Pointe-à-Pitre
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 69.1/100 · confidence: low· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Pointe-à-Pitre (INSEE 97120) is in Guadeloupe (971), part of CA CAP Excellence. Population 15,040 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/97120-pointe-a-pitre
Vitality score
Vitality score 69.1/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: low (sources disagree on Butcher (boucherie); sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 82 % of the 1,624 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.
| Component | Value (0–1) | Weight | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily food | 0.79 | 25 | 19.79 |
| Social | 0.89 | 20 | 17.77 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.88 | 10 | 8.82 |
| Public & culture | 0.34 | 5 | 1.71 |
| Population trend | 0.08 | 10 | 0.78 |
| Housing mix | 0.71 | 5 | 3.53 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
32 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES PETITS PLAISIRS · EURAF-RENEE · BP FREBAULT). [3,4]
4 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE LA SAVANE · ROTISSEUR DES ILES · KARUKERA BOUCHERIE PLUS SARL · TAREK DISTRIBUTION). [3,4]
66 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MARYSE JEROME BIOLOGIE · NOMEDE NEANDE · PRIAM CHRISTIANE · EURL IRENE REGINA · AU TEMPS DES CERISES). [3,4]
4 × Supermarket (SODIMAR 2000 · SUPER U · SOGUADIAL BERGEVIN). [3,4]
174 × Restaurant (SOCIETE DE TRANSFORMATION ET DE COMMERCIALISATION DE VIANDE · FAHRASMANE LEON · L'EQUINOXE). [3,4]
12 × Café / bar (CHEZ ADRIEN · LA BOCA · DUBAI · L'ALCHIMISTE). [4]
7 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE RAPHAEL JOLIVIERE 2 · ECOLE MATERNELLE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DU SACRE-COEUR · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE MATERNELLE BONCHAMPS FERNANDE · ECOLE MATERNELLE MORTENOL). [3]
8 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE RAPHAEL JOLIVIERE 1 · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RAYMONDE BAMBUCK · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LEON FEIX · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE BONCHAMPS FERNANDE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LAURICISQUE). [3]
5 × Collège (COLLEGE JULES MICHELET · COLLEGE SADI CARNOT · COLLEGE NESTOR DE KERMADEC · COLLEGE FRONT DE MER · COLLEGE PRIVE MAITRISE DE MASSABIELLE). [3]
26 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FLORENCE HAMOT-ETZOL, MÉDECIN · VALERIE TANDIA, MÉDECIN · MARYSE BAUDIN, MÉDECIN · LAURENCE MALEDON, MÉDECIN · CLEMENT AH KONG, MÉDECIN). [3]
13 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE TABAR NOUVAL · PHARMACIE DE LA SOURCE · PHARMACIE BUNEL AUDEBERT · PHARMACIE FRANCOIS ALLARD · PHARMACIE PINEAU). [3,4]
5 × Post office / agence postale (LE GOSIER LA MARINA RP · POINTE A PITRE SAINT JOHN PERSE RP · POINTE A PITRE PAPET STORE RP · LA POSTE). [3]
2 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE MEDIATHEQUE ACHILLE RENE BOISNEUF · BIBLIOTHÈQUE RENÉE BALLET-HACHON). [3]
3 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE FOUILLOLE · HALL DES SPORTS PAUL CHONCHON · COLLEGE SADI CARNOT). [3]
6 × Bank (AGENCE DE POINTE A PITRE MIQUEL · AGENCE BERGEVIN · BNP PARIBAS ANTILLES GUYANE · BRED BANQUE POPULAIRE · POINTE-A-PITRE). [3]
55 × Hairdresser (JEAN-DENIS LAURETTA · FRONTEAU MARIE-ANNETTE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 11 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 39 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire), 1 × Collège, 3 × Pharmacy, 2 × Bank, 6 × Hairdresser.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 32 | LES PETITS PLAISIRS · EURAF-RENEE · BP FREBAULT | INSEE BPE 32 / INSEE SIRENE 45 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 4 | BOUCHERIE LA SAVANE · ROTISSEUR DES ILES · KARUKERA BOUCHERIE PLUS SARL · TAREK DISTRIBUTION | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 66 | MARYSE JEROME BIOLOGIE · NOMEDE NEANDE · PRIAM CHRISTIANE · EURL IRENE REGINA · AU TEMPS DES CERISES | INSEE BPE 66 / INSEE SIRENE 130 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 4 | SODIMAR 2000 · SUPER U · SOGUADIAL BERGEVIN | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Restaurant | 174 | SOCIETE DE TRANSFORMATION ET DE COMMERCIALISATION DE VIANDE · FAHRASMANE LEON · L'EQUINOXE | INSEE BPE 174 / INSEE SIRENE 390 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 12 | CHEZ ADRIEN · LA BOCA · DUBAI · L'ALCHIMISTE | INSEE SIRENE 12 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 7 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE RAPHAEL JOLIVIERE 2 · ECOLE MATERNELLE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DU SACRE-COEUR · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE MATERNELLE BONCHAMPS FERNANDE · ECOLE MATERNELLE MORTENOL | INSEE BPE 7 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 8 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE RAPHAEL JOLIVIERE 1 · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RAYMONDE BAMBUCK · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LEON FEIX · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE BONCHAMPS FERNANDE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LAURICISQUE | INSEE BPE 8 [3] |
