Awala-Yalimapo

Guyane · CC de l'Ouest Guyanais · INSEE 97361

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

Partly served 43.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Awala-Yalimapo (INSEE 97361) is in Guyane (973), part of CC de l'Ouest Guyanais. Population 1,577 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 43.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 11,252 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.74

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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) (WANI'CAKE). ^[3]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI AWALA · PROXI AWALA YALIMAPO). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (REBEKA · SARL LA GRAINE D AWARA · SAS KIYELE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE YAMANALE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (AWALA-YALIMAPO AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MAILANA). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	WANI'CAKE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	PROXI AWALA · PROXI AWALA YALIMAPO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	REBEKA · SARL LA GRAINE D AWARA · SAS KIYELE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE YAMANALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	AWALA-YALIMAPO AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MAILANA	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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

1968: 165 2023: 1,577 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,327 (2012) → 1,577 (2023): 18.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 630 (1990) → 1,577 (2023): 150.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 392, of which 2.6 % second homes and 8.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 11.3 km SGP — 15.5 km SEPharmacy — 29.1 km SW 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 (Awala-Yalimapo): 11.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Mana): 15.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni): 29.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Awala-Yalimapo): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 324.3▸

Days at or below 0 °C 0▸

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 324 days a year at or above 30 °C and 0 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the JAVOUHEY weather station, 17 km away at 25 m; the village itself is at 3 m. ^[11]

An average of 2,029 mm of rain a year, spread over 150 days — about 13.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at AWALA-YALIMAPO, 1.8 km away at 2 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

No price figures: fewer than five comparable sales were registered here between 2021 and 2025. A median of two sales is not a median. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97361/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97361/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97361/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97361/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 97361
INSEE BPE 2025 — 97306
INSEE BPE 2025 — 97311
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Heugas	40	6,642 km NE	1,398	31.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 68 %
Noaillan	33	6,731 km NE	1,717	40.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 16 %
Rivière-Saas-et-Gourby	40	6,638 km NE	1,476	38.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 68 %
Ruminghem	62	7,189 km NE	1,614	40.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 42 %
Lamothe-Montravel	24	6,776 km NE	1,443	34	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 38 %
Saint-Clément	19	6,917 km NE	1,386	38.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 47 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rivière-Saas-et-Gourby	40	6,638 km NE	1,476	38.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 68 %
Heugas	40	6,642 km NE	1,398	31.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 68 %
Noaillan	33	6,731 km NE	1,717	40.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 16 %
Lamothe-Montravel	24	6,776 km NE	1,443	34	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 38 %
Saint-Clément	19	6,917 km NE	1,386	38.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 47 %
Ruminghem	62	7,189 km NE	1,614	40.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 42 %

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Elsewhere

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