Villars-Colmars

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence · CC Alpes-Provence-Verdon "Sources de lumière" · INSEE 04240

A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.

Few services 24.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villars-Colmars (INSEE 04240) is in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04), part of CC Alpes-Provence-Verdon "Sources de lumière". Population 257 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/04240-villars-colmars

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 17,348 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.77	10	7.66
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 2 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Restaurant (LE TETRAS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (LE MARTAGON). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE HAUT VERDON). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIVAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	LE TETRAS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	VILLARS COLMARS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Hotel	1	LE MARTAGON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LE HAUT VERDON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 107 peak 2012: 257 2023: 257 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 257 (2012) → 257 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 203 (1990) → 257 (2023): 26.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 576, of which 76.2 % second homes and 0.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop GP — 1.9 km NEPharmacy — 1.9 km NEPrimary school — 2.1 km NEBakery — 2.2 km NE 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 (Colmars): 2.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villars-Colmars): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Colmars): 1.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Colmars): 1.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Colmars): 2.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.9

Days at or below 0 °C 119▸

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 119 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ALLOS_SAPC weather station, 8.3 km away at 1,400 m; the village itself is at 1,245 m. ^[10]

The village sits 155 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.21 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

An average of 1,020 mm of rain a year, spread over 96 days — about 10.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ALLOS_SAPC, 8.3 km away at 1,400 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04240/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04240/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04240/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04240/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 04061
INSEE BPE 2025 — 04240
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
Vierville-sur-Mer	14	813 km NW	232	25.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 0 %
Les Barils	27	673 km NW	270	22.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 8 %
Palasca	2B	264 km SE	222	21.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 0 %
Flavigny-sur-Ozerain	21	405 km NW	274	20.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 31 %
Ghisoni	2B	312 km SE	182	27.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 0 %
Mijoux	01	249 km N	299	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mijoux	01	249 km N	299	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 93 %
Palasca	2B	264 km SE	222	21.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 0 %
Ghisoni	2B	312 km SE	182	27.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 0 %
Flavigny-sur-Ozerain	21	405 km NW	274	20.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 31 %
Les Barils	27	673 km NW	270	22.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 8 %
Vierville-sur-Mer	14	813 km NW	232	25.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 0 %

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