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Kourou | |
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.jpg)     From top to bottom, left to right: Guiana Space Centre, Sainte-Catherine Church, Dreyfus Tower, the beach of Kourou and the Salvation Islands. | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of the commune (in red) within French Guiana | |
Location of Kourou  | |
| Coordinates: 5°09′35″N 52°39′01″W / 5.1597°N 52.6503°W | |
| Country | France |
| Overseas region and department | French Guiana |
| Arrondissement | Cayenne |
| Intercommunality | CC des Savanes |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | François Ringuet[1] |
Area 1 | 2,160 km2 (830 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 24,612 |
| • Density | 11/km2 (30/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−03:00 |
| INSEE/Postal code | 97304 /97310 |
| Elevation | 2 m (6.6 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Kourou (/kuːˈruː/; French pronunciation: [kuʁu]) is a commune in French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France in South America. Kourou is famous for being the location of the Guiana Space Centre, the main spaceport of France and the European Space Agency (ESA). It is an administrative district in French Guiana and the main town there.
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.