Ascros

Alpes-Maritimes · CC Alpes d'Azur · INSEE 06005

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

Few services 36.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ascros (INSEE 06005) is in Alpes-Maritimes (06), part of CC Alpes d'Azur. Population 174 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/06005-ascros

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 15,155 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	25	0
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.91	10	9.15
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE ANNA DAO). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE ASCROS	INSEE BPE 1 [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	ASCROS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE ANNA DAO	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 143 2023: 174 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 169 (2012) → 174 (2023): 3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 123 (1990) → 174 (2023): 41.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 226, of which 57.5 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.0 km NBakery — 5.3 km SGP — 5.3 km SPharmacy — 6.8 km E 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 (Roquestéron): 5.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Touët-sur-Var): 3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Roquestéron): 5.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Villars-sur-Var): 6.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Ascros): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 1.6▸

Days at or below 0 °C 49.3

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 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ASCROS weather station, 0.1 km away at 1,173 m; the village itself is at 1,158 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ASCROS, 0.1 km away at 1,173 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 911 mm of rain a year, spread over 78 days — about 11.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ASCROS, 0.1 km away at 1,173 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06005/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06005/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06005/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06005/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 06106
INSEE BPE 2025 — 06143
INSEE BPE 2025 — 06158
INSEE BPE 2025 — 06005
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
Ferrals-les-Montagnes	34	357 km W	156	31.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Alyre-d'Arlanc	63	312 km NW	132	27.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Larrau	64	651 km W	179	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 50 %
Cros	63	389 km NW	171	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Serralongue	66	399 km SW	244	40.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Grandrif	63	308 km NW	199	28.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 1 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Grandrif	63	308 km NW	199	28.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 1 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Alyre-d'Arlanc	63	312 km NW	132	27.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Ferrals-les-Montagnes	34	357 km W	156	31.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 %
Cros	63	389 km NW	171	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Serralongue	66	399 km SW	244	40.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Larrau	64	651 km W	179	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Ascros'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
La Chabanne	03	347 km NW	169	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Brezons	15	354 km W	177	19.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Fraisse-sur-Agout	34	340 km W	319	32.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-sous-Vigouroux	15	353 km W	217	25.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Maël-Pestivien	22	936 km NW	362	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Brigitte	56	913 km NW	178	23.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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