Cantaron

Identity

Cantaron (INSEE 06031) is in Alpes-Maritimes (06), part of CC du Pays des Paillons. Population 1,268 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/06031-cantaron

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 24 % of the 12,863 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 × Supermarket (CANTA). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (BAR DE LA PLACE · SAMDA · FADA-FOOD). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (LC COIFFER). ^[3,4]

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

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,337 (2012) → 1,268 (2023): -5.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,233 (1990) → 1,268 (2023): 2.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 616, of which 3.4 % second homes and 7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Drap): 0.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Drap): 0.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Drap): 0.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (La Trinité): 2.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Cantaron): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 1 day at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the NICE-RIMIEZ weather station, 4 km away at 238 m; the village itself is at 103 m. ^[11]

The village sits 135 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 20 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at NICE-RIMIEZ, 4 km away at 238 m, over 16 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 135 m above 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 769 mm of rain a year, spread over 61 days — about 12.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at NICE-RIMIEZ, 4 km away at 238 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 — 06031/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06031/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06031/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06031/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06054
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06149
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06031
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024