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Ouanary

Guyane · CC de l'Est Guyanais · INSEE 97314

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 26.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 89 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ouanary (INSEE 97314) is in Guyane (973), part of CC de l'Est Guyanais. Population 150 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/97314-ouanary

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 89 % of the 14,109 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.954.51

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 of 3
Lodging 0 of 2
One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE OUANARY). [3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (OUANARY AP). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE OUANARYINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1OUANARY APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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

1968: 157 peak 2017: 200 2023: 150 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 124 (2012) → 150 (2023): 21 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 82 (1990) → 150 (2023): 82.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 41, of which 4.9 % second homes and 22 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

50 km100 kmBakery — 37.9 km SW (Saint-Georges)GP — 38.0 km S (Saint-Georges)Food shop — 38.1 km S (Saint-Georges)Pharmacy — 92.7 km NW (Roura)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 37.9 km SWGP — 38.0 km SFood shop — 38.1 km SPharmacy — 92.7 km NW Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Saint-Georges): 37.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Georges): 38.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]

GP (Saint-Georges): 38 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Roura): 92.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Ouanary): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Climate

No climate figures: the nearest weather station is more than 20 km away, too far to describe this commune.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97314/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97314/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97314/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97314/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 97308
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 97310
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 97314

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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Castagnède316,729 km NE17220Few servicesno figures
Magneux527,261 km NE15016.9No daily shopsno figures
Bagnot217,202 km NE15420.4Few servicesno figures
Jasseines107,218 km NE15517.9No daily shopsno figures
Préchac-sur-Adour326,683 km NE19719.4No daily shopsno figures
Maizières-lès-Brienne107,229 km NE15518.2No daily shopsno figures
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Préchac-sur-Adour326,683 km NE19719.4No daily shopsno figures
Castagnède316,729 km NE17220Few servicesno figures
Bagnot217,202 km NE15420.4Few servicesno figures
Jasseines107,218 km NE15517.9No daily shopsno figures
Maizières-lès-Brienne107,229 km NE15518.2No daily shopsno figures
Magneux527,261 km NE15016.9No daily shopsno figures

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