Saint-Leu
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 78.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Leu (INSEE 97413) is in La Réunion (974), part of CA Territoire de la Côte Ouest (TCO). Population 36,163 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/97413-saint-leu
Vitality score
Vitality score 78.8/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 75 % of the 632 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 | 0.8 | 25 | 19.97 |
| Social | 0.73 | 20 | 14.65 |
| Education | 0.8 | 10 | 8.03 |
| Health | 0.81 | 10 | 8.15 |
| Public & culture | 0.35 | 5 | 1.77 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.88 | 5 | 4.42 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
14 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SERGIO PIZZA · PATISSERIE D.CHONG · LE FOURNIL DE MAITRE JEAN · O MACARON). [3,4]
7 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHARCUTERIE BOUCHERIE CHEZ FRED · JANIO VIDIAI JEAN YOHAN · FESTI FRAICHEUR). [3,4]
35 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LIBRE SERVICE WAN HOI · SOCIETE AH MOUCK · AH MOUCK). [3,4]
4 × Supermarket (LEADER PRICE SAINT LEU · LAN MAN CHUNG FRERES · SUPER U PITON ST LEU · E.LECLERC). [3,4]
2 × Fishmonger (LEU PETIT TRAITEUR DE LA MER · SAS \ L'APRO). [3,4]
141 × Restaurant (LE PALAIS D'ASIE · PAELLA BARBERA · LE JACKADI / MR PAELLA 974 / TI TOA). [3,4]
5 × Café / bar (LE D.M CHEZ MOUTOU · AU MURMURE DES FLOTS). [4]
8 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE PITON-ST-LEU · ECOLE MATERNELLE STELLA · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LES COLIMACONS · ECOLE MATERNELLE ELIE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE GRAND FOND). [3]
13 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DES CAMELIAS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE ESTELLA CLAIN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE PITON A · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE ST LEU CENTRE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ETANG ST LEU). [3]
3 × Collège (COLLEGE HARRY GRUCHET - LA CHALOUPE ST LEU · COLLEGE POINTE DES CHATEAUX · COLLEGE MARCEL GOULETTE). [3]
47 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PATRICK LABAT, MÉDECIN · SYLVAIN ROBERT, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER KOHLER, MÉDECIN · ADRIEN DEFRANCE, MÉDECIN · LUC LAVIELLE, MÉDECIN). [3]
8 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU PITON · PHARMACIE DU PLATE · PHARMACIE DU PORTAIL · PHARMACIE DU SOLEIL LAMBLIN · PHARMACIE DE STELLA). [3,4]
4 × Post office / agence postale (LE PLATE ST LEU AP · LA POSTE). [3]
3 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE ROGER POUDROUX LA CHALOUPE SAINT-LEU · BIBLIOTHEQUE SUDEL FUMA · MÉDIATHÈQUE BAGUETT). [3]
3 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE STELLA · GYMNASE DU CENTRE VILLE · GYMNASE NOE PHALARIS). [3]
1 × Swimming pool (PLAGE DE ST LEU). [3]
10 × Bank (AGENCE DE ST LEU · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE LA REUNION ET DE MAYOTTE · BANQUE FRANCAISE COMMERCIALE OCEAN INDIEN · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRI MUTEL ST LEU · BNP PARIBAS REUNION). [3]
44 × Hairdresser (COUPES CHICS · AUTHENTIC DESIR SARL). [3,4]
5 × Fuel station (STATION DES FRANGIPANIERS · TOTAL · VITO · STATION SERVICE SHELL PORTAIL · SARL GAMY). [3,4]
3 × Hotel (ILOHA · LE CARDINAL DES GRANDS BLEUS · BLUE MARGOUILLAT). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 5 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 39 × Restaurant, 2 × Pharmacy, 8 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 14 | SERGIO PIZZA · PATISSERIE D.CHONG · LE FOURNIL DE MAITRE JEAN · O MACARON | INSEE BPE 14 / INSEE SIRENE 19 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 7 | CHARCUTERIE BOUCHERIE CHEZ FRED · JANIO VIDIAI JEAN YOHAN · FESTI FRAICHEUR | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 35 | LIBRE SERVICE WAN HOI · SOCIETE AH MOUCK · AH MOUCK | INSEE BPE 35 / INSEE SIRENE 41 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 4 | LEADER PRICE SAINT LEU · LAN MAN CHUNG FRERES · SUPER U PITON ST LEU · E.LECLERC | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 2 | LEU PETIT TRAITEUR DE LA MER · SAS \ L'APRO | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Restaurant | 141 | LE PALAIS D'ASIE · PAELLA BARBERA · LE JACKADI / MR PAELLA 974 / TI TOA | INSEE BPE 141 / INSEE SIRENE 233 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 5 | LE D.M CHEZ MOUTOU · AU MURMURE DES FLOTS | INSEE SIRENE 5 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 8 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE PITON-ST-LEU · ECOLE MATERNELLE STELLA · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LES COLIMACONS · ECOLE MATERNELLE ELIE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE GRAND FOND | INSEE BPE 8 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 13 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DES CAMELIAS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE ESTELLA CLAIN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE PITON A · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE ST LEU CENTRE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ETANG ST LEU | INSEE BPE 13 [3] |
