Basse-Pointe

Identity

Basse-Pointe (INSEE 97203) is in Martinique (972), part of CA du Pays Nord Martinique. Population 2,852 (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/97203-basse-pointe

Vitality score

Vitality score 61/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 91 % of the 7,423 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) (RANSAY OCTAVIE · LE PAIN D ' EPI · SOCIETE PATISSERIE GALIN). ^[3,4]

4 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SUPERETTE LOUISON · SUPERETTE ROSETTE · MOUTOUSSAMY AIMEE · LAURETTE). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (/ · CARAIBE PRICE). ^[3,4]

10 × Restaurant (LE PETIT PALAIS · SNACK SABINE · PIZZERIA LES PALMIERS · D'LISS POINTOISE · TA ZOT). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE TAPIS VERT). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MIXTE A - BOURG BASSE POINTE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE AIME CESAIRE DE BASSE-POINTE). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MIRIAM TARANU, MÉDECIN · VALÉRIE-ANNE MARTINVALET, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE REMY MABOROUGH). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE COMMUNALE DE BASSE-POINTE MÉDIATHÈQUE COMMUNALE DE BASSE-POINTE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (COIFF' COOL · TCHUK'COIFF). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (AKR SERVICES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 2 × Hairdresser.

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 3,609 (2012) → 2,852 (2023): -21 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 4,432 (1990) → 2,852 (2023): -35.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,819, of which 1.2 % second homes and 22.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Basse-Pointe): 1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Basse-Pointe): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Basse-Pointe): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Basse-Pointe): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Basse-Pointe): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 162 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 MACOUBA-BELL. weather station, 2.7 km away at 192 m; the village itself is at 49 m. ^[9]

The village sits 143 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 7.86 °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 BASSEPOINTE-CHAL, 3.1 km away at 45 m, over 15 summers. ^[9]

An average of 2,791 mm of rain a year, spread over 236 days — about 11.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at MACOUBA-BELL., 2.7 km away at 192 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97203/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97203/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97203/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97203/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 97203
9. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024