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Apatou

Medium city · 97317 · Guyane

👥 Population
10 306
2023 · INSEE
🏠 Median price /m²
📈 0% since 2015
💰 Gross yield
None %
rent / purchase price
⚡ Avg. energy rating
✅ 0 % energy sieves (F-G) (F-G)
🎯 Investment score Average

Apatou — Score 58/100.

58
💰 Yield50
🌳 Quality of life0
📊 Dynamism100
💸 Affordability50
🛡️ Safety100
⚡ Energy rating50
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🏘️ Rental market & tension

INSEE Housing Stock 2021 · Pinel ABC zoning · Tense areas

🏠 Main residences
99.2 %
🏖️ Secondary homes
0.7 %
🚪 Vacant homes
0.1 %
🏢 Apartments
3.3 %
95.3 % houses
🎯 Pinel zoneOfficial Pinel zoning. A Bis = very high tension (Paris, French Riviera), A = high tension (metropolises), B1 = moderate, B2 = low, C = relaxed market.
B1
Moderate tension
⚖️ Tense area (ALUR law)Tense area under article 232 of the French Tax Code (CGI) / ALUR law. Enables rent control and applies the vacant housing tax.
No
Free rents

💶 Local taxation

REI · DGFIP · Exercice 2024

🏠 Property tax (built)Municipal property tax rate on built properties (TFB). Applied to the cadastral rental value to calculate the owner's annual property tax.
73.430 %
Global rate 2024
🌾 Property tax (unbuilt)Municipal property tax rate on unbuilt properties (TFNB): land, fields, forests.
117.300 %
🏘️ Housing tax
44.150 %
Secondary homes
🗑️ Waste collection taxTEOM — Household Waste Collection Tax. Applied by the municipality or intermunicipality to finance waste collection and treatment.
24.900 %
🌾 Land tax (unbuilt) REI
2.34 %
🏢 CFE
3.28 %

👥 Demographics

API Geo + INSEE

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Inhabitants
10 306
2023
📐 Area
2154.77 km²
5 inh/km²
📊 Median age
18.0 yrs
72.0% under 30
💼 Activity rate
39.8 %
ages 15-64
📉 Unemployment rate
75.9 %
2021 census

🏢 Local economy & dynamism

SIRENE · INSEE

🏢 Active businesses
324
SIRENE database 2026
✨ 2024 creations
40
+25.0% vs 2023
📊 2023 creations
32
💼 Economic density
31
Businesses / 1,000 pop.

🚉 Transport & accessibility

SNCF Open Data · INSEE Urban Areas 2020

🚆 Nearest train station
Hendaye
À 6669.18 km · Segment B
🏙️ Urban attraction areaUrban Attraction Areas (INSEE 2020): municipal classification based on commuting relationships with urban hubs. Main hub / secondary / suburban crown / outside.
Commune hors attraction des villes
Outside urban area
🏛️ IntercommunalityEPCI — Public Establishment for Intermunicipal Cooperation. Community of communes, agglomeration, urban or metropolitan community grouping the municipality with its neighbors.
CC de l'Ouest Guyanais
EPCI
📍 Rail access
Poor
Station distance

📊 Niveau social des établissements

Indicateur Éducation nationale du milieu social des élèves (moyenne nationale ≈ 103). Plus élevé = plus favorisé.

🏫 Middle school IPS
Middle schoolSectorIPS
COLLEGE MA AIYEpublic52.8

🏪 Amenities & services

BPE · INSEE

📋 Services_publics
18
📋 Commerce
5
📋 Enseignement
9
🏥 Sante
6
⚽ Sport
5
🎭 Culture
1

🛡️ Safety

SSMSI · SSMSI · Ministry of the Interior

IndicatorIncidentsRate ‰Nat. averageGap
Violences physiques hors cadre familial343.30 ‰4.0 ‰-18 % vs moy.
Violences physiques intrafamiliales171.60 ‰4.2 ‰-62 % vs moy.
Violences sexuelles111.10 ‰2.4 ‰-54 % vs moy.
Destructions et dégradations volontaires90.90 ‰7.2 ‰-88 % vs moy.
Vols sans violence contre des personnes80.80 ‰7.3 ‰-89 % vs moy.

⚠️ Natural and technological risks

Géorisques API · 4 risks identified

Feu de forêt
Par une crue à débordement lent de cours d'eau
Transport de marchandises dangereuses
Inondation

📡 Digital coverage

ARCEP

📶 Ultra-fast broadband
100.0 %

💧 Drinking water quality

API Hub'Eau · 5 767 analyses · SOCIETE GUYANAISE DES EAUX

⚗️ Physicochemistry
✅ Compliant
📋 analyses
5 767

🎯 Municipalities with a similar score

Same region, score close to

📍 Nearby municipalities

Nearest geographically

CityDistanceScorePop.
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni 23.5 km 50/100 54 429
Mana 60.7 km 48/100 10 957

❓ Frequently asked questions about Apatou

Is Apatou a good real estate investment?

Apatou has a ScorCity score of 58/100, making it an interesting investment.

What are the natural risks in Apatou?

4 risks are identified in Apatou: Feu de forêt, Par une crue à débordement lent de cours d'eau, Transport de marchandises dangereuses.