Bélizon () is a village in

French Guiana French Guiana, or Guyane in French, is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France located on the northern coast of South America in the Guianas and the West Indies. Bordered by Suriname to the west ...

. In 1952, a 150 kilometer track was constructed between Saül via Bélizon to the road leading to

Cayenne Cayenne (; ; ) 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 Caye ...

by the Guinese Mining Bureau in order to develop the

gold mine Gold mining is the extraction of gold by mining. Historically, mining gold from alluvial deposits used manual separation processes, such as gold panning. The expansion of gold mining to ores that are not on the surface has led to more comple ...

at Saül. The cost of the track was more expensive than the gold, and was abandoned in 1960. The route is used by illegal gold prospectors, and therefore a guard post has been set up at Bélizon in 2012. The ''

Clausirion bicolor ''Clausirion bicolor'' is a species of longhorn beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Galileo and Martins in 2000. It is endemic to Bélizon, French Guiana where it flies from August to September. It is long and have black colo ...

'' and ''

Adiposphaerion ''Adiposphaerion'' is a genus of longhorn beetles in the tribe Elaphidiini, containing a single species, ''Adiposphaerion rubrum'', described my Martins and Napp in 1992. It is endemic to Bélizon, French Guiana and has a red body with black legs ...

'' are endemic to Bélizon.

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