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Les Trois-ÎletsMartinique

Population 6,507: a town in Martinique.

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Is Les Trois-Îlets a good place to live?

Les Trois-Îlets’s schools beat most: brevet results 4 points above the expected rate. Walkability is another plus: 89% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 20% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Crime runs high: an average of 17.6 recorded violent incidents and 19.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Work and incomes lag (C): 0.9 jobs per working resident; 15.3% unemployment.

Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior). Les Trois-Îlets has no overall grade because cost of living isn’t graded here.

Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.

What makes Les Trois-Îlets stand out

The 2 things Les Trois-Îlets does most differently from other towns.

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How Les Trois-Îlets grades

Each subject compares Les Trois-Îlets 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.

How grading works

Les Trois-Îlets has no overall grade because cost of living isn’t graded here.

How TownRatings grades French towns →

Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Délivrance
Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Délivrance · Classé · Photo: UHF · CC BY-SA 3.0
Les Trois-Îlets’ story

Les Trois-Îlets in pictures

Les Trois-Îlets has 6 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 5 inscrit, the second level.

That’s 9.2 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 84% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5.

The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 1979.

A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) is on the ministry’s list; its rules are still being drawn up.

  • 1979First protected: Sucrerie de la Pagerie, actuellement musée de l'Impératrice…
  • 2014Most recently protected: Fort de la Pointe du Bout
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Nearby attractions

Maison de la canne and 11 more in and around Les Trois-Îlets

Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Les Trois-Îlets. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (1)

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Les Trois-Îlets.

Safety

Les Trois-Îlets sees more crime per resident than 93% of compared French towns

On the Safety Grade, Les Trois-Îlets ranks 23rd of the 25 compared towns in Martinique. 2025 saw 200 offenses recorded in the town. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Les Trois-Îlets (2025).

17.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade

Recorded by type · 2025

Criminal damage60
Other physical violence46
Family violence44
Vehicle theft22
Sexual violence16
Theft from vehicles7
Burglary5
Theft without violence65
Drug use41
Fraud33

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.

17.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
19.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
200
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.4%
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 · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.

History

Les Trois-Îlets: 6 historic monuments, 1 classé

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Relative to its size, Les Trois-Îlets keeps 9.2 protected monuments per 10,000 residents. Its heritage reaches back to the 18th century. Among the classé monuments in the town is Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Délivrance.

6historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit5

Among them · Classé

18th c.
oldest protected part
1979
first monument protected
✓
protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable)
1%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Schools

Exam results around Les Trois-Îlets beat 82% of compared French towns

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The brevet pass rate near Les Trois-Îlets is 89.0%, about level with compared French towns (87.5%). There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 4.9 mi away. Schools rank #5 of 25 in Martinique.

89.0%passed the brevetA−School Grade

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Les Trois-Îlets89.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Suzanne Roussi-CésaireNearest collègeCollègeCollège7689%+4 pts
89.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +4 pts against the expected rate
0.2 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Work & commuteJobs & income C

Les Trois-Îlets has higher unemployment than compared French towns: 15.3%

On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 20.3% of commuters travelled at the census.

20%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving74%
Public transport14%
On foot6%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle0%
2,550
jobs based in Les Trois-Îlets, 0.9 per working resident
15.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 78% of compared French towns

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

HealthHealth C

Fewer deaths than expected in Les Trois-Îlets, 94 per 100, but more than in both Martinique’s towns and compared French towns

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

For a family doctor, residents of Les Trois-Îlets can choose among 13 GPs. Life expectancy in Martinique: 85.1 years for women and 77.5 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 591 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 558: 6% above.

−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw106
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
13
GPs in Les Trois-Îlets · 2.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chu de Martinique site Mfme
4.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chu de Martinique site Mfme
85.1 · 77.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Martinique, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3

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.

Who lives here

Few people in Les Trois-Îlets are 15 to 24: 9%, fewer than in compared French towns

38% of adults hold a degree, above compared French towns (30%). Les Trois-Îlets has a median age of 49 years. Over-65s are just over a fifth of the population.

49median age
Les Trois-ÎletsFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma17%
CAP or BEP19%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education38%

Women and men · all residents

55% women, 45% men

About 82 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Les Trois-Îlets
Les Trois-ÎletsFrance median
Under 1515%17%
15–249%11%
25–4421%23%
45–6434%26%
65+21%22%
No diploma17%19%
CAP or BEP19%26%
Baccalauréat19%18%
Higher education38%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · France median: the median of compared communes (Martinique has none of its own)

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run higher in Les Trois-Îlets than in compared French towns: €18.76/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Half the homes sold went for more than €4,547/m², higher than compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Les Trois-Îlets is the second most expensive of the 27 towns in Martinique, at €4,547/m². A house in Les Trois-Îlets goes for €4,148/m², an apartment for €4,633/m².

€4,547/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Les Trois-Îlets€4,547/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€4,148/m²70
Apartments€4,633/m²260
€18.76/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€12.93 to €27.21/m² a month)
€19.17/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Les Trois-Îlets

15pages on Les Trois-Îlets

Landmarks

Les Trois-Îlets has 6 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 5 inscrit, the second level.

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Famous people from Les Trois-Îlets

One notable person was born in Les Trois-Îlets.

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Photo credits

Joséphine de Beauharnais: Baron François Gérard (1770 - 1837) – Painter (French) Born in Rome. Died in Paris. Details on Google Art Project, Public domain

Les Trois-Îlets’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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Les Anses-d'ArletLe DiamantRivière-SaléeFort-de-FranceDucosSchœlcherLes Anses-d'ArletLe DiamantRivière-SaléeFort-de-FranceDucosSchœlcherLes Trois-Îlets
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Les Trois-Îlets6,507———DC
Les Anses-d'Arlet3,9124——A−B
Le Diamant6,1614.1——C+B−
Rivière-Salée11,8295.7——C−C
Fort-de-France75,5065.7——DD
Ducos18,1056——CB−
Schœlcher19,4786.8——C+C

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

Questions about Les Trois-Îlets

Is Les Trois-Îlets safe?

It grades D for safety, #23 of 25 in Martinique. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 60 acts of criminal damage.

Are schools in Les Trois-Îlets good?

They grade A−, better than 82% of compared French towns and #5 of 25 in Martinique. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

About Les Trois-Îlets

Commune in Martinique

Les Trois-Îlets is a commune of 6,507 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de l'Espace Sud de la 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
6,507 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération de l'Espace Sud de la Martinique
Département
Martinique (972)
Area
10.6 sq mi (27.5 km²)
INSEE code
97231

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.