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Grand-Santi

Guyane · CC de l'Ouest Guyanais · INSEE 97357

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 40.3/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 3 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Grand-Santi (INSEE 97357) is in Guyane (973), part of CC de l'Ouest Guyanais. Population 9,668 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/97357-grand-santi

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 3 % of the 2,549 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 food0.15253.69
Social0.39207.77
Education0.63106.32
Health0.11101.11
Public & culture0.1150.55
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9654.79

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 3 of 3
Health 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LOME BOULANGERIE). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SUPERMARKET FU). [3,4]

1 × Supermarket (SUPERMARKET FU). [3]

6 × Restaurant (DIKANG RAMON · TACOS DU FLEUVE · LA BELLE EPOQUE DE GUYANE · DEEL ESMENA). [3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE ELIE CASTOR). [3]

4 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ELIE CASTOR · ECOLE PRIMAIRE MONFINA · ECOLE PRIMAIRE APAGUY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE FANKO ATJALI A MI). [3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE ACHMAT KARTADINAMA). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE CHAUVEAU). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Café / bar, GP (médecin généraliste), Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1LOME BOULANGERIEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1SUPERMARKET FUINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Supermarket1SUPERMARKET FUINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant6DIKANG RAMON · TACOS DU FLEUVE · LA BELLE EPOQUE DE GUYANE · DEEL ESMENAINSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 17 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE ELIE CASTORINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)4ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ELIE CASTOR · ECOLE PRIMAIRE MONFINA · ECOLE PRIMAIRE APAGUY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE FANKO ATJALI A MIINSEE BPE 4 [3]
Collège1COLLEGE ACHMAT KARTADINAMAINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE CHAUVEAUINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE 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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 723 2023: 9,668 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 6,029 (2012) → 9,668 (2023): 60.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,786 (1990) → 9,668 (2023): 441.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,871, of which 2.1 % second homes and 10.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

50 km100 kmFood shop — 0.6 km SE (Grand-Santi)Pharmacy — 0.8 km SE (Grand-Santi)Bakery — 25.2 km NE (Grand-Santi)GP — 98.4 km N (Apatou)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.6 km SEPharmacy — 0.8 km SEBakery — 25.2 km NEGP — 98.4 km N 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 (Grand-Santi): 25.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Grand-Santi): 0.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Apatou): 98.4 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Grand-Santi): 0.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Grand-Santi): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Climate

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

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97357/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97357/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97357/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97357/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 97357
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 97360

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
Viry747,421 km NE5,80939.3Few servicesno figures
Maripasoula97381 km SE9,57960.3Servedno figures
Ombrée d'Anjou496,986 km NE8,81365Servedno figures
Donges446,904 km NE8,21950.3Partly servedno figures
Geispolsheim677,622 km NE7,91960.7Servedno figures
Marcheprime336,863 km NE5,69646.8Partly servedno figures
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Maripasoula97381 km SE9,57960.3Servedno figures
Marcheprime336,863 km NE5,69646.8Partly servedno figures
Donges446,904 km NE8,21950.3Partly servedno figures
Ombrée d'Anjou496,986 km NE8,81365Servedno figures
Viry747,421 km NE5,80939.3Few servicesno figures
Geispolsheim677,622 km NE7,91960.7Servedno figures

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Elsewhere

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