Camopi
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Commune of Camopi |
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| Location | |
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| Location of the commune (in red) within French Guiana | |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Guyane |
| Department | Guyane |
| Arrondissement | Cayenne |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de l'Est Guyanais |
| Mayor | Joseph Chanel (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Land area¹ | 10,030 km² |
| Population² (January 2007 census) |
1,469 |
| - Density | 0.1/km² (2007) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 97356/ 97330 |
| 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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Camopi is a commune of French Guiana, an overseas région and département of France located in South America. With a land area of 10,030 km² (3,873 square miles), it is the third-largest commune of France.
The village of Camopi, seat of the commune, lies close to the border with Brazil, near the junction of the Oyapock and Camopi Rivers.
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