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A town of 11,604 in Martinique.
Pupils here do better than most: bac results 8 points above the expected rate; brevet results 0.7 points above the expected rate. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Second homes make up a tenth of its housing.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Rivière-Pilote 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.
The 2 things Rivière-Pilote does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Rivière-Pilote 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.
Rivière-Pilote has no overall grade because cost of living isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Rivière-Pilote, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
0.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Léona Gabriel, born in 1891, is the one person born in Rivière-Pilote before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rivière-Pilote.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
1,288 deaths in Rivière-Pilote between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 1,275: 1% above. Adjusted mortality locally: 101 deaths for every 100 expected. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Rivière-Pilote is Chu de Martinique site Mfme, 11.9 mi away. 9 GPs practise here.
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.
5.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, 3.0% of working residents in Rivière-Pilote didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Rivière-Pilote, 78.7% passed the brevet, lower than compared French towns (87.5%). The nearest collège is 1.5 mi away. Results rank its schools #12 of 25 in Martinique.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques RoumainNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 88 | 72%−3 pts |
| Lycée général et technologique MontgéraldNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 160 | 99%+8 pts |
| Collège de Sainte-LuceBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 52 | 90%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 12.2 violent offenses and 7 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. 2025 saw 184 offenses recorded in Rivière-Pilote. The graded crime recorded most in the town 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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Rivière-Pilote; none is classé, France’s top protection. 0.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town, above compared French towns (22%). The median resident of Rivière-Pilote is 51.4 years old. The share aged 15 to 24 is 10%.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: France 51.8%.
| Rivière-Pilote | France median | |
|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 34% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 44% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 18% |
| Higher education | 15% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · France median: the median of compared communes (Martinique has none of its own)
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,765/m², comes from 34 sales of houses and apartments in Rivière-Pilote from July 2023 to June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 34 homes were sold locally.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,765/m² | 34 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit, museums and gardens in and near Rivière-Pilote. Best known first.
MuseumÉcomusée de Martiniquein townAttractionAttractionDistillerie La Maunyin townAttractionAttractionVisite guidée distilleriein townGardenGardenJardin Créole Ecotours4.4 km east, in Le MarinPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Rivière-Pilote has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
4 notable people were born in Rivière-Pilote.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivière-Pilote | 11,604 | — | — | — | B | C− |
| Sainte-Luce | 9,410 | 2.9 | — | — | C− | B− |
| Le Marin | 8,486 | 3.2 | — | — | C+ | B− |
| Saint-Esprit | 10,322 | 4 | — | — | A− | C+ |
| Rivière-Salée | 11,829 | 4 | — | — | C− | C |
| Le Vauclin | 8,483 | 4.3 | — | — | C+ | C |
| Sainte-Anne | 4,306 | 5.3 | — | — | C− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #4 of 25 in Martinique. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 22 burglaries and 36 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 67% of compared French towns and #12 of 25 in Martinique. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Martinique
Rivière-Pilote is a commune of 11,604 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
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.