Le Prêcheur

Identity

Le Prêcheur (INSEE 97219) is in Martinique (972), part of CA du Pays Nord Martinique. Population 1,479 (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/97219-le-precheur

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 11,752 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]

6 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CHEZ JOSIANE · NUISSIER YOLAINE · ROSCO ELIANE · THIMON URSULA). ^[3,4]

9 × Restaurant (LA PROSPERITE · DOREEN GLACES · ELEGANCIA KREOL · LA TERRASSE DU PHARE · LA PERLE DES CARAIBE'S). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PATRICK HABIB, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE RAPHAËL TARDON DU PRÊCHEUR). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (SARL HABITATION ANSE COULEUVRE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,644 (2012) → 1,479 (2023): -10 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,050 (1990) → 1,479 (2023): -27.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 951, of which 3.6 % second homes and 21.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Pierre): 7.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Prêcheur): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Prêcheur): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Le Morne-Rouge): 10.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Le Prêcheur): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 278 days a year at or above 30 °C and 0 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PRECHEUR-SAVST_CTM weather station, 2.8 km away at 299 m; the village itself is at 11 m. ^[11]

The village sits 288 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 91 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at FOND-DENIS-CADET, 11.3 km away at 493 m, over 14 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 482 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.92 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 2,243 mm of rain a year, spread over 204 days — about 11 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PRECHEUR-SAVST_CTM, 2.8 km away at 299 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97219/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97219/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97219/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97219/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 97225
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 97219
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 97218
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024