Vieux-Habitants

Guadeloupe · CA Grand Sud Caraïbe · INSEE 97134

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

Served 64.4/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vieux-Habitants (INSEE 97134) is in Guadeloupe (971), part of CA Grand Sud Caraïbe. Population 7,077 (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/97134-vieux-habitants

Vitality score

Vitality score 64.4/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Butcher (boucherie)).

Better served than 88 % of the 3,409 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	0.73	25	18.17
Social	0.76	20	15.27
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.46	10	4.61
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.46	10	4.6
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 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 1 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]

14 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL ANDRE ET FILS · DESIR PATISSERIE · MAISON COLOMBO · LA FOUGASSE HABISSOISE SASU). ^[3,4]

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

18 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (OTTO GEOFFROY · PHILOGENE MARIE-HELENE · O BAS PRIX · TARARE MARKET SERVICES). ^[3,4]

32 × Restaurant (LES SAVEURS DU COLIBRI · JOYCE ICE · JAME'S GRILL). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (INSTANT DETENTE). ^[4]

3 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE HENRIETTE DULOIR · ECOLE PRIMAIR NATHALIEN ETNA · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MARIGOT). ^[3]

4 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PARFAIT TALBOT · ECOLE PRIMAIR NATHALIEN ETNA · ECOLE PRIMAIRE GERY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MARIGOT). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE SUZE ANGELY). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MATTHIEU BOUSQUET, MÉDECIN · GILBERT GENDREY, MÉDECIN · FREDERIC LECAPLAIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE PLACIDE · PHARMACIE DINDAINE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE MEDELICE BAPTISTA DE VIEUX-HABITANTS). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DU COLLEGE). ^[3]

6 × Hairdresser (SARL TROPICANA · CALIMIA RONY · DORKA COIFFURE MIXTE · K.L.F. SERVICES). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (VITO VIEUX HABITANTS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 3 × Restaurant, 1 × GP (médecin généraliste).

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	14	SARL ANDRE ET FILS · DESIR PATISSERIE · MAISON COLOMBO · LA FOUGASSE HABISSOISE SASU	INSEE BPE 14 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE CENTRALE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	18	OTTO GEOFFROY · PHILOGENE MARIE-HELENE · O BAS PRIX · TARARE MARKET SERVICES	INSEE BPE 18 / INSEE SIRENE 26 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Restaurant	32	LES SAVEURS DU COLIBRI · JOYCE ICE · JAME'S GRILL	INSEE BPE 32 / INSEE SIRENE 54 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	INSTANT DETENTE	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	3	ECOLE MATERNELLE HENRIETTE DULOIR · ECOLE PRIMAIR NATHALIEN ETNA · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MARIGOT	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	4	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PARFAIT TALBOT · ECOLE PRIMAIR NATHALIEN ETNA · ECOLE PRIMAIRE GERY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MARIGOT	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE SUZE ANGELY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	MATTHIEU BOUSQUET, MÉDECIN · GILBERT GENDREY, MÉDECIN · FREDERIC LECAPLAIN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE PLACIDE · PHARMACIE DINDAINE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MEDIATHEQUE MEDELICE BAPTISTA DE VIEUX-HABITANTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF DU COLLEGE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	6	SARL TROPICANA · CALIMIA RONY · DORKA COIFFURE MIXTE · K.L.F. SERVICES	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	VITO VIEUX HABITANTS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / 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

1968: 7,680 peak 2007: 7,684 2023: 7,077 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 7,521 (2012) → 7,077 (2023): -5.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 7,373 (1990) → 7,077 (2023): -4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 4,491, of which 3.4 % second homes and 21.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Vieux-Habitants): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vieux-Habitants): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Vieux-Habitants): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Vieux-Habitants): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Vieux-Habitants): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 193.5▸

Days at or below 0 °C 0▸

Muggy days a summer 91.5▸

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 194 days a year at or above 30 °C and 0 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the VIEUX HABITANTS LAURICHESSE weather station, 3.1 km away at 250 m; the village itself is at 11 m. ^[9]

The village sits 239 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 92 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at BAILLIF AERO, 5.9 km away at 21 m, over 11 summers. ^[9]

An average of 1,132 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 8.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at VIEUX-HABITANTS GEND_SAPC, 1.2 km away at 136 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Butcher (boucherie)

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97134/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97134/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97134/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97134/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 97134
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
Brindas	69	6,919 km NE	6,775	58.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 32 % · humidity 0 %
Gémenos	13	6,972 km NE	6,579	64	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 45 % · humidity 0 %
Liancourt	60	6,803 km NE	6,785	54.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 31 % · humidity 0 %
Beynes	78	6,752 km NE	7,704	56.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 31 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Genest-Lerpt	42	6,888 km NE	6,181	56.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 30 % · humidity 0 %
Bois-le-Roi	77	6,805 km NE	6,072	50.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 24 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Beynes	78	6,752 km NE	7,704	56.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 31 % · humidity 0 %
Liancourt	60	6,803 km NE	6,785	54.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 31 % · humidity 0 %
Bois-le-Roi	77	6,805 km NE	6,072	50.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 24 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Genest-Lerpt	42	6,888 km NE	6,181	56.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 30 % · humidity 0 %
Brindas	69	6,919 km NE	6,775	58.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 32 % · humidity 0 %
Gémenos	13	6,972 km NE	6,579	64	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 45 % · humidity 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 Vieux-Habitants'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
Rivière-Pilote	972	198 km SE	11,604	57.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Marie	972	164 km SE	14,756	64.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bouillante	971	8.1 km N	6,127	58	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Luce	972	199 km SE	9,410	70.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Le François	972	185 km SE	15,778	63.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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