The Communauté de communes de l'Ouest guyanais (CCOG) is a communauté de communes, an intercommunal structure in the French département d'outre-mer of French Guiana. It was created in 1995, and its seat is Mana.CC de l'Ouest Guyanais (N° SIREN : 249730037), BANATIC, accessed 17 October 2024. Its area is 40,945 km2, and its population was 94,677 in 2018.Comparateur de territoire, INSEE, accessed 8 April 2022.
Composition The CCOG is composed of the eight westernmost communes of French Guiana:Intercommunalité : Communauté de communes de L'Ouest Guyanais, INSEE
+List of communes of the Communauté de communes de l'Ouest guyanaisNameINSEE codeDemonymArea (km2)Population (2017)Density (per km2)Mana (Seat)97306Mananais6,332.610,8941.7Apatou973602,0209,2414.6Awala-Yalimapo97361187.41,4117.5Grand-Santi973572,1237,9183.7Papaichton973622,6286,6682.5Maripasoula97353Maripasouliens18,36013,2270.72Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni97311Saint-Laurentins4,83042,6128.8Saül973524,4751520.03
Administration The communauté de communes is led by an indirectly elected President along with a bureau communautaire composed of 9 Vice-Presidents. The president and vice-presidents are chosen by the conseil communautaire of the CCOG composed of 31 communal delegates.
President +List of presidents of the Communauté de communes de l'Ouest guyanaisIn officeNamePartyCapacityRef.19952018Georges PatientDVGMayor of Mana (1989–2017)20012018Léon BertrandRPR then UMPMaire de Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni (1983–2018)2018presentSophie CharlesDVDMaire de Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni (2018–present)
Elected members The Communauté de communes de l'Ouest guyanais is governed by an elected council composed of 31 councillors from each of its 8 communes. The number of council seats each commune receives is proportional based upon their population as follows:
13 delegates for Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni 4 delegates for each of Mana and Maripasoula 3 delegates for each of Grand-Santi and Apatou 2 delegates for Papaichton 1 delegate for each of Awala-Yalimapo and Saül
Administrative seat The administrative seat of the Communauté de communes de l'Ouest guyanais is located in Mana at 2 rue Bruno Aubert.
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