Editing Cayenne (section)

{{Short description|Capital city of French Guiana}} 
{{About|the capital of French Guiana}}
{{Distinguish|Cheyenne}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name                   = Cayenne
|native name           = {{nativename|gcr|Kayenn}}
|commune status         = [[Capital city]], [[Prefectures in France|Prefecture]] and [[Communes of France|commune]]
|image                  = {{Photomontage
| photo1a = Cayenne (46853854301).jpg
| photo2a = Cayenne Place des palmistes.jpg
| photo3a = Cayenne, Gouvernance.jpg
| photo3b = La place à coté de l´ancien hopital Jean Martial.jpg
| photo4a = Mairiecayenne.jpg
| size = 255
}}
|caption                = From top to bottom, left to right: View of the Mount and [[Fort Cépérou]], Place des Palmistes, [[French Guiana Prefecture Building]], Place Léoplod-Héder, [[Hôtel de Ville, Cayenne|Hôtel de Ville]]
|image flag             = Flag of Cayenne.svg
|image flag size        = 120
|image coat of arms     = 
|map                    = Locator map of Cayenne 2022.png
|map size               = 270px
|map caption            = Location of the commune (in red) within French Guiana
|arrondissement         = Cayenne
|canton                 =
|INSEE                  = 97302
|postal code            = 97300
|mayor                  = Sandra Trochimara<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}</ref>
|term                   = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality       = [[Communauté d'agglomération du Centre Littoral|CA Centre Littoral]]
|coordinates           = 
{{coord|4.9372|-52.3260|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m            =
|elevation min m        =
|elevation max m        =
|area km2               = 23.60
|population             = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date        = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
|urban area km2         = 206.9
|urban area date        = 2020
|urban pop              = 125,552
|urban pop date         = Jan. 2021<ref name="UU">{{cite web |url=https://statistiques-locales.insee.fr/#bbox=-222288,5230707,185733,112321&c=indicator&i=pop_depuis_1876.pop&s=2021&selcodgeo=9C601&t=A01&view=map12 |title=Statistiques locales - France par unité urbaine - Population municipale (historique depuis 1876)2021 |author=INSEE |author-link=INSEE |access-date=2024-09-25}}</ref>
|population_demonym     = Cayennais
|metro area km2         = 5,087
|metro area date        = 2020
|metro area pop         = 151,103
|metro area pop date    = Jan. 2021<ref name="AAV">{{cite web |url=https://statistiques-locales.insee.fr/#bbox=-222288,5230707,185733,112321&c=indicator&i=pop_depuis_1876.pop&s=2021&selcodgeo=9C1&t=A01&view=map13 |title=Statistiques locales - France par aire d'attraction des villes - Population municipale (historique depuis 1876)2021 |author=INSEE |author-link=INSEE |access-date=2024-09-25}}</ref>
}}

'''Cayenne''' ({{IPAc-en|k|eɪ|ˈ|ɛ|n}};<ref>[http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/cayenne Cayenne] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406143248/http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/cayenne |date=6 April 2016 }}, [[Oxford Dictionaries (website)|Oxford Dictionaries]]</ref> {{IPA|fr|kajɛn|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Jules78120-Cayenne.wav}}; {{langx|gcr|Kayenn}}) is the [[Prefectures in France|prefecture]] and capital city of [[French Guiana]], an [[overseas region]] and [[Overseas department|department]] of France located in South America.  The city stands on a former island at the mouth of the [[Cayenne River]] on the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] coast.  The city's motto is "fert aurum industria", which means "work brings wealth".<ref name="pagesperso-orange.fr">{{cite web |url=http://pagesperso-orange.fr/redris/HTML/Blasons/Cayen.htm |title=page concernant le blason de la ville sur le site page de Redris |publisher=Pagesperso-orange.fr |access-date=13 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226215531/http://pagesperso-orange.fr/redris/HTML/Blasons/Cayen.htm |archive-date=26 December 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> Cayenne is the largest [[Francophone]] city of the [[South America]]n continent.

In the 2021 census, there were 151,103 inhabitants in the metropolitan area of Cayenne (as defined by [[INSEE]]),<ref name="AAV" /> 63,468 of whom lived in the city ([[communes of France|commune]]) of Cayenne proper.<ref name="population">{{cite web| url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8200783?sommaire=8200811&geo=COM-97302#ancre-POP_T1 | title=Population en historique depuis 1968| author=INSEE |access-date=2024-09-25|language=fr| author-link=Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques}}</ref>