Bienvenue was a village in southeastern

French Guiana French Guiana ( or ; french: link=no, Guyane ; gcr, label=French Guianese Creole, Lagwiyann ) is an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France on the northern Atlantic ...

in the

Camopi Camopi is a commune of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America. Camopi is mainly inhabited by Amerindians of the Wayampi and Teko tribes. History In 1738, a Jesuit mission opened on the river Oyapo ...

commune, and is located where the Alicorne Creek flows into the river

. The village used to be inhabited by the

Wayampi The Wayampi or Wayãpi are an indigenous people located in the south-eastern border area of French Guiana at the confluence of the rivers Camopi and Oyapock, and the basins of the Amapari and Carapanatuba Rivers in the central part of the state ...

tribe. It is located in a protected zone ( ZNIFF). The village was abandoned in 1950. In 1953, the village was listed as near the site of a gold mine.

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Former populated places in French Guiana Gold mines in French Guiana {{FrenchGuiana-geo-stub