Is Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante a good place to live?
Incomes are on the low side: 0.6 jobs per working resident; 20.7% unemployment. It lags on health as well: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 9% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Second homes make up 15% of its housing. It skews older: 31% of residents are 65 or over.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante has no overall grade because cost of living, safety, schools and walkability aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 4 inscrit (the second level).
That’s 16 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 93% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5.
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 1979.
1.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
1979First protected: Moulin Bézard
2013Most recently protected: Indigoterie de Grand Fond
The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 4 inscrit (the second level).
Moulin Bézard: Photo: Enrevseluj · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Indigoterie " le Gouffre ": Photo: Enrevseluj · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Indigoterie de " Morne-à-Boeuf ": Photo: Enrevseluj · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Indigoterie de Grand Fond: Photo: Enrevseluj · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante.
History
Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante is rich in protected monuments: 16 per 10,000 residents, more than compared French towns
5historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
4 of the 5 are industrial sites. The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 4 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in the town is Grotte ornée dite Morne-Rita. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 19th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth D
Mortality in Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante, once ages and care homes are allowed for, tops compared French towns: 109 per 100 expected
+9%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There is one general practitioner in Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante. Life expectancy in Guadeloupe: 84.7 years for women and 78.1 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 400 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 437, 9% more.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw109
Adjusted109
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante · 2.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Sainte Marie
33.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Pole Parent Enfant site Palais Royal
84.7 · 78.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Guadeloupe, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Fewer children live in Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante than in compared French towns: 10% are under 15
55.7median age
Degrees are held by 17% of adults, below compared French towns (30%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 8.9%. Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante has a median age of 55.7.
Capesterre-de-Marie-GalanteFrance median
Ages · share of residents
31%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma38%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education17%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: France 51.8%.
Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante is a commune of 3,123 people in the Communauté de communes de Marie-Galante. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Population
3,123 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Marie-Galante
Département
Guadeloupe (971)
Area
17.8 sq mi (46.1 km²)
INSEE code
97108
Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante
Is Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante safe?
Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 7.6 recorded violent incidents and 5.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.
