Papaïchton

Commune française
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mapcaption=Location of the commune (in red) within French Guiana
région=Guyane
département=Guyane | arrondissement=Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
canton= Canton de Maripasoula
insee=97362
cp=97316
maire= Joseph Ateni
mandat= 2001-2008
intercomm= Communauté de communes de l'Ouest Guyanais
latitude = 3.807034978149016
longitude = -54.1494889499536
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alt maxi=
hectares= 262 800
km²= 2,628
sans=1,508
date-sans=January 2004 census
dens=0.6
date-dens=2004|

Papaïchton (the official spelling is Papaichton, but the spelling with a trema is the most frequent) is a French commune in the overseas "région" and "département" of French Guiana. The village lies on the shores of the rver Maroni, which used to be the only way to access the village.Fact|date=December 2007

The village which is the seat of the commune was named Papaïchton-Pompidouville in honour of the president Pompidou.

Papaïchton is home to some of the Aluku people.

History

*1895 : The village is said to have been founded by "granman Ochi".
*1930 : Creation of the territory of Inini, administrative division including Papaïchton
*1946 : Departmentalisation of French Guiana, and the territory of Inini becomes an arrondissement
*1968 : Creation of a municipal circle in Grand-Santi-Papaïchton
*1969 : Municipal circles transformed into communes
*1976 : Separation of the communes of Apatou and Grand-Santi-Papaïchton
*1993 : Separation of the communes of Grand-Santi and Papaïchton.

Incident at Loka

Loka is a hamlet in the commune of Papaïchton. In April 2006, 14 people of te same family, including 12 children, were found dead, believed to be caused by carbon monoxide poisoning. [fr icon http://www.rfi.fr/actufr/articles/076/article_43224.asp]

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