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Gourbeyre

Guadeloupe · CA Grand Sud Caraïbe · INSEE 97109

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Served 62.6/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gourbeyre (INSEE 97109) is in Guadeloupe (971), part of CA Grand Sud Caraïbe. Population 7,307 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/97109-gourbeyre

Vitality score

Vitality score 62.6/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 83 % of the 3,313 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.582514.41
Social0.852017.09
Education0.53105.28
Health0.39103.93
Public & culture0.3151.54
Population trend0.65106.54
Housing mix0.8954.46

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 3 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 2 of 2
Everyday services 2 of 3
Lodging 0 of 2
One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

8 × Bakery (boulangerie) (EURO-CROUSTIL · EURL L'AMI RORO · LA FOUGASSE · CANNE ET BLE · MISS.CAKES). [3,4]

8 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (GRILLADE EXPRESS · HARAL ROSELAINE · SAVIPAL · FOLIMARKET · SOCIETE COMMERCIALE CHEUNG). [3,4]

22 × Restaurant (LA KAZ ' A DELICES · LE BAR SANS NOM · DELMEDIO · LE PALMISTE). [3,4]

5 × Café / bar (SAS EFFERVESCENCE CLUB). [4]

2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE EULOGE NOGLOTTE · ECOLE MATERNELLE RAYMONDE AUGUSTIN). [3]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE INSTITUTION JEANNE-D ARC · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE NOGLOTTE EUGENE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LUCE JOSEPH). [3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE RICHARD SAMUEL). [3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PATRIC MÜHLHAUSEN, MÉDECIN · JEAN-MICHEL LIVOLSI, MÉDECIN). [3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE BERNOS · PHARMACIE MANGOU). [3,4]

2 × Post office / agence postale (GOURBEYRE MARINA RIVIERE SENS RP · LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE GOURBEYRE). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (HALL DES SPORTS LUCETTE MICHAUX CHEVRY). [3]

1 × Swimming pool (SITE DE L ECOLE DE NATATION). [3]

4 × Hairdresser (CHANGER D'HAIR · SIRENA COIFFURE · HIL HAIR BEAUTY). [3,4]

2 × Fuel station (POINTE SUD MARINA). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 4 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)8EURO-CROUSTIL · EURL L'AMI RORO · LA FOUGASSE · CANNE ET BLE · MISS.CAKESINSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)8GRILLADE EXPRESS · HARAL ROSELAINE · SAVIPAL · FOLIMARKET · SOCIETE COMMERCIALE CHEUNGINSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Restaurant22LA KAZ ' A DELICES · LE BAR SANS NOM · DELMEDIO · LE PALMISTEINSEE BPE 22 / INSEE SIRENE 53 [3,4]
Café / bar5SAS EFFERVESCENCE CLUBINSEE SIRENE 5 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)2ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE EULOGE NOGLOTTE · ECOLE MATERNELLE RAYMONDE AUGUSTININSEE BPE 2 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)3ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE INSTITUTION JEANNE-D ARC · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE NOGLOTTE EUGENE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LUCE JOSEPHINSEE BPE 3 [3]
Collège1COLLEGE RICHARD SAMUELINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)2PATRIC MÜHLHAUSEN, MÉDECIN · JEAN-MICHEL LIVOLSI, MÉDECININSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy2PHARMACIE BERNOS · PHARMACIE MANGOUINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale2GOURBEYRE MARINA RIVIERE SENS RP · LA POSTEINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE GOURBEYREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1HALL DES SPORTS LUCETTE MICHAUX CHEVRYINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool1SITE DE L ECOLE DE NATATIONINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser4CHANGER D'HAIR · SIRENA COIFFURE · HIL HAIR BEAUTYINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Fuel station2POINTE SUD MARINAINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 7,066 peak 2007: 8,088 2023: 7,307 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 7,820 (2012) → 7,307 (2023): -6.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 6,330 (1990) → 7,307 (2023): 15.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 4,152, of which 5.4 % second homes and 13 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 1.0 km E (Gourbeyre)Pharmacy — 1.0 km NW (Gourbeyre)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 1.0 km EPharmacy — 1.0 km NW Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Gourbeyre): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Gourbeyre): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Gourbeyre): 1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Gourbeyre): 1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Gourbeyre): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 40 days a year at or above 30 °C and 0 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the GOURBEYRE GROS-MORNE DOLE weather station, 2.3 km away at 477 m; the village itself is at 332 m. [9]

The village sits 145 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 7.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 91 days a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at BASSE-TERRE CONSEIL REGIONAL, 2.6 km away at 125 m, over 12 summers. [9]

That station sits 207 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.97 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]

An average of 1,910 mm of rain a year, spread over 203 days — about 9.4 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at GOURBEYRE HOUELMONT, 2 km away at 418 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97109/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97109/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97109/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97109/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 97109
  9. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Solliès-Toucas837,003 km NE6,26947Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 77 % · humidity 0 %
Petite-Rosselle577,117 km NE6,17139.4Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 35 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon846,920 km NE5,20659Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 73 % · humidity 0 %
Vieux-Habitants97111 km NW7,07764.4ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Cranves-Sales747,046 km NE7,76256.6Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 %
Le Pian-Médoc336,492 km NE7,29259.2Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 41 % · humidity 0 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Vieux-Habitants97111 km NW7,07764.4ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Le Pian-Médoc336,492 km NE7,29259.2Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 41 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon846,920 km NE5,20659Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 73 % · humidity 0 %
Solliès-Toucas837,003 km NE6,26947Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 77 % · humidity 0 %
Cranves-Sales747,046 km NE7,76256.6Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 %
Petite-Rosselle577,117 km NE6,17139.4Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 35 % · humidity 0 %

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