Le Vauclin
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 69.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Le Vauclin (INSEE 97232) is in Martinique (972), part of CA de l'Espace Sud de la Martinique. Population 8,483 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [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/97232-le-vauclin
Vitality score
Vitality score 69.2/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 95 % of the 2,893 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 | 0.76 | 25 | 19.06 |
| Social | 0.89 | 20 | 17.77 |
| Education | 0.53 | 10 | 5.28 |
| Health | 0.59 | 10 | 5.85 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.6 | 10 | 5.96 |
| Housing mix | 0.76 | 5 | 3.81 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
8 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX DELICES DU BOULEVARD · LE RELAIS EURL · DELICES). [3,4]
3 × Butcher (boucherie) (VALLEE GABY · BOUCHERIE PRUDENT · CHARCUT' & FARCIS). [3,4]
9 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE MARSIEN · SUPER JEM · SOCIETE NOUVELLE D'ALIMENTATION VAUCLINOISE · SN RAVINE PLATE). [3,4]
2 × Fishmonger (POISSON BO KAY · LE BLEU DU CIEL VAUCLIN). [3,4]
43 × Restaurant (LE TITIRIS · GLAUDON CARL · ESPACE ALIZE · JULIANA'S BURGER). [3,4]
6 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE-LES CORALLINES). [3]
3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE VAUCLIN MIXTE A · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE GEORGES CELMA). [3]
6 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHRISTINE FONDANAICHE, MÉDECIN · BERNARD PICHARD, MÉDECIN · PIERRE WUSTNER, MÉDECIN · JACQUES BALLY, MÉDECIN · CHARLOTTE DISER, MÉDECIN). [3]
2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE FONROSE · PHARMACIE BELLE SANTE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DU VAUCLIN). [3]
1 × Bank (BRED BANQUE POPULAIRE). [3]
6 × Hairdresser (ESTEEM'S BARBER LOUNGE · VVS BARBER & CARE · ORDINHAIIR OFFICIEL). [3,4]
2 × Fuel station (PETRO SERVICES 280). [3,4]
3 × Hotel (CHEZ JULOT · MACABOU HOTEL · VILLAGE DE LA POINTE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 9 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire), 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Supermarket. [4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 8 | AUX DELICES DU BOULEVARD · LE RELAIS EURL · DELICES | INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 3 | VALLEE GABY · BOUCHERIE PRUDENT · CHARCUT' & FARCIS | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 9 | LE MARSIEN · SUPER JEM · SOCIETE NOUVELLE D'ALIMENTATION VAUCLINOISE · SN RAVINE PLATE | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 18 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 2 | POISSON BO KAY · LE BLEU DU CIEL VAUCLIN | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Restaurant | 43 | LE TITIRIS · GLAUDON CARL · ESPACE ALIZE · JULIANA'S BURGER | INSEE BPE 43 / INSEE SIRENE 70 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 6 | INSEE SIRENE 6 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE-LES CORALLINES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 3 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE VAUCLIN MIXTE A · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE GEORGES CELMA | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 6 | CHRISTINE FONDANAICHE, MÉDECIN · BERNARD PICHARD, MÉDECIN · PIERRE WUSTNER, MÉDECIN · JACQUES BALLY, MÉDECIN · CHARLOTTE DISER, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 6 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 2 | PHARMACIE FONROSE · PHARMACIE BELLE SANTE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DU VAUCLIN | 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 | BRED BANQUE POPULAIRE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 6 | ESTEEM'S BARBER LOUNGE · VVS BARBER & CARE · ORDINHAIIR OFFICIEL | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 15 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 2 | PETRO SERVICES 280 | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 3 | CHEZ JULOT · MACABOU HOTEL · VILLAGE DE LA POINTE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4] |
| 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 9,140 (2012) → 8,483 (2023): -7.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 7,741 (1990) → 8,483 (2023): 9.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 6,283, of which 11.9 % second homes and 23.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Le Vauclin): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Le Vauclin): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Le Vauclin): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Le Vauclin): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Le Vauclin): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 143 days a year at or above 30 °C and 0 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the VAUCLIN weather station, 0.8 km away at 12 m; the village itself is at 12 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 92 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at FRANCOIS-SIMON, 5.9 km away at 13 m, over 14 summers. [9]
An average of 1,230 mm of rain a year, spread over 156 days — about 7.9 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at VAUCLIN, 0.8 km away at 12 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97232/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97232/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97232/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97232/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 97232
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gennes-Val-de-Loire | 49 | 6,624 km NE | 8,429 | 68.5 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 54 % · humidity 0 % |
| Salles | 33 | 6,513 km NE | 8,208 | 64.4 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 49 % · humidity 0 % |
| Lys-Haut-Layon | 49 | 6,596 km NE | 7,748 | 65 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 55 % · humidity 0 % |
| Fillière | 74 | 7,088 km NE | 10,075 | 60.4 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 % |
| Loireauxence | 44 | 6,565 km NE | 7,587 | 62.8 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 49 % |
| La Hague | 50 | 6,568 km NE | 11,484 | 50.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salles | 33 | 6,513 km NE | 8,208 | 64.4 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 49 % · humidity 0 % |
| Loireauxence | 44 | 6,565 km NE | 7,587 | 62.8 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 49 % |
| La Hague | 50 | 6,568 km NE | 11,484 | 50.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 0 % |
| Lys-Haut-Layon | 49 | 6,596 km NE | 7,748 | 65 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 55 % · humidity 0 % |
| Gennes-Val-de-Loire | 49 | 6,624 km NE | 8,429 | 68.5 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 54 % · humidity 0 % |
| Fillière | 74 | 7,088 km NE | 10,075 | 60.4 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · 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 Le Vauclin'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trois-Rivières | 971 | 181 km NW | 7,415 | 62.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Capesterre-Belle-Eau | 971 | 184 km NW | 17,684 | 70.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
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