The Communauté de communes de l'Ouest guyanais (CCOG) is a ''

communauté de communes A ''communauté de communes'' (, "community of communes") is a federation of municipalities (communes) in France. It forms a framework within which local tasks are carried out together. It is the least-integrated form of ''intercommunalité'' (in ...

'', an intercommunal structure in the French

département d'outre-mer The overseas departments and regions of France (french: départements et régions d'outre-mer, ; ''DROM'') are departments of France that are outside metropolitan France, the European part of France. They have exactly the same status as mainlan ...

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 ...

. It was created in 1995, and its seat is

Mana According to Melanesian and Polynesian mythology, ''mana'' is a supernatural force that permeates the universe. Anyone or anything can have ''mana''. They believed it to be a cultivation or possession of energy and power, rather than being a ...

.CC de l'Ouest Guyanais (N° SIREN : 249730037)
BANATIC, accessed 8 April 2022. 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 An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, relig ...

of French Guiana:

Administration

The ''

'' is led by an

indirectly elected An indirect election or ''hierarchical voting'' is an election in which voters do not choose directly among candidates or parties for an office (direct voting system), but elect people who in turn choose candidates or parties. It is one of the old ...

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

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 Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni (; gcr, Senloran di Maronni) is a commune of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America. Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni is one of the three sub-prefectures of French Guiana and the seat ...

* 4 delegates for each of

and

Maripasoula Maripasoula, previously named Upper Maroni, is a commune of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America. With a land area of , Maripasoula is the largest commune of France. Geography The Lawa and Maroni ...

* 3 delegates for each of

Grand-Santi Grand-Santi is a commune of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America. Most of the inhabitants are Ndyuka Maroons and Surinamese immigrants. History The commune was originally called Grand-Santi-Pa ...

and

Apatou Apatou is a commune in French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France in South America. Apatou is home to Maroons of the Aluku, Paramacca, Ndyuka, and Saramaka tribes. History The town of Apatou was founded in 1882 as Moutendé. ...

* 2 delegates for

Papaichton Papaichton (unofficial spelling Papaïchton with a trema) is a commune in the overseas region and department of French Guiana. The village lies on the shores of the Lawa River. Papaichton is served by the Maripasoula Airport. The village whic ...

* 1 delegate for each of

Awala-Yalimapo Awala-Yalimapo () is a commune on the north coast of French Guiana, close to the border with Suriname. The seat of the commune is the settlement of Awala where the town hall is located. Other settlements in the commune are: Yalimapo, Ayawande, a ...

and Saül

Administrative seat

The administrative seat of the ''Communauté de communes de l'Ouest guyanais'' is located in

at 2 rue Bruno Aubert.

References

{{Authority control Ouest guyanais Intercommunalities of French Guiana