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The town, home to 1,463 people, lies in Guadeloupe.
Residents’ health trails most towns (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 36% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs & income is weaker too (C) — 1 job per working resident; 18.4% unemployment. Holiday and other second homes account for 30% of homes.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Terre-de-Haut has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Terre-de-Haut 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.
Terre-de-Haut has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Terre-de-Haut does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Terre-de-Haut: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 1979.
1.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
The list names few of Terre-de-Haut’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Fort Napoléon: Photo: Gauthier Geoffroy · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Terre-de-Haut.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 173 residents of Terre-de-Haut died, against 127 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 36% more. The nearest emergency department to Terre-de-Haut is Centre hospitalier de la Basse Terre, 13.7 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Terre-de-Haut can choose among 2 GPs. In Guadeloupe, women can expect to live 84.7 years and men 78.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Those aged 15 to 24 account for nearly one in ten residents. Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, above compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by 13% of adults.
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: France 51.8%.
| Terre-de-Haut | France median | |
|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 9.9% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 41% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 46% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 17% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 13% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · France median: the median of compared communes (Guadeloupe has none of its own)
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Terre-de-Haut is Fort Napoléon. Its heritage reaches back to the 19th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 1.4% of the total, lower than compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Terre-de-Haut has 550 jobs for 550 working residents, 1 per worker. At the census, 46.8% of commuters got to work without a car.
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.
13 houses and apartments changed hands in Terre-de-Haut from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €12.61/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
One notable person was born in Terre-de-Haut.
Commune in Guadeloupe
Terre-de-Haut is a commune of 1,463 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Sud Caraïbe. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terre-de-Haut | 1,463 | — | — | — | — | D− |
| Trois-Rivières | 7,415 | 8.6 | — | — | B− | C− |
| Gourbeyre | 7,307 | 11 | — | — | C+ | C+ |
| Capesterre-Belle-Eau | 17,684 | 12 | — | — | C | C− |
| Basse-Terre | 9,417 | 13 | — | — | D− | C |
| Saint-Claude | 10,177 | 13 | — | — | B+ | C+ |
| Baillif | 5,096 | 15 | — | — | C− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Terre-de-Haut has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 13.5 recorded violent incidents and 13.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.