Céreste-en-Luberon

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence · CC Pays d'Apt-Luberon · INSEE 04045

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 58.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Céreste-en-Luberon (INSEE 04045) is in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04), part of CC Pays d'Apt-Luberon. Population 1,219 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 58.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 13,104 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.85	20	16.95
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.78	10	7.83
Housing mix	0.39	5	1.93

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (ALIMONT · ARAUJO). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (UTILE). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (LES BELLES LURETTES · K'BURGERS · PIZZA ROL CHEZ GUILLAUME · HOTEL RESTAURANT L'AIGUEBELLE). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (BAR LE PROVENCE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE CERESTE). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GAEL MELOT, MÉDECIN · DUC TONG NGUYEN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SARL PHARMACIE DE CERESTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CERESTE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE CÉRESTE GASTON IMBERT). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL PROVENCE COTE D'AZUR (ALPES DE HAUTE PROVENCE - ALPES MARITIMES - VAR). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (SALON DE COIFFURE COLETTE · MB · SALON COIFF'HAIR). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (AIRE NATURELLE DE CAMPING LE BOIS DE SIBOURG). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	ALIMONT · ARAUJO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	UTILE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	5	LES BELLES LURETTES · K'BURGERS · PIZZA ROL CHEZ GUILLAUME · HOTEL RESTAURANT L'AIGUEBELLE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	BAR LE PROVENCE	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE CERESTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	GAEL MELOT, MÉDECIN · DUC TONG NGUYEN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SARL PHARMACIE DE CERESTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	CERESTE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE CÉRESTE GASTON IMBERT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL PROVENCE COTE D'AZUR (ALPES DE HAUTE PROVENCE - ALPES MARITIMES - VAR	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	3	SALON DE COIFFURE COLETTE · MB · SALON COIFF'HAIR	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Campsite	1	AIRE NATURELLE DE CAMPING LE BOIS DE SIBOURG	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Thursday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 757 peak 2012: 1,242 2023: 1,219 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,242 (2012) → 1,219 (2023): -1.9 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 950 (1990) → 1,219 (2023): 28.3 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 961, of which 30.7 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 4.7 km NW Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Viens): 4.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Céreste-en-Luberon): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Céreste-en-Luberon): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Céreste-en-Luberon): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Céreste-en-Luberon): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 57.5▸

Days at or below 0 °C 96.4▸

Muggy days a summer 0.1

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 58 days a year at or above 30 °C and 96 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CERESTE weather station, 2 km away at 350 m; the village itself is at 394 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at DAUPHIN, 15.4 km away at 427 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 792 mm of rain a year, spread over 67 days — about 11.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CERESTE, 2 km away at 350 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04045/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2021-06— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/cf3d66e8-c87d-38c4-b52c-6bf0419131eb— “Tous les jeudis matin, le marché Provençal de Céreste anime le village, avec ses forains et vendeurs locaux.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04045/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04045/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04045/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 84144
INSEE BPE 2025 — 04045
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Thueyts	07	142 km NW	1,205	56.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 9 % · humidity 86 %
Bargemon	83	82 km E	1,433	57.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Pays de Belvès	24	379 km W	1,298	54.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 9 % · humidity 57 %
Lasalle	30	141 km W	1,202	56.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 4 % · humidity 79 %
Brassac	81	250 km W	1,289	60.6	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 9 % · humidity 79 %
Entraygues-sur-Truyère	12	256 km W	964	71.4	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 27 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bargemon	83	82 km E	1,433	57.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Lasalle	30	141 km W	1,202	56.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 4 % · humidity 79 %
Thueyts	07	142 km NW	1,205	56.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 9 % · humidity 86 %
Brassac	81	250 km W	1,289	60.6	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 9 % · humidity 79 %
Entraygues-sur-Truyère	12	256 km W	964	71.4	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 27 %
Pays de Belvès	24	379 km W	1,298	54.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 9 % · humidity 57 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Céreste-en-Luberon's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Val Buëch-Méouge	05	47 km NE	1,354	51.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Julien	83	32 km SE	2,453	55	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
La Brillanne	04	26 km E	1,121	48.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Ginasservis	83	29 km SE	2,075	44.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Mane	04	17 km NE	1,410	56.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Dauphin	04	16 km E	838	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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