| Collège | 3 | COLLEGE HARRY GRUCHET - LA CHALOUPE ST LEU · COLLEGE POINTE DES CHATEAUX · COLLEGE MARCEL GOULETTE | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 47 | PATRICK LABAT, MÉDECIN · SYLVAIN ROBERT, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER KOHLER, MÉDECIN · ADRIEN DEFRANCE, MÉDECIN · LUC LAVIELLE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 47 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 8 | PHARMACIE DU PITON · PHARMACIE DU PLATE · PHARMACIE DU PORTAIL · PHARMACIE DU SOLEIL LAMBLIN · PHARMACIE DE STELLA | INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 4 | LE PLATE ST LEU AP · LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Library | 3 | MÉDIATHÈQUE ROGER POUDROUX LA CHALOUPE SAINT-LEU · BIBLIOTHEQUE SUDEL FUMA · MÉDIATHÈQUE BAGUETT | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 3 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE STELLA · GYMNASE DU CENTRE VILLE · GYMNASE NOE PHALARIS | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 1 | PLAGE DE ST LEU | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Bank | 10 | AGENCE DE ST LEU · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE LA REUNION ET DE MAYOTTE · BANQUE FRANCAISE COMMERCIALE OCEAN INDIEN · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRI MUTEL ST LEU · BNP PARIBAS REUNION | INSEE BPE 10 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 44 | COUPES CHICS · AUTHENTIC DESIR SARL | INSEE BPE 44 / INSEE SIRENE 64 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 5 | STATION DES FRANGIPANIERS · TOTAL · VITO · STATION SERVICE SHELL PORTAIL · SARL GAMY | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 3 | ILOHA · LE CARDINAL DES GRANDS BLEUS · BLUE MARGOUILLAT | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Saturday 6h00 à 13h00 front de mer de Saint-Leu. [5]
Trajectory
Population 32,971 (2012) → 36,163 (2023): 9.7 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 20,931 (1990) → 36,163 (2023): 72.8 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 17,007, of which 5.8 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Leu): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Saint-Leu): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Leu): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Saint-Leu): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Leu): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 104 days a year at or above 30 °C and 0 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ETANG SAINT-LEU - CIRAD weather station, 2.4 km away at 429 m; the village itself is at 3 m. [10]
The village sits 426 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 6.9 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 89 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at COLIMACONS, 4.4 km away at 798 m, over 12 summers. [10]
That station sits 795 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 506 mm of rain a year, spread over 44 days — about 11.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at FERME CORAIL - KELONIA, 1.6 km away at 3 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97413/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://www.saintleu.re/les-marches-et-brocantes-de-saint-leu— “Notre marché forain vous accueille tous les samedis de 6h00 à 13h00 sur le front de mer de Saint-Leu.”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97413/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97413/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 97413/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 97413
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matoury | 973 | 12,028 km W | 36,512 | 69.8 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 79 % |
| Sainte-Marie | 974 | 41 km NE | 37,093 | 81 | Well served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Benoît | 974 | 47 km E | 38,604 | 82.3 | Well served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 100 % |
| Saint-Joseph | 974 | 42 km SE | 39,207 | 85.9 | Well served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 64 % |
| Baie-Mahault | 971 | 13,386 km W | 30,924 | 85.4 | Well served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 79 % |
| Remire-Montjoly | 973 | 12,024 km W | 27,723 | 68 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Marie | 974 | 41 km NE | 37,093 | 81 | Well served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Joseph | 974 | 42 km SE | 39,207 | 85.9 | Well served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 64 % |
| Saint-Benoît | 974 | 47 km E | 38,604 | 82.3 | Well served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 100 % |
| Remire-Montjoly | 973 | 12,024 km W | 27,723 | 68 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 79 % |
| Matoury | 973 | 12,028 km W | 36,512 | 69.8 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 79 % |
| Baie-Mahault | 971 | 13,386 km W | 30,924 | 85.4 | Well served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 79 % |
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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 Saint-Leu'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-Suzanne | 974 | 44 km NE | 25,551 | 77.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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