Andon

Identity

Andon (INSEE 06003) is in Alpes-Maritimes (06), part of CA du Pays de Grasse. Population 665 (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/06003-andon

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 16,657 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.

Services

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

10 × Restaurant (LA FLAMBEE DU LAC · LE CHRISTINA · L'AUBERGE DE LA FORET · PRIOBADA). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Post office / agence postale (TABAC PRESSE LE PHENIX RP · ANDON THORENC AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE THORENC). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (LA RÉSERVE DES MONTS D'AZUR). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 568 (2012) → 665 (2023): 17.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 300 (1990) → 665 (2023): 121.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 833, of which 60 % second homes and 0.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Valderoure): 6.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Caille): 4.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Valderoure): 5.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey): 10 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Caille): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 134 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the VALDEROURE weather station, 4.7 km away at 1,105 m; the village itself is at 1,196 m. ^[11]

The village sits 91 m above 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. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at VALDEROURE, 4.7 km away at 1,105 m, over 10 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 91 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,241 mm of rain a year, spread over 88 days — about 14.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VALDEROURE, 4.7 km away at 1,105 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06003/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06003/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06003/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06003/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06154
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06028
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06130
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024