Malmanoury
Former village
CountryFrance
Overseas regionFrench Guiana
ArrondissementCayenne
CommuneSinnamary
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]

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). 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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