Le Prêcheur is easy to get around without a car (B+). Over-65s are 29% of the population.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023. Le Prêcheur 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 Le Prêcheur 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Prêcheur.
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Le Prêcheur than in compared French towns: 6.8% of adults
Retirement age and beyond: 29% of residents are 65 or older. 14% are under 15, below compared French towns (17%). Half of Le Prêcheur is older than 52.6, half younger.
52.6median age
Le PrêcheurFrance median
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma54%
CAP or BEP21%
Baccalauréat14%
Higher education7%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: France 51.8%.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C+
Le Prêcheur is 17 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Martinique: 85.1 years for women and 77.5 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. For a family doctor, residents of Le Prêcheur have one GP on hand. Its care home for older people (40 places) counts its residents as Le Prêcheur’s; allowing for it, deaths were 9% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 197 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 214, 9% more.
−9%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw109
Adjusted91
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Le Prêcheur · 1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
17 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chum de Martinique
16.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique Saint Paul
85.1 · 77.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Martinique, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Le Prêcheur has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
More of the graded crimes in Le Prêcheur were family violence than anything else (2025). The 2025 count: 21 offenses locally. Graded property crimes ran at 9.8 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 17.3 (2023–2025 average).
17.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence16
Other physical violence5
Armed robbery0
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.
17.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
21
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
43.4%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles and criminal damage, 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, 43.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Housing
The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Le Prêcheur is €13.01/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 27 homes were sold in Le Prêcheur.
€13.01/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Le Prêcheur€13.01/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
€13.01/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.93 to €17.04/m² a month)
€11.29/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Le Prêcheur
Is Le Prêcheur safe?
Le Prêcheur has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
About Le Prêcheur
Commune in Martinique
Le Prêcheur is a commune of 1,479 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
Population
1,479 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Nord Martinique
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.
