Montsinéry-Tonnegrande
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Commune of Montsinéry-Tonnegrande |
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| Location | |
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| Location of the commune (in red) within French Guiana | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Guyane |
| Department | Guyane |
| Arrondissement | Cayenne |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Centre Littoral |
| Mayor | Fernand Auguste (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Land area¹ | 600 km² |
| Population² (January 2005 census) |
1,677 |
| - Density | 2.8/km² (2005) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 97313/ 97356 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Montsinéry-Tonnegrande is a commune of French Guiana, an overseas région and département of France located in South America.
Montsinéry-Tonnegrande is to the south-west of Cayenne. It contains an Amazon zoo and various walking trails. The town was formerly host to an internment camp for Indochinese prisoners in the 1930s.
The commune was previously known as Tonnegrande-Montsinéry, but on March 27, 1969 the name was officially changed into Montsinéry-Tonnegrande.
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