Maripasoula

Identity

Maripasoula (INSEE 97353) is in Guyane (973), part of CC de l'Ouest Guyanais. Population 9,579 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/97353-maripasoula

Vitality score

Vitality score 60.3/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: low (sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette); sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 68 % of the 2,575 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.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PATISSERIE DEWANE · LENVIE GOURMANDE · CHEZ BENJAMIN). ^[3,4]

3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (G.M SARL · ELIANA · SOPHIE MARKET). ^[3,4]

15 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DE LA MONTAGNE · ASA FITI · BRON AIRES · SNACL LULU · LES DELICES D'AMAZONIE). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE PEPS BAR · ELITE BAR MAPA). ^[4]

2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE ANTOINE ABIENSO · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE ALEXANDRE DUPLESSIS). ^[3]

9 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ALEXIS JONAS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE TWENKE-TALUWEN · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE CAYODE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE D'ELAHE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE ANTECUM PATA). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE GRAN MAN DIFOU). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

2 × Post office / agence postale (TALUHEN AP · LA POSTE). ^[3]

2 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE SAMUEL BILL MAUSEL ESPLANADE DE LA MAIRIE · POINT LECTURE DE TALUEN). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE DU COLLEGE GRAN MAN DIFOU · GYMNASE MUNICIPAL). ^[3]

2 × Hotel (CHEZ DEDE · HOTEL CELIA). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, GP (médecin généraliste). ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 9,970 (2012) → 9,579 (2023): -3.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,748 (1990) → 9,579 (2023): 448 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,694, of which 4.4 % second homes and 13.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Maripasoula): 0.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Maripasoula): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Apatou): 172.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Grand-Santi): 80.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Maripasoula): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 341 days a year at or above 30 °C and 0 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MARIPASOULA weather station, 0.1 km away at 106 m; the village itself is at 95 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 91 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MARIPASOULA, 0.1 km away at 106 m, over 25 summers. ^[11]

An average of 2,415 mm of rain a year, spread over 211 days — about 11.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MARIPASOULA, 0.1 km away at 106 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97353/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97353/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97353/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97353/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 97353
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 97360
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 97357
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024