Cap-d'Ail
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 43.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 20 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Cap-d'Ail (INSEE 06032) is in Alpes-Maritimes (06), part of Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur. Population 4,482 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 43.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 20 % of the 5,110 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 | 0.39 | 25 | 9.66 |
| Social | 0.69 | 20 | 13.87 |
| Education | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Health | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.42 | 10 | 4.22 |
| Housing mix | 0.36 | 5 | 1.82 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (DELICES CAFE · SARL AU PAIN DE FRED · LA BOULANGE DE CAP D'AIL). [3,4]
4 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (HERNANDEZ CAP D'AIL · EPICERIE DU RADIUM · AYADA CAP D'AIL). [3,4]
20 × Restaurant (LA DIAGONALE AS MONACO · SARL EDEN · RVG). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (LE TIFANNY'S DU CAP). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE MALRAUX). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MURIEL HUGUES, MÉDECIN · LAURENT JADEAUD, MÉDECIN). [3]
2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE TROISGROS · SELARL PHARMACIE LA BASTIDE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (CAP D AIL AP). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE CAP D'AIL - TÊTE DE RÉSEAU RÉSEAU DE LECTURE PUBLIQUE DU SIVOM DE VILLEFRANCHE SUR MER). [3]
2 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL PROVENCE COTE D'AZUR (ALPES DE HAUTE PROVENCE - ALPES MARITIMES - VAR · BNP PARIBAS). [3]
6 × Hairdresser (SALON CAPRICES · EDWARD'S COIFFURE · L ATELIER MAGNIFIQUE · MARCO L'ARTISAN COIFFEUR · ANNA ART COIFFURE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
3 × Hotel (HOTEL NORMANDY · EDMOND S HOTEL · HOTEL LE MIRAMAR). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Restaurant, 2 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 3 | DELICES CAFE · SARL AU PAIN DE FRED · LA BOULANGE DE CAP D'AIL | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 4 | HERNANDEZ CAP D'AIL · EPICERIE DU RADIUM · AYADA CAP D'AIL | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [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 | 20 | LA DIAGONALE AS MONACO · SARL EDEN · RVG | INSEE BPE 20 / INSEE SIRENE 32 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | LE TIFANNY'S DU CAP | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE MALRAUX | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 2 | MURIEL HUGUES, MÉDECIN · LAURENT JADEAUD, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 2 | PHARMACIE TROISGROS · SELARL PHARMACIE LA BASTIDE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | CAP D AIL AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE CAP D'AIL - TÊTE DE RÉSEAU RÉSEAU DE LECTURE PUBLIQUE DU SIVOM DE VILLEFRANCHE SUR MER | 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 | 2 | CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL PROVENCE COTE D'AZUR (ALPES DE HAUTE PROVENCE - ALPES MARITIMES - VAR · BNP PARIBAS | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 6 | SALON CAPRICES · EDWARD'S COIFFURE · L ATELIER MAGNIFIQUE · MARCO L'ARTISAN COIFFEUR · ANNA ART COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 3 | HOTEL NORMANDY · EDMOND S HOTEL · HOTEL LE MIRAMAR | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
Market day (reported, unverified): Friday. No source says whether it is weekly or monthly. [5]
Trajectory
Population 4,741 (2012) → 4,482 (2023): -5.5 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 4,859 (1990) → 4,482 (2023): -7.8 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 3,992, of which 31.8 % second homes and 13.3 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Cap-d'Ail): 0.5 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Cap-d'Ail): 0.5 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (Cap-d'Ail): 0.9 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Cap-d'Ail): 0.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Cap-d'Ail): 0 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 1 day at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the EZE weather station, 3.8 km away at 704 m; the village itself is at 47 m. [10]
The village sits 657 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 25 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at PEILLE, 6.1 km away at 1,106 m, over 28 summers. [10]
That station sits 1,059 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 839 mm of rain a year, spread over 62 days — about 13.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at LA TURBIE, 2.2 km away at 495 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06032/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2025-10— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/35880bdc-b83a-33c9-ad53-a587e26a8518— “Marché du port - Vendredi matin.”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06032/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06032/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06032/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 06032
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascain | 64 | 729 km W | 4,658 | 57.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 % |
| Hermanville-sur-Mer | 14 | 855 km NW | 3,323 | 37 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 65 % · humidity 0 % |
| Tourrette-Levens | 06 | 13 km NW | 4,624 | 46.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 0 % |
| Tourrettes-sur-Loup | 06 | 28 km W | 4,165 | 47.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 95 % · humidity 0 % |
| La Turbie | 06 | 2.6 km N | 3,045 | 50.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 96 % · humidity 0 % |
| Chavanoz | 38 | 289 km NW | 5,126 | 43.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 23 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Turbie | 06 | 2.6 km N | 3,045 | 50.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 96 % · humidity 0 % |
| Tourrette-Levens | 06 | 13 km NW | 4,624 | 46.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 0 % |
| Tourrettes-sur-Loup | 06 | 28 km W | 4,165 | 47.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 95 % · humidity 0 % |
| Chavanoz | 38 | 289 km NW | 5,126 | 43.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 23 % |
| Ascain | 64 | 729 km W | 4,658 | 57.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 % |
| Hermanville-sur-Mer | 14 | 855 km NW | 3,323 | 37 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 65 % · humidity 0 % |
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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 Cap-d'Ail'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer | 83 | 139 km SW | 6,000 | 55.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Balaruc-les-Bains | 34 | 302 km W | 7,139 | 66.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Balaruc-le-Vieux | 34 | 301 km W | 2,737 | 66 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Loupian | 34 | 307 km W | 2,169 | 50.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-André-de-la-Roche | 06 | 9.7 km W | 5,896 | 53 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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