Apartment rent
15,7 €/m²/mois
Median rent per m² observed by ANIL observatories. Compare with purchase price for gross rental yield.
Source: ANIL Observatoires des loyers · 2025Reliability high
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Kourou
Public indicators aggregated at commune level: housing market, services, safety, environment. Official sources, updated as of May 2026.
Themes at a glance
Per-theme summary derived from sourced indicators. Tap a theme for the detail.
- Property Around average See detail →
- Living environment IPS écoles publiques 83 (sous la médiane nationale) See detail →
- Safety atteintes enregistrées 79 pour 1000 hab (nettement au-dessus de la médiane nationale) See detail →
- Environment dureté de l'eau 1 °f (nettement sous la médiane nationale) See detail →
Kourou in numbers
Synthetic indicators. Sourced thematic detail below.
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Fiber rollout
97 %
fiber-eligible homes
ARCEP · 2025
Rank 2 of 22 communes in the 973 département
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Average social index of public schools
83
DEPP index — national median = 100 ; favored >115, disadvantaged <85
DEPP · 2024
Rank 6 of 19 communes in the 973 département
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Recorded crime
79,3 / 1 000 hab/an
offences recorded by law enforcement
SSMSI · 2025
Rank 21 of 22 communes in the 973 département
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Water hardness
1 °f
soft <15, medium 15-30, hard 30-40, very hard >40
SISE-Eaux ARS · 2025
Rank 7 of 13 communes in the 973 département
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Housing market in Kourou
Services and quality of life in Kourou
Public school social index
83
Weighted average Social Position Index (DEPP). French median ≈ 102. Sociological reading, not pedagogical quality.
Source: DEPP IPS écoles · 2024Reliability high
Fibre coverage (FttH)
97 %
Share of premises reachable by optical fibre (ARCEP). French median ≈ 75%. Tenant-attraction lever and near-mandatory residential criterion in 2026.
Source: ARCEP Observatoire fibre · 2025Reliability medium
Safety and risks in Kourou
Recorded crime
79
per 1,000 inhabitants
Offences recorded by police/gendarmerie (French median ≈ 35). Includes property, personal and drug offences. Honest reading: compare to neighbouring communes.
Source: SSMSI — Ministère de l'Intérieur · 2025Reliability medium
Flood prevention plan (PPRi)
Yes
Commune covered by a flood-risk plan (PPRi)
This commune is covered by a Flood Risk Prevention Plan (PPRi). Consequences: mandatory Buyer/Tenant Information (IAL), permit restrictions, home insurance surcharge. For the precise parcel-level zoning, see Géorisques.
Source: Géorisques PPRi · 2025Reliability high
Environment and health in Kourou
Water hardness
1 °f
Hydrotimetric titre (French median ≈ 22 °f). Below 15 = soft ; 22-32 = hard ; above = very hard (scaling, energy overconsumption).
Source: ARS — SISE-Eaux · 2025Reliability medium
— Live calculations
Every dimension, in euros.
On this page, 6 calculations with the real figures for Kourou: whether to buy or rent, how much to negotiate, the monthly mortgage payment, the net rental yield, the monthly cashflow and the energy bill.
Method and assumptions detailed in Transparency.