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Over-65s are 29% of the population. Population 4,388: a town in Martinique.
Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: 56% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 19% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 0.8 jobs per working resident; 23.9% unemployment. Health is weaker too — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Police record more crime here than in most towns (C+): an average of 13.9 recorded violent incidents and 9.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior). Le Morne-Rouge has no overall grade because cost of living and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Le Morne-Rouge does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Le Morne-Rouge 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.
Le Morne-Rouge has no overall grade because cost of living and schools aren’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Le Morne-Rouge has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 1990.
0.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Morne-Rouge.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Martinique is 85.1 years for women and 77.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Adjusted for age and care homes, Le Morne-Rouge records 99 deaths per 100 expected, higher than compared French towns (88). 517 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 524: 1% below. The nearest emergency department to Le Morne-Rouge is Chu de Martinique site de Trinite, 11.6 mi away.
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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Children under 15 make up 13%, below compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up 29% of the town. 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Le Morne-Rouge | France median | |
|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 41% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 14% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · France median: the median of compared communes (Martinique has none of its own)
18.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, higher than compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Recorded offenses in Le Morne-Rouge came to 91 in 2025. Among the graded crimes in the town, the most frequent was family violence (2025).
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 · When vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (5.0% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 19th century. 0.5% of its homes were built before 1919, lower than compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses made up 95% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. The market in Le Morne-Rouge: 38 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €11.29/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,532/m² | 36 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit, gardens and museums in and near Le Morne-Rouge. Best known first.
The list names few of Le Morne-Rouge’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Eglise Notre-Dame de la Délivrande: Photo: UHF · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 3 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Le Morne-Rouge as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Morne-Rouge | 4,388 | — | — | — | C+ | C− |
| Saint-Pierre | 3,961 | 3.5 | — | — | D | C− |
| Le Carbet | 3,721 | 5.5 | — | — | C | B+ |
| Le Lorrain | 6,566 | 5.6 | — | — | B− | C− |
| Basse-Pointe | 2,852 | 6.3 | — | — | — | D− |
| Le Marigot | 2,948 | 7.4 | — | — | — | D− |
| Sainte-Marie | 14,756 | 8.1 | — | — | C+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #13 of 25 in Martinique. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 23 acts of criminal damage.
Commune in Martinique
Le Morne-Rouge is a commune of 4,388 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Nord Martinique. 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.