Coordinates: 5°29′26″N 54°02′15″W / 5.49063°N 54.03737°W / 5.49063; -54.03737

La Charbonnière

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La Charbonnière
Sabonye
Neighbourhood
La Charbonnière is located in French Guiana
La Charbonnière
La Charbonnière
Location in French Guiana
Coordinates: 5°29′26″N 54°02′15″W / 5.49063°N 54.03737°W / 5.49063; -54.03737
CountryFrance
Overseas regionFrench Guiana
CitySaint-Laurent-du-Maroni

La Charbonnière (Sranan Tongo: Sabonye[1]) is a neighbourhood of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana. The neighbourhood is mainly populated by Maroons.[2] La Charbonnière was created in 1989 to house Surinamese refugees, and to resettle the inhabitants of the shanty towns.[3] It is located between the ferry to Albina and the village of Balaté.[3]

Overview

In 1950, Maroons of the Aluku tribe settled on the banks of the Maroni River near Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni. The first village was called Pikin Agoodé (Little Agoodé) after their village of origin.[4]

The Surinamese Interior War, which was fought between 1986 and 1992, resulted in refugees crossing the border between Suriname and French Guiana. In 1989, a refugee camp was built in La Charbonnière to house the refugees. Originally the camp was home to 1,144 people.[5]

In 1989, construction started on a new neighbourhood to house both the refugees, and the inhabitants of the shanty towns. During the 1990s, the settlements on the river bank were demolished.[3] The neighbourhood consists of triangular houses modelled after the huts inhabited by the Maroons.[6] The relocation to public housing had limited success, because later new shanty towns emerged on the outskirts of the city. In 2020, INSEE counted six shanty towns with a maximum population estimate of 9,000 people.[7]

Pirogues on the beach of la Charbonnière.

La Charbonnière has become a tourist attraction, and is one of the busiest parts of the city.[8] Because French Guiana is part of France, and the European Union, the prices for consumer goods are significantly higher than in Suriname.[9] One of the attractions of La Charbonnière is the sale of smuggled goods at lower prices.[10] On 20 April 2020, the illegally constructed stalls and shops were removed, because they violated COVID-19 regulations.[8]

References

  1. ^ Charbonnière 2007, p. 1.
  2. ^ "Meurtre à la Charbonnière : un homme s'est rendu aux gendarmes de Saint-Laurent". Profession Gendarme (in French). Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Charbonnière 2007, p. 5.
  4. ^ Charbonnière 2007, p. 3.
  5. ^ Wim Hoogbergen & Thomas Polimé (2002). "Oostelijk Suriname 1986-2002". OSO. Tijdschrift voor Surinaamse taalkunde, letterkunde en geschiedenis (in Dutch). p. 227. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  6. ^ Clémence Léobal. "Social Housing in Postcolonial Contexts". Metro Politics. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Concentration des difficultés dans les quartiers urbains périphériques et à Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni" (PDF). Blada (in French). December 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  8. ^ a b "A Saint-Laurent du Maroni, une opération de destruction de carbets sauvages a été menée à la Charbonnière". France TV Info (in French). 20 April 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  9. ^ Hoefte, Rosemarijn; Oostindie, Gert (2015). In and Out of Suriname (PDF). Caribbean Series 34. p. 71. ISBN 978-90-04-28011-3. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  10. ^ "6,2 tonnes de marchandises alimentaires illicites saisies". Blada. Retrieved 6 March 2021.

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