Apatou

This modest commune in French Guiana is one of the few places where communities from four distinct Maroon peoples — the Aluku, Paramacca, Ndyuka, and Saramaka — live together, making it an unusual point of contact with cultures descended from escaped enslaved people who built independent societies in the South American interior. The town sits within walking distance of water.

• Population10,059
• Nearest water from center1.2 km
• Nearest mountain from center37.4 km