Malmanoury

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Malmanoury
Former village
Country France
Overseas region French Guiana
Arrondissement Cayenne
Commune Sinnamary
Historical population
YearPop.
1962264 [1]
19640 [2]

Malmanoury was a village in the Sinnamary commune of French Guiana. The village was abandoned in 1964 for the construction of the Guiana Space Centre, and its inhabitants were relocated. [2]

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History

Archaeological excavation of the village discovered that it had been inhabited as early as the 17th century. [3] Malmanoury was mainly inhabited by Créoles in the 1960s, however the village began as an Amerindian settlement. [4] The houses of the village were mainly located along the road between Kourou and Sinnamary. Malmanoury and the hamlet of Renner had a population of 264 people in 1962. The economy of the village was based on agriculture, and dairy farming. The village had a school, a police station, and a church. [1]

In 1964, the land was expropriated to make way for the Guiana Space Centre. [5] The construction of the Soyuz Launch Complex triggered protests from the former residents. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "1962". Ville Sinnamary (in French). Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  2. 1 2 Marianne Palisse. "Villages amérindiens et petites habitations créoles à Sinnamary et Iracoubo". Une Saison en Guyane (in French). Archived from the original on 28 May 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  3. 1 2 Gorman 2007, p. 160.
  4. ↑ Gorman 2007, p. 161.
  5. ↑ Gorman 2007, p. 157.

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