Saint-Georges, French Guiana 2490555 219261726 2008-06-14T10:54:50Z M-le-mot-dit 2665896 nav template {{French commune|nomcommune=Saint-Georges| map_size=220px| adjustable_map =saint-georges-oyapock.PNG| mapcaption=Location of the commune (in red) within French Guiana| région=[[French Guiana|Guyane]] | département=[[French Guiana|Guyane]]| arrondissement=Cayenne| canton=| insee=97308| cp=97313| maire=Georges Elfort| mandat= 2001-2008| intercomm=[[Communauté de communes de l'Est Guyanais]]| latitude = 3.888862598620944 | longitude = -51.80122280146934| alt moy=| alt mini= | alt maxi= | km²=2,320| sans=3,605| date-sans=January 2007 census| dens=1.6| date-dens=2007|}} '''Saint-Georges''' (sometimes unofficially called '''Saint-Georges-de-l'Oyapock''') is a [[Communes of France|commune]] of [[French Guiana]], an [[overseas region|overseas ''région'']] and [[Overseas department|''département'']] of [[France]] located in [[South America]]. It lies on the [[Oyapock River]] (which forms the border with [[Brazil]]), opposite the Brazilian town of [[Oiapoque]]. The town contains a town hall, a [[French Foreign Legion]] detachment and some hotels (the main ones being Le Tamarin, Coz Calè and the Chez Modestine). An [[Pavement (material)#Asphalt paving|asphalted]] road from Saint-Georges to [[Régina]] was opened in [[2004]], completing the road from [[Cayenne]] (the ''[[Prefectures in France|préfecture]]'' and largest city of French Guiana) to the Brazilian border and ending the isolation of Saint-Georges. It is now possible to drive on a fully paved road from [[Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni]] on the [[Suriname]]se border to Saint-Georges on the Brazilian border. Following an international treaty between France and Brazil signed in July [[2005]], a bridge over the Oyapock River is currently being built and is due to open in [[2010]]. This bridge will be the first land crossing ever opened between France and Brazil, and indeed between French Guiana and the rest of the world (there exists no other bridge crossing the Oyapock River, and no bridge crossing the [[Maroni River]] marking the border with Suriname). When the bridge is opened, it will be possible to drive uninterrupted from Cayenne to [[Macapá]], the capital of the state of [[Amapá]] in Brazil. ==External links== *[http://www.geocities.com/kouroufrenchguiana/sites/saint-georges_de_l_oyapock.html Images of St Georges de l'Oyapock] [[Category:Communes of Guyane]] {{Guyane communes}} {{FrenchGuiana-geo-stub}} There appears to be a small car ferry operating across the river. The contact number for the ferry operator(Luiz) is given as +559699617608 [[de:Saint-Georges (Französisch-Guayana)]] [[fr:Saint-Georges-de-l'Oyapock]] [[it:Saint-Georges-de-l'Oyapock]] [[pl:Saint-Georges-de-l'Oyapock]] [[pt:São Jorge do Oiapoque]]