Bellefontaine

Identity

Bellefontaine (INSEE 97234) is in Martinique (972), part of CA du Pays Nord Martinique. Population 1,746 (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/97234-bellefontaine

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 58 % of the 10,513 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (OCTOPUS · KAZILANGA). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (MAUVOIS EMILIENNE · SNACK LA MAIN D'OR · BO KAY BY LILIE). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DIZAE DANSOU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE BELLEFONTAINE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE BELLEFONTAINE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (MORMIN MYRTHEE · MECHES ET COUP DE COEUR). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (VITO). ^[3,4]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,522 (2012) → 1,746 (2023): 14.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,527 (1990) → 1,746 (2023): 14.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 964, of which 4.8 % second homes and 13.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Bellefontaine): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bellefontaine): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bellefontaine): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bellefontaine): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bellefontaine): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 236 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 BELLEFONTAINE-VER_CTM weather station, 3.8 km away at 580 m; the village itself is at 5 m. ^[9]

The village sits 575 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 91 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at FOND-DENIS-CADET, 7.2 km away at 493 m, over 14 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 488 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.92 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 2,835 mm of rain a year, spread over 234 days — about 12.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at BELLEFONTAINE-VER_CTM, 3.8 km away at 580 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97234/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97234/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97234/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97234/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 97234
9. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024