Malmanoury

Archaeological excavation of the village discovered that it had been inhabited as early as the 17th century.^[3] Malmanoury was mainly inhabited by Créoles in the 1960s, however the village began as an Amerindian settlement.^[4] The houses of the village were mainly located along the road between Kourou and Sinnamary. Malmanoury and the hamlet of Renner had a population of 264 people in 1962. The economy of the village was based on agriculture, and dairy farming. The village had a school, a police station, and a church.^[1]

In 1964, the land was expropriated to make way for the Guiana Space Centre.^[5] The construction of the Soyuz Launch Complex triggered protests from the former residents.^[3]

• Gorman, Alice Claire (2007). "La Terre et l'Espace: Rockets, Prisons, Protests and Heritage in Australia and French Guiana". Archaeologies. 3 (2). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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