Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 5,607 residents, it is a town in Guadeloupe.
Crime is the sore point (D−): an average of 20.7 recorded violent incidents and 21 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. School results trail most towns: bac results 2.2 points below the expected rate; brevet results 9 points below the expected rate. Work and incomes lag: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 29.2% unemployment. Health is a weak point (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Port-Louis has no overall grade because cost of living and walkability aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Port-Louis does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Port-Louis 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.
Port-Louis has no overall grade because cost of living and walkability aren’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Port-Louis as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église de la paroisse Saint-André, in Morne-à-l'Eau, 7.8 mi away.
1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Port-Louis.
Other physical violence topped the graded crimes in Port-Louis (2025). 2025 saw 250 offenses recorded in the town.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 1.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 83% passed the bac pro, of 127 candidates. Near Port-Louis, 85.1% of lycée candidates passed the bac, lower than compared French towns (92.9%). Its collèges and lycées rank #21 of 25 in Guadeloupe on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de Port-LouisNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 54 | 67%−9 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Nord Grande-TerreNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 91 | 88%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (95 places) counts its residents as Port-Louis’; allowing for it, deaths were 1% above expected. 675 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 564: 20% above. The nearest emergency department to Port-Louis is Centre hospitalier Universitaire de Pointe A Pitre, 12.4 mi away. 6 GPs practise in the town.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Under 15: 16% of residents. 25% of residents are 65 or over, higher than compared French towns (22%). Add to that, people aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town.
55% women, 45% men
About 82 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: France 51.8%.
| Port-Louis | France median | |
|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 33% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · France median: the median of compared communes (Guadeloupe has none of its own)
At the census, 3.6% of working residents in Port-Louis didn’t travel to work at all. 12.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,688/m²: 51 houses and apartments sold in Port-Louis between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 96% were houses. Renting a house costs an estimated €13.29/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,487/m² | 49 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit and museums in and near Port-Louis. Best known first.
MuseumBeauport-Pays de la cannein townAttractionAttractionClunyin townAttractionAttractionPoyen4.6 km southeast, in Petit-CanalPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Port-Louis is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Port-Louis.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port-Louis | 5,607 | — | — | — | D− | C− |
| Petit-Canal | 8,212 | 3.9 | — | — | C+ | C− |
| Anse-Bertrand | 4,412 | 4.1 | — | — | B | D |
| Morne-à-l'Eau | 16,228 | 7.7 | — | — | C+ | C− |
| Les Abymes | 51,055 | 10 | — | — | D− | D |
| Baie-Mahault | 30,924 | 11 | — | — | D | C |
| Lamentin | 18,628 | 12 | — | — | C− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D− for safety, #23 of 26 in Guadeloupe. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 52 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 7% of compared French towns and #21 of 25 in Guadeloupe. 88% of 91 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Nord Grande-Terre in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Guadeloupe
Port-Louis is a commune of 5,607 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Nord Grande Terre. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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.