Le Port

Identity

Le Port (INSEE 97407) is in La Réunion (974), part of CA Territoire de la Côte Ouest (TCO). Population 33,969 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/97407-le-port

Vitality score

Vitality score 74.7/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 673 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]

14 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES 3 EPIS · SOCIETE POINT CHAUD ET FROID · LE PAIN FROTTE · RANGAMA LUIGI · LA CARDINALE). ^[3,4]

3 × Butcher (boucherie) (TIVEL CHARCUTERIE · CHARCUTERIE PAULO L'OASIS). ^[3,4]

20 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (JUVENAL MARYVONNE · SOC DE DISTRIBUTION DU PORT). ^[3,4]

7 × Supermarket (SOCIETE COMMERCIALE DE LA ZUP DU PORT · CARREFOUR MARKET · JUMBO SCORE · CHAMPION · DISCASH). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (LE PECHEUR CREOLE LA BOUTIQUE). ^[3,4]

164 × Restaurant (LOU-LANDAIS · LIVE SNACK BAR · LA BRIOCHE DOREE). ^[3,4]

15 × Café / bar (RACINE ROSEE · CAP ESPERANCE · BAR TOTO · LA FAVELAS). ^[4]

13 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE ARISTE BOLON · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LAURENT VERGES · ECOLE MATERNELLE EUGENE DAYOT · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE ANDRE HOARAU · ECOLE MATERNELLE HENRI WALLON). ^[3]

15 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LE JARDIN DES COLIBRIS · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE FRANCIS RIVIERE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE GERVAIS BARRET · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PAULE LEGROS · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE EUGENE DAYOT). ^[3]

4 × Collège (COLLEGE TITAN · COLLEGE EDMOND ALBIUS · COLLEGE L'OASIS · COLLEGE JEAN LE TOULLEC). ^[3]

51 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ISSOUFALY ASGARALY, MÉDECIN · LINA SAFY-MANCHE, MÉDECIN · LUCILE MASSE GALMAR, MÉDECIN · MAURICE NGUYEN, MÉDECIN · LUC VELSON, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

10 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE VALLY · PHARMACIE DE LA ROCADE · PHARMACIE CENTRALE · PHARMACIE DU SACRE COEUR · PHARMACIE DE L ANCRE). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE BENOITE BOULARD · BIBLIOTHEQUE DE LA RIVIERE DES GALETS). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (CINEMA LE CASINO). ^[3]

5 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DU LYCEE LEON DE LEPERVANCHE · GYMNASE RIVIERE DES GALETS · COMPLEXE SPORTIF MUNICIPAL GYMNASE COTUR · COMPLEXE DU COLLEGE JEAN LETOULLEC · COMPLEXE STADE OASIS). ^[3]

7 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE LA REUNION ET DE MAYOTTE · BANQUE FRANCAISE COMMERCIALE OCEAN INDIEN · CREDIT MODERNE OCEAN INDIEN · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRI MUT DU PORT · BNP PARIBAS). ^[3]

35 × Hairdresser (CHRISTALLINE HAIR GJ · JOHN ' S · NATURESSENS). ^[3,4]

9 × Fuel station (JEAN-DAVID SERVICES · STATION LES FLAMBOYANTS · O.S.D.A. · STATION ELISABETH · SARL FAZAL FILS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 4 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Fishmonger, 45 × Restaurant, 1 × GP (médecin généraliste), 2 × Pharmacy, 1 × Bank, 10 × Hairdresser, 1 × Fuel station.

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 36,952 (2012) → 33,969 (2023): -8.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 34,692 (1990) → 33,969 (2023): -2.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 13,426, of which 0.8 % second homes and 4.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Le Port): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Port): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Le Port): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Le Port): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Le Port): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 155 days a year at or above 30 °C and 0 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the LE PORT weather station, 1.5 km away at 9 m; the village itself is at 11 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 85 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at PETITE-FRANCE, 13.3 km away at 1,200 m, over 13 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 1,189 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 522 mm of rain a year, spread over 41 days — about 12.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at LE PORT, 1.5 km away at 9 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

What property sold for

371 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 140,000 € — 1,961 € per m² of built surface. ^[10]

137 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 100,000 € — 1,879 € per m². ^[10]

The median across La Réunion is 2,542 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[10]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97407/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97407/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97407/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97407/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 97407
9. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
10. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025