Rivière-Pilote
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 57.7/100 · confidence: low· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Rivière-Pilote (INSEE 97220) is in Martinique (972), part of CA de l'Espace Sud de la Martinique. Population 11,604 (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.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/97220-riviere-pilote
Vitality score
Vitality score 57.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: low (sources disagree on Butcher (boucherie); sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette); sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 48 % of the 2,115 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 | 0.57 | 25 | 14.3 |
| Social | 0.79 | 20 | 15.71 |
| Education | 0.46 | 10 | 4.65 |
| Health | 0.53 | 10 | 5.34 |
| Public & culture | 0.17 | 5 | 0.85 |
| Population trend | 0.42 | 10 | 4.2 |
| Housing mix | 0.79 | 5 | 3.97 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
11 × Bakery (boulangerie) (E I : CHEZ MARIE ET KLOD · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE MARIE ANGELIQUE · O' PAIN D'ANTAN · DLV GOURMANDISES). [3,4]
2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE MLK · LE COMPTOIR DU TERROIR). [3,4]
11 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CERAM YOLANDE · VIGILANT GUILAINE · LOUIS-MICHEL NIGERE · ALI SERVICES PLUS). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (CARAIBE PRICE RIVIERE PILOTE). [3,4]
35 × Restaurant (ESPACE GUENOT · CHEZ HECTOR · JM BURGER · FILIN GISLENE). [3,4]
7 × Café / bar (TI PUNCH BAR - KAY DEDE · BAR DE L'ESPERANCE). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]
5 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JULES LUCRECE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE B - EN CAMEE · ECOLE ELEMENT PUBLIQUE-ELIE SCHOLASTIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE JACQUES ROUMAIN). [3]
9 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARIUS MERLINI, MÉDECIN · JULIEN PASTEL, MÉDECIN · AGNES MONLOUIS-BONNAIRE, MÉDECIN · KRISTOF GHYSELEN, MÉDECIN · LAETITIA BRESQUE, MÉDECIN). [3]
4 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE LAJOSO · PHARMACIE LA PILOTINE · SELARL ISADAN · PHARMACIE ADELAIDE). [3,4]
2 × Post office / agence postale (RIVIERE PILOTE JOSSEAUD RP · LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE FRANTZ FANON DE RIVIÈRE-PILOTE). [3]
1 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE LA MARTINIQUE ET DE LA GUYANE). [3]
19 × Hairdresser (OZIER-LAFONTAINE SYLVIANE · PANCRATE ROSE-HELENE). [3,4]
3 × Fuel station (TOTAL · MADEFS SERVICES PLUS). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 12 × Restaurant, 1 × Nursery school (maternelle), 4 × Hairdresser.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 11 | E I : CHEZ MARIE ET KLOD · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE MARIE ANGELIQUE · O' PAIN D'ANTAN · DLV GOURMANDISES | INSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 15 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 2 | BOUCHERIE MLK · LE COMPTOIR DU TERROIR | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 11 | CERAM YOLANDE · VIGILANT GUILAINE · LOUIS-MICHEL NIGERE · ALI SERVICES PLUS | INSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 23 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 1 | CARAIBE PRICE RIVIERE PILOTE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Restaurant | 35 | ESPACE GUENOT · CHEZ HECTOR · JM BURGER · FILIN GISLENE | INSEE BPE 35 / INSEE SIRENE 74 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 7 | TI PUNCH BAR - KAY DEDE · BAR DE L'ESPERANCE | INSEE SIRENE 7 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 5 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JULES LUCRECE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE B - EN CAMEE · ECOLE ELEMENT PUBLIQUE-ELIE SCHOLASTIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE JACQUES ROUMAIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 9 | MARIUS MERLINI, MÉDECIN · JULIEN PASTEL, MÉDECIN · AGNES MONLOUIS-BONNAIRE, MÉDECIN · KRISTOF GHYSELEN, MÉDECIN · LAETITIA BRESQUE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 9 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 4 | PHARMACIE LAJOSO · PHARMACIE LA PILOTINE · SELARL ISADAN · PHARMACIE ADELAIDE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 2 | RIVIERE PILOTE JOSSEAUD RP · LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE FRANTZ FANON DE RIVIÈRE-PILOTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 1 | CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE LA MARTINIQUE ET DE LA GUYANE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 19 | OZIER-LAFONTAINE SYLVIANE · PANCRATE ROSE-HELENE | INSEE BPE 19 / INSEE SIRENE 24 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 3 | TOTAL · MADEFS SERVICES PLUS | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 3 / 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 12,680 (2012) → 11,604 (2023): -8.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 12,617 (1990) → 11,604 (2023): -8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 7,392, of which 10.3 % second homes and 16 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Rivière-Pilote): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Rivière-Pilote): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Rivière-Pilote): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Rivière-Pilote): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Rivière-Pilote): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 192 days a year at or above 30 °C and 0 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the RIVIERE-PILOTE STADE_CTM weather station, 0.7 km away at 80 m; the village itself is at 4 m. [9]
The village sits 76 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 FRANCOIS-SIMON, 12.1 km away at 13 m, over 14 summers. [9]
An average of 1,905 mm of rain a year, spread over 209 days — about 9.1 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at RIVIERE-PILOTE GEND, 0.4 km away at 13 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 Grocery (épicerie / supérette)
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97220/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97220/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97220/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97220/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 97220
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Trinité | 972 | 29 km N | 11,454 | 58.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Passy | 74 | 7,130 km NE | 10,856 | 47.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 % |
| Biot | 06 | 7,139 km NE | 10,511 | 62 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 89 % · humidity 0 % |
| Rivière-Salée | 972 | 8.8 km NW | 11,829 | 63.1 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Valbonne | 06 | 7,132 km NE | 11,939 | 61.2 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 0 % |
| Tarnos | 40 | 6,455 km NE | 12,957 | 61.1 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivière-Salée | 972 | 8.8 km NW | 11,829 | 63.1 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Trinité | 972 | 29 km N | 11,454 | 58.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Tarnos | 40 | 6,455 km NE | 12,957 | 61.1 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 0 % |
| Passy | 74 | 7,130 km NE | 10,856 | 47.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 % |
| Valbonne | 06 | 7,132 km NE | 11,939 | 61.2 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 0 % |
| Biot | 06 | 7,139 km NE | 10,511 | 62 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 89 % · 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 Rivière-Pilote'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Marie | 972 | 34 km N | 14,756 | 64.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vieux-Habitants | 971 | 198 km NW | 7,077 | 64.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le François | 972 | 14 km N | 15,778 | 63.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bouillante | 971 | 205 km NW | 6,127 | 58 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Moule | 971 | 211 km N | 23,014 | 71.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-François | 971 | 200 km N | 13,942 | 68.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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