| Collège | 5 | COLLEGE JULES MICHELET · COLLEGE SADI CARNOT · COLLEGE NESTOR DE KERMADEC · COLLEGE FRONT DE MER · COLLEGE PRIVE MAITRISE DE MASSABIELLE | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 26 | FLORENCE HAMOT-ETZOL, MÉDECIN · VALERIE TANDIA, MÉDECIN · MARYSE BAUDIN, MÉDECIN · LAURENCE MALEDON, MÉDECIN · CLEMENT AH KONG, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 26 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 13 | PHARMACIE TABAR NOUVAL · PHARMACIE DE LA SOURCE · PHARMACIE BUNEL AUDEBERT · PHARMACIE FRANCOIS ALLARD · PHARMACIE PINEAU | INSEE BPE 13 / INSEE SIRENE 17 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 5 | LE GOSIER LA MARINA RP · POINTE A PITRE SAINT JOHN PERSE RP · POINTE A PITRE PAPET STORE RP · LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Library | 2 | BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE MEDIATHEQUE ACHILLE RENE BOISNEUF · BIBLIOTHÈQUE RENÉE BALLET-HACHON | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 3 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE FOUILLOLE · HALL DES SPORTS PAUL CHONCHON · COLLEGE SADI CARNOT | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 6 | AGENCE DE POINTE A PITRE MIQUEL · AGENCE BERGEVIN · BNP PARIBAS ANTILLES GUYANE · BRED BANQUE POPULAIRE · POINTE-A-PITRE | INSEE BPE 6 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 55 | JEAN-DENIS LAURETTA · FRONTEAU MARIE-ANNETTE | INSEE BPE 55 / INSEE SIRENE 110 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 17 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE 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
Population 15,598 (2012) → 15,040 (2023): -3.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 26,029 (1990) → 15,040 (2023): -42.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 10,419, of which 14.7 % second homes and 12.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Pointe-à-Pitre): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Pointe-à-Pitre): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]
GP (Pointe-à-Pitre): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Pointe-à-Pitre): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Pointe-à-Pitre): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 235 days a year at or above 30 °C and 0 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the LE RAIZET AERO weather station, 3.2 km away at 11 m; the village itself is at 2 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 92 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at LE RAIZET AERO, 3.2 km away at 11 m, over 30 summers. [9]
An average of 1,619 mm of rain a year, spread over 182 days — about 8.9 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at LES ABYMES JARDIN D'ESSAI, 1.1 km away at 5 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Butcher (boucherie)
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97120/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97120/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97120/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97120/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 97120
- 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.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Paul-lès-Dax | 40 | 6,410 km NE | 14,481 | 61.1 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 0 % |
| Montévrain | 77 | 6,784 km NE | 15,687 | 59 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 27 % · humidity 0 % |
| Lourdes | 65 | 6,481 km NE | 13,266 | 68.5 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 54 % · humidity 0 % |
| Mèze | 34 | 6,779 km NE | 12,669 | 58.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 0 % |
| Sallanches | 74 | 7,039 km NE | 17,319 | 65.8 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 0 % |
| Fontainebleau | 77 | 6,773 km NE | 15,583 | 69.3 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 1 % · humidity 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Paul-lès-Dax | 40 | 6,410 km NE | 14,481 | 61.1 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 0 % |
| Lourdes | 65 | 6,481 km NE | 13,266 | 68.5 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 54 % · humidity 0 % |
| Fontainebleau | 77 | 6,773 km NE | 15,583 | 69.3 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 1 % · humidity 0 % |
| Mèze | 34 | 6,779 km NE | 12,669 | 58.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 0 % |
| Montévrain | 77 | 6,784 km NE | 15,687 | 59 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 27 % · humidity 0 % |
| Sallanches | 74 | 7,039 km NE | 17,319 | 65.8 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 0 % |
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…and in much the same climate
The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Pointe-à-Pitre's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Gosier | 971 | 5.9 km SE | 27,757 | 78.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Baie-Mahault | 971 | 6.4 km NW | 30,924 | 85.4 | Well served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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