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Apatou

Guyane · CC de l'Ouest Guyanais · INSEE 97360

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

Few services 35.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 1 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Apatou (INSEE 97360) is in Guyane (973), part of CC de l'Ouest Guyanais. Population 10,306 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/97360-apatou

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 1 % of the 2,372 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 food0.17254.26
Social0.29205.83
Education0.39103.93
Health0.12101.18
Public & culture0.0650.29
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9954.95

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 3 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 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) (ALMA'S HOUSE). [3,4]

4 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LS ALA SANI · LIU SUIBIAO · SUPER AAPTOU · LS CAROLINA). [3,4]

7 × Restaurant (LE PARASOL · LEMOOD · RESTAURANT CHAMA · MAIMAN WINTJE · RESTFOOD JEMIL). [3,4]

3 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE EDGARD MOUSSA · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE PAAKISELI · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE AGATHE MAIMAN). [3]

4 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LAMBERT AMAYOTA · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE EDGARD MOUSSA · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MOUTENDE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PROVIDENCE). [3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE MA AIYE). [3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DANIELLE RUBY-KLIMCZUK, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE ALNA). [3,4]

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

1 × Fuel station (GBD). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Restaurant.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1ALMA'S HOUSEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)4LS ALA SANI · LIU SUIBIAO · SUPER AAPTOU · LS CAROLINAINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [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]
Restaurant7LE PARASOL · LEMOOD · RESTAURANT CHAMA · MAIMAN WINTJE · RESTFOOD JEMILINSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)3ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE EDGARD MOUSSA · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE PAAKISELI · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE AGATHE MAIMANINSEE BPE 3 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)4ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LAMBERT AMAYOTA · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE EDGARD MOUSSA · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MOUTENDE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PROVIDENCEINSEE BPE 4 [3]
Collège1COLLEGE MA AIYEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1DANIELLE RUBY-KLIMCZUK, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE ALNAINSEE 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station1GBDINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 318 2023: 10,306 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 7,257 (2012) → 10,306 (2023): 42 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 2,451 (1990) → 10,306 (2023): 320.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,768, of which 0.5 % second homes and 0.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 0.5 km NE (Apatou)Bakery — 0.6 km S (Apatou)Pharmacy — 0.6 km S (Apatou)
In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 0.5 km NEBakery — 0.6 km SPharmacy — 0.6 km S 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 (Apatou): 0.6 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Apatou): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]

GP (Apatou): 0.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Apatou): 0.6 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Apatou): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

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 — 97360/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97360/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97360/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97360/logement/2023
  8. 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
Mana97385 km NE10,95744.9Partly servedno figures
Les Hauts-d'Anjou496,948 km NE8,75168.6Servedno figures
Vallet446,871 km NE9,49562.4Servedno figures
Fillière747,356 km NE10,07560.4Servedno figures
Le Vauclin9721,263 km NW8,48369.2Servedno figures
Baugé-en-Anjou496,968 km NE11,71258.7Partly servedno figures
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Mana97385 km NE10,95744.9Partly servedno figures
Le Vauclin9721,263 km NW8,48369.2Servedno figures
Vallet446,871 km NE9,49562.4Servedno figures
Les Hauts-d'Anjou496,948 km NE8,75168.6Servedno figures
Baugé-en-Anjou496,968 km NE11,71258.7Partly servedno figures
Fillière747,356 km NE10,07560.4Servedno figures

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Elsewhere

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