{{short description|Commune in French Guiana, France}} {{Infobox French commune |name = Remire-Montjoly |commune status = Commune |image = Plages de Rémire-Montjoly - Guyane.JPG |caption = Rémire-Montjoly beach |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Remire-Montjoly (Guyane).svg |map size = 220px |adjustable map = Locator map of Remire-Montjoly 2022.png |map caption = Location of the commune (in red) within French Guiana |arrondissement = Cayenne |INSEE = 97309 |postal code = 97354 |mayor = Claude Plénet<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}</ref> |term = 2020–2026 |intercommunality = CA Centre Littoral |coordinates = {{coord|4.905|-52.2767|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = |elevation min m = |elevation max m = |area km2 = 46.11 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }}
'''Remire-Montjoly''' ({{IPA|fr|ʁemiʁ mɔ̃ʒɔli}}; often unofficially spelled '''Rémire-Montjoly'''; {{langx|gcr|label=French Guianese Creole|Rémir-Monjoli}}) is a commune of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located on the northeast coast of South America.
Remire-Montjoly is a suburb of Cayenne, the capital ''préfecture'' and largest city of French Guiana. It is located to the south-east of Cayenne. Residential districts are located along some of the best beaches in the Cayenne area.<ref name="fier"/>
Cayenne and French Guiana's main seaport, the port of Dégrad des Cannes, is located in the commune of Remire-Montjoly, on the estuary of the river Mahury. Almost all of French Guiana's imports and exports pass through the port of Dégrad des Cannes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.marfret.fr/ports/degrad-des-cannes/|title=Dégrad des Cannes|website=Marfret|access-date=7 June 2020|language=fr}}</ref>
==History== The name of the town Remire, formerly Armire, is of Galibi origin. The town was founded in October 1652 by missionaires. In 1656, Dutch Jews who had fled from Pernambuco, Brazil settled in Remire and built a sugar factory. Most of them left for Suriname when the French retook the area. In 1666, the Jesuits settled in the town, and started a sugar plantation. In 1765, the possessions of the Jesuits were ceased, and Remira became a tiny village in the shadow of Cayenne once more. In 1879, Remire was elevated to a community with its own mayor.<ref name="official">{{cite web|url=http://www.remire-montjoly.fr/tourisme-et-decouverte/histoire/historique-de-remire-montjoly/|title=Historique de Remire-Montjoly|access-date=7 June 2020|website=Remire-Montjoly|language=fr|archive-date=2 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702114026/http://www.remire-montjoly.fr/tourisme-et-decouverte/histoire/historique-de-remire-montjoly/|url-status=dead}}</ref> After the eruption of Mount Pelée in 1902, many people from Martinique settled in the town.<ref name="fier">{{cite web|url=http://www.fierdetreguyanais.com/tourisme/remire-montjoly-histoire-dune-commune/|title=Remire-Montjoly, historie d'une commune|access-date=7 June 2020|language=fr}}</ref>
The commune was originally called Remire, but on 27 March 1969 the name was officially changed to Remire-Montjoly to reflect the development of Montjoly, one of the two settlements located within the commune. With urban expansion, the settlements of Remire and Montjoly have fused with Cayenne into a single urban area,<ref name="petit">{{cite web|url=https://www.petitfute.com/d187-cayenne-et-ses-environs/|title=Guide de Cayenne et ses environs |website=Petit Futé|access-date=7 June 2020|language=fr}}</ref> however Remire-Montjoly remains a commune that is administered separately from the commune of Cayenne.<ref name="official"/>
==Population==
{{Historical populations | align = none | cols = 1 | percentages = pagr | source = INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=COM-97309#tableau-POPREF_G1 Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023], INSEE</ref> | graph-pos = right |1967 |2062 |1974 |2950 |1982 |6773 |1990 |11701 |1999 |15555 |2007 |18511 |2012 |20689 |2017 |25122 |2023 |27723 }}
==Fort Diamant== {{anchor|Fort Diamant}} thumb|left|Fort Diamant Fort Diamant is a coastal battery built in 1848 to protect Cayenne and the colony.<ref name="official"/> The fort was built from basalt rubble and bricks and consists of three parts in a V-shape. The walls are two metres thick.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.alluringworld.com/fort-diamant/ |title=Fort Diamant|website=Alluring world|access-date=14 April 2021}}</ref> Fort Diamant was classified as a historic monument in 1980, and renovated.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.alluringworld.com/fort-diamant/|title=Fort Diamant|access-date=7 June 2020|website=Alluring World}}</ref>
==Nature== Salines de Montjoly is a former saltworks and protected area in the commune. It is located in the urban area near the Atlantic Ocean, and contains a multitude of biomes like a beach used by sea turtles for nesting, and wetlands which are a refuge for birds. It also contains the only publicly accessible mangrove forest of French Guiana.<ref name="cen">{{cite web|url=http://cen-guyane.fr/espaces/salines-montjoly/|title=Bienvenue sur le site du Conservatoire d'Espaces Naturels de Guyane|website=Conservatoire d'Espaces Naturels de Guyane|access-date=14 April 2021|language=fr|archive-date=6 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306042141/http://cen-guyane.fr/espaces/salines-montjoly/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Sports== Remire-Montjoly is home to ASC Rémire football team who play at the Stade Municipal Dr. Edmard Lama.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/teams/french-guyana/asc-remire/16495/ |title=ASC Remire|website=Soccer Way|access-date=5 September 2020}}</ref>
==Notable people== * Loïc Prévot (born 1998), sprinter<ref>{{cite news|url=https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/guyane/loic-prevot-est-nouveau-champion-france-espoir-du-400-m-609227.html|title=Loïc Prévot est le nouveau champion de France espoir du 400 m |website=France TV Info|access-date=13 March 2021|language=fr}}</ref>
==See also== *Communes of French Guiana *Dégrad des Cannes, the main harbour of French Guiana *Résidence Arc-en-ciel, a village in the commune
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==External links== * [http://www.remire-montjoly.fr/ Official site] (in French) {{commons category|position=left}}
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