Saül

Guyane · CC de l'Ouest Guyanais · INSEE 97352

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 36.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saül (INSEE 97352) is in Guyane (973), part of CC de l'Ouest Guyanais. Population 277 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 36.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 17,645 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.3	5	1.49

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 0 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (O CHOUITI). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE SAUL). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAUL AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	O CHOUITI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE SAUL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	SAUL AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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

1968: 90 2023: 277 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 151 (2012) → 277 (2023): 83.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 63 (1990) → 277 (2023): 339.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 77, of which 35.1 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 91.2 km WPharmacy — 148.5 km NWGP — 159.0 km E Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Maripasoula): 91.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saül): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Georges): 159 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Grand-Santi): 148.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Saül): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 324.8▸

Days at or below 0 °C 0▸

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 325 days a year at or above 30 °C and 0 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SAUL_SAPC weather station, 0.2 km away at 219 m; the village itself is at 206 m. ^[12]

An average of 2,526 mm of rain a year, spread over 221 days — about 11.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SAUL_SAPC, 0.2 km away at 219 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97352/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97352/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97352/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97352/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 97353
INSEE BPE 2025 — 97352
INSEE BPE 2025 — 97308
INSEE BPE 2025 — 97357
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
Lacabarède	81	7,029 km NE	288	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 41 %
Fozzano	2A	7,459 km NE	210	41.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 59 %
Villesèque-des-Corbières	11	7,030 km NE	386	37.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 70 %
Sougères-en-Puisaye	89	7,260 km NE	289	23.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 49 %
Chalinargues	15	7,127 km NE	304	20.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 0 %
Villeneuve-les-Corbières	11	7,023 km NE	253	41.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 70 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Villeneuve-les-Corbières	11	7,023 km NE	253	41.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 70 %
Lacabarède	81	7,029 km NE	288	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 41 %
Villesèque-des-Corbières	11	7,030 km NE	386	37.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 70 %
Chalinargues	15	7,127 km NE	304	20.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 0 %
Sougères-en-Puisaye	89	7,260 km NE	289	23.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 49 %
Fozzano	2A	7,459 km NE	210	41.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 59 %

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