Remire-Montjoly Population and Area (French Guiana)

Remire-Montjoly: Population and Area

With 28,068 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Remire-Montjoly is the 315^th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 4^th most populous in the French Guiana department, out of 22 communes. It covers 46 km² (1,462^nd largest area in France, 21^st largest in the department), with a population density of 609 inhabitants per km², or 5.6 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 1,541^st in France for density.

Remire-Montjoly is located in the French Guiana department (973), in the French Guiana region, where it ranks 4^th by population out of 22 communes. The most populous town in the French Guiana department is Cayenne (62,951 inhabitants); the department is home to 296,053 people over 83,534 km².

See the full ranking of communes in the French Guiana department and the regional ranking: largest city in French Guiana.

Towns of similar size in the French Guiana department: Cayenne (pop. 62,951), Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni (pop. 54,718), Matoury (pop. 36,694), Kourou (pop. 25,026), Macouria (pop. 20,050), Mana (pop. 11,076).

Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 97309. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.