Bonson

Identity

Bonson (INSEE 06021) is in Alpes-Maritimes (06), part of Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur. Population 740 (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/06021-bonson

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 16,142 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES AMANDIERS). ^[3]

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

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), 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 706 (2012) → 740 (2023): 4.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 456 (1990) → 740 (2023): 62.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 414, of which 14 % second homes and 8.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Levens): 0.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Roquette-sur-Var): 2.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Gilette): 2.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Levens): 0.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bonson): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 11 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LEVENS weather station, 2.5 km away at 691 m; the village itself is at 487 m. ^[12]

The village sits 204 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LEVENS, 2.5 km away at 691 m, over 17 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 204 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 910 mm of rain a year, spread over 69 days — about 13.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LEVENS, 2.5 km away at 691 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06021/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06021/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06021/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06021/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06075
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06109
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06066
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06021
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024