Bouyon
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 58/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Bouyon (INSEE 06022) is in Alpes-Maritimes (06), part of CA de Sophia Antipolis. Population 557 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/06022-bouyon
Vitality score
Vitality score 58/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 97 % of the 17,464 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 | 0.5 | 25 | 12.47 |
| Social | 0.63 | 20 | 12.64 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.32 | 10 | 3.16 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (EMY). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DES PRES). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ION CHRISTIAN POPA, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (BOUYON AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BOUYON). [3]
1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 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 | EMY | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE DES PRES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | ION CHRISTIAN POPA, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | BOUYON AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BOUYON | 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 | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Monthly market: Sunday 8h à 13h sous la halle route des Ferres (seasonal). See the source for which week of the month. [5,6]
Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.
Trajectory
Population 484 (2012) → 557 (2023): 15.1 % over 10 years. [7,1]
Population 243 (1990) → 557 (2023): 129.2 % over 30 years. [8,1]
Dwellings (2023): 403, of which 34.2 % second homes and 2.5 % vacant. [9]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Bézaudun-les-Alpes): 2.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Food shop (Bouyon): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). [11]
GP (Bouyon): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [11]
Pharmacy (Gilette): 4.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [12]
Primary school (Bouyon): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]
Measured at the BOUYON weather station, 0.5 km away at 723 m; the village itself is at 631 m. [13]
The village sits 92 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. [13]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [13]
Humidity measured at BOUYON, 0.5 km away at 723 m, over 10 summers. [13]
That station sits 92 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [13]
An average of 1,136 mm of rain a year, spread over 72 days — about 15.8 mm on a day it rains. [13]
Rainfall measured at BOUYON, 0.5 km away at 723 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06022/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://www.bouyon.fr/agenda/petit-marche-de-producteurs-locaux-et-dartisanat/— “Tous les 1ers dimanche du mois de 8h à 13h et d'avril à décembre, se tient sous la halle route des Ferres, un petit marché qui vous propose des produits locaux et de l'artisanat.”
- DATAtourisme 2026-05— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/ace4d6a0-163c-31d9-b77f-8fef92e9d940— “Le petit marché Bouyonnais est organisé le 1e dimanche de chaque mois d'avril à décembre”
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06022/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06022/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06022/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 06017
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 06022
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 06066
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revest-du-Bion | 04 | 129 km W | 480 | 54.4 | Partly served | no figures |
| Beaufort-sur-Gervanne | 26 | 190 km NW | 494 | 56.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Igny-de-Vers | 69 | 342 km NW | 593 | 60.8 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chanaz | 73 | 244 km NW | 551 | 54.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 84 % |
| Sarrancolin | 65 | 553 km W | 546 | 55.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 19 % · humidity 100 % |
| Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis | 58 | 490 km NW | 499 | 55.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 62 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revest-du-Bion | 04 | 129 km W | 480 | 54.4 | Partly served | no figures |
| Beaufort-sur-Gervanne | 26 | 190 km NW | 494 | 56.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 % |
| Chanaz | 73 | 244 km NW | 551 | 54.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 84 % |
| Saint-Igny-de-Vers | 69 | 342 km NW | 593 | 60.8 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 % |
| Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis | 58 | 490 km NW | 499 | 55.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 62 % · humidity 79 % |
| Sarrancolin | 65 | 553 km W | 546 | 55.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 19 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Bouyon'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blangy-le-Château | 14 | 798 km NW | 828 | 58.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Marsac | 23 | 503 km NW | 643 | 56.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Rochefort-en-Terre | 56 | 850 km NW | 647 | 69.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Peyrat-le-Château | 87 | 476 km NW | 1,025 | 41.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Colombier-le-Jeune | 07 | 233 km NW | 563 | 56.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Tréveray | 55 | 548 km N | 548 | 47.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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