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Roura

Small town · 97311 · Guyane

👥 Population

3 449

2023 · INSEE

🏠 Median price /m²

1 083 €

📈 -53% since 2015

💰 Gross yield

15.0 %

rent / purchase price

⚡ Avg. energy rating

—

✅ 0 % energy sieves (F-G) (F-G)

🎯 Score 🏠 Prices 💰 Yield 🚉 Transports 👥 Demo 🏘️ Locatif 🏢 Économie 🎓 Education 📊 IPS ⚠️ Risks 🛡️ Safety 💧 Water 💶 Taxes 📡 Broadband 🏛️ Heritage 🏪 Facilities

🎯 Investment score Good

Roura — Score 71/100.

💰 Yield94

🌳 Quality of life47

📊 Dynamism51

💸 Affordability83

🛡️ Safety86

⚡ Energy rating50

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🏠 Property prices

DVF · 14 Transactions · Roura

🏡 House /m²

1 083 €

📋 Transactions

📈 Price per m² evolution (2020 — 2024)

📊 Annual transaction volume

📊 Nearby municipalities

City	Apt.	House	Trans.	Pop.
Cayenne	2 939 €	2 637 €	412	62 675
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	2 361 €	3 100 €	40	54 429
Matoury	2 355 €	2 031 €	70	36 512
Remire-Montjoly	4 732 €	4 932 €	378	27 723
Kourou	2 278 €	2 372 €	115	24 824
Macouria	4 250 €	1 928 €	67	19 899

💰 Rental yield

Calculated from DVF prices and observed rents

🏠 Average rent

13.52 €/m²

monthly

💰 Gross yield

15.0 %

⏳ Payback period

6.7 years

🏘️ Rental market & tension

INSEE Housing Stock 2021 · Pinel ABC zoning · Tense areas

🏠 Main residences

76.6 %

🏖️ Secondary homes

4.8 %

🚪 Vacant homes

18.6 %

🏢 Apartments

9.3 %

83.6 % houses

🎯 Pinel zoneⓘOfficial Pinel zoning. A Bis = very high tension (Paris, French Riviera), A = high tension (metropolises), B1 = moderate, B2 = low, C = relaxed market.

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.

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.

71.740 %

Global rate 2024

🌾 Property tax (unbuilt)ⓘMunicipal property tax rate on unbuilt properties (TFNB): land, fields, forests.

115.630 %

🏘️ Housing tax

40.550 %

Secondary homes

🗑️ Waste collection taxⓘTEOM — Household Waste Collection Tax. Applied by the municipality or intermunicipality to finance waste collection and treatment.

14.560 %

🏢 CFE

2.53 %

👥 Demographics

API Geo + INSEE

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Inhabitants

3 449

2023

📐 Area

3686.01 km²

1 inh/km²

📊 Median age

34.5 yrs

42.1% under 30

💼 Activity rate

72.8 %

ages 15-64

📉 Unemployment rate

15.8 %

2021 census

🏢 Local economy & dynamism

SIRENE · INSEE

🏢 Active businesses

1 003

SIRENE database 2026

✨ 2024 creations

-22.6% vs 2023

📊 2023 creations

💼 Economic density

291

Businesses / 1,000 pop.

🚉 Transport & accessibility

SNCF Open Data · INSEE Urban Areas 2020

🚆 Nearest train station

Hendaye

À 6580.83 km · Segment B

🏙️ Urban attraction areaⓘUrban Attraction Areas (INSEE 2020): municipal classification based on commuting relationships with urban hubs. Main hub / secondary / suburban crown / outside.

Cayenne

Suburban crown

🏛️ IntercommunalityⓘEPCI — Public Establishment for Intermunicipal Cooperation. Community of communes, agglomeration, urban or metropolitan community grouping the municipality with its neighbors.

CA du Centre Littoral

EPCI

📍 Rail access

Poor

Station distance

🎓 Education

National Education API

📚 Schools

🏫 Middle schools

🎓 High schools

—

🎯 Brevet exam (2021)ⓘBrevet (DNB) — French middle school exam. The rate shown is the average across public and private middle schools in the municipality, latest published session.

78.6 %

Average pass rate · 1 middle school

📊 Niveau social des établissements

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

🏫 Middle school IPS

Middle school	Sector	IPS
COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT PAUL	privé sous contrat	87.9

🏪 Amenities & services

BPE · INSEE

📋 Services_publics

📋 Commerce

📋 Enseignement

🏥 Sante

⚽ Sport

🎭 Culture

🛡️ Safety

SSMSI · SSMSI · Ministry of the Interior

Indicator	Incidents	Rate ‰	Nat. average	Gap
Vols sans violence contre des personnes	17	4.90 ‰	7.3 ‰	-33 % vs moy.
Violences physiques hors cadre familial	10	2.90 ‰	4.0 ‰	-28 % vs moy.
Cambriolages de logement	8	5.60 ‰	7.5 ‰	-25 % vs moy.
Destructions et dégradations volontaires	7	2.00 ‰	7.2 ‰	-72 % vs moy.