Saint-Louis

Identity

Saint-Louis (INSEE 97126) is in Guadeloupe (971), part of CC de Marie-Galante. Population 2,610 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/97126-saint-louis

Vitality score

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

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 94 % of the 7,979 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.

Services

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

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (DELICE SAINT-LOUISIENNE · SAVEURS PEYI · DELICES DE SIDONIE · O TI'PAIN DORE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE GALANTE). ^[3,4]

10 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CALME ROMANA · BACLET MARIE-GERTY · ECODIS · LAMBOURDIERE ROSETTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger. ^[3,4]

19 × Restaurant (FILING PLAGE · LA CREPERIE · LE REFUGE · L'ETABLE DU VERGER · AKA MAN ROBE). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE GUY DRAMORT). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LEOPOLD LUBINO). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE ALBERT BACLET). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CAMILLE LENOIR, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS BOUTIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE ST LOUIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (CAROLE COIFFURE · MYMY HAIR STYLE). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (LM EXPLOITATION · ECO CARBU). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (AU VILLAGE MENARD). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 4 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 2,535 (2012) → 2,610 (2023): 3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 3,404 (1990) → 2,610 (2023): -23.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,231, of which 19.5 % second homes and 20.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Louis): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Louis): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Louis): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Louis): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Louis): 0.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 218 days a year at or above 30 °C and 0 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the GRAND-BOURG LES BASSES AERO weather station, 10.6 km away at 10 m; the village itself is at 1 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at GRAND-BOURG LES BASSES AERO, 10.6 km away at 10 m, over 17 summers. ^[9]

An average of 1,330 mm of rain a year, spread over 229 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ST-LOUIS PRESBYTERE, 0.3 km away at 6 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 — 97126/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97126/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97126/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97126/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 97126
9. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024