Editing Cayenne (section)

==Main sights==
[[File: Cayenne, Gouvernance.jpg|thumb|[[French Guiana Prefecture Building|Prefecture building]].]]
[[File: Cayenne Fort Cépérou 2013.jpg|thumb|Remains of the [[Fort Cépérou]].]]
Cayenne centres on its main commercial street, the Avenue Général de Gaulle. At the east end of the avenue near the coast is the Place des Palmistes and the Place de Grenoble (also known as the Place Léopold Héder). Most of the official buildings are located in this area: the [[Hôtel de Ville, Cayenne|Hôtel de Ville]] (town hall), the Post Office, the [[French Guiana Prefecture Building|Préfecture]], residence of French Guiana's Préfect, and the Musée Départmental Franconie. To the west of this area lies [[Fort Cépérou]], built in the 17th century, though now mostly in ruins. To the south lie the Place du Coq and Place Victor Schoelcher (named in honour of the anti-slavery activist) and a market. The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1924.<ref>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=jogvDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA27   |title=Kalichat Ti nègre, village chinois|first=Toussaint|last= Lentin|year=2017|publisher=Société des écrivains|isbn=978-2342154764|page=27}}</ref>

To the south of this compact region is the ''Village Chinois'' (known as Chicago), separated from the rest of Cayenne by the Canal Laussat. It has a reputation for being a dangerous area.

Other buildings in the city include [[Cayenne Cathedral]], municipal library, the municipal museum and a museum of French Guianese Culture (Musée des Cultures Guyanaise) and a scientific research institute (IRD or Institut de recherche pour le développement, formerly Orstom). The [[Jardin botanique de Cayenne]] is the city's [[botanical garden]].