · humidity 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libourne | 33 | 6,717 km NE | 25,036 | 78.5 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 58 % · humidity 0 % |
| Saintes | 17 | 6,729 km NE | 25,363 | 76.3 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 62 % · humidity 0 % |
| Rodez | 12 | 6,897 km NE | 23,981 | 75.2 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 5 % · humidity 0 % |
| Aurillac | 15 | 6,912 km NE | 26,214 | 80.2 | Well served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 31 % · humidity 0 % |
| Vichy | 03 | 7,033 km NE | 25,115 | 76.9 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 38 % · humidity 0 % |
| Cavaillon | 84 | 7,060 km NE | 25,636 | 76.2 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 35 % · humidity 0 % |
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…and in much the same climate
The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Kourou's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Lamentin | 972 | 1,394 km NW | 39,400 | 80.6 | Well served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
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