Carros
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 53.7/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Carros (INSEE 06033) is in Alpes-Maritimes (06), part of Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur. Population 13,803 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). [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.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/06033-carros
Vitality score
Vitality score 53.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)).
Better served than 25 % of the 1,791 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 | 9.72 |
| Social | 0.61 | 20 | 12.18 |
| Education | 0.53 | 10 | 5.28 |
| Health | 0.51 | 10 | 5.13 |
| Public & culture | 0.17 | 5 | 0.85 |
| Population trend | 0.78 | 10 | 7.84 |
| Housing mix | 0.93 | 5 | 4.67 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
8 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MULTARI PRODUCTION · MIC-MAC PATISSERIE · AU BON PAIN DE COLOMARS · PATISSERIE PETTINATI · FLORODA). [3,4]
3 × Butcher (boucherie) (AL NEEAMA · MAISON PONS · BOUCHERIE SALIN). [3,4]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SPAR · SUN MARKET). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (ALDI MARCHE). [3,4]
1 × Fishmonger (CHEZ BITCHOU). [3,4]
45 × Restaurant (SOCIETE LOU CASTELET · HARMEL YAMINA · CHEZ DEGUN). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (BAR DE L'AUBERGE). [4]
5 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATE LOU SOULEOU · ECOL MATE PAGNOL MARCEL · ECOL MATE JEAN GIONO · ECOLE MATERNELLE DAUDET · ECOLE MATERNELLE ROSEMARINES). [3]
6 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MOULIN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE GUILLONNET · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE SPINELLI · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE VIAN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE FIORI). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE PAUL LANGEVIN). [3]
10 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JOELLE ROUSTAN, MÉDECIN · NATHALIE CABIROL, MÉDECIN · CHRISTIAN BERGONZO, MÉDECIN · HAKIM ZIOUANI, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS METIFIOT, MÉDECIN). [3]
3 × Pharmacy (SELAS PHARMACIE LE VAILLANT · PHARMACIE CARROS LES PLANS · SELAS PHARMACIE CARROS VILLE). [3,4]
2 × Post office / agence postale (CARROS VILLAGE AP · LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE ANDRÉ-VERDET). [3]
1 × Cinema. [3]
2 × Gym / sports hall (HALLE DES SPORTS · GYMNASE). [3]
4 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE COTE D'AZUR · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL PROVENCE COTE D'AZUR (ALPES DE HAUTE PROVENCE - ALPES MARITIMES - VAR · BNP PARIBAS · LYONNAISE DE BANQUE). [3]
21 × Hairdresser (LA BOITE A CHEVEUX · PAM COIFFURE · MYRIAM COIFFURE A DOMICILE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
2 × Hotel (HOTEL LOU CASTELET · HÔTEL PROMOTEL). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Supermarket, 6 × Restaurant, 1 × Bank, 8 × Hairdresser.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 8 | MULTARI PRODUCTION · MIC-MAC PATISSERIE · AU BON PAIN DE COLOMARS · PATISSERIE PETTINATI · FLORODA | INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 3 | AL NEEAMA · MAISON PONS · BOUCHERIE SALIN | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | SPAR · SUN MARKET | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 1 | ALDI MARCHE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 1 | CHEZ BITCHOU | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Restaurant | 45 | SOCIETE LOU CASTELET · HARMEL YAMINA · CHEZ DEGUN | INSEE BPE 45 / INSEE SIRENE 75 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | BAR DE L'AUBERGE | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 5 | ECOLE MATE LOU SOULEOU · ECOL MATE PAGNOL MARCEL · ECOL MATE JEAN GIONO · ECOLE MATERNELLE DAUDET · ECOLE MATERNELLE ROSEMARINES | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 6 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MOULIN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE GUILLONNET · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE SPINELLI · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE VIAN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE FIORI | INSEE BPE 6 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE PAUL LANGEVIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 10 | JOELLE ROUSTAN, MÉDECIN · NATHALIE CABIROL, MÉDECIN · CHRISTIAN BERGONZO, MÉDECIN · HAKIM ZIOUANI, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS METIFIOT, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 10 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 3 | SELAS PHARMACIE LE VAILLANT · PHARMACIE CARROS LES PLANS · SELAS PHARMACIE CARROS VILLE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 2 | CARROS VILLAGE AP · LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE ANDRÉ-VERDET | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 2 | HALLE DES SPORTS · GYMNASE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 4 | CAISSE D'EPARGNE COTE D'AZUR · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL PROVENCE COTE D'AZUR (ALPES DE HAUTE PROVENCE - ALPES MARITIMES - VAR · BNP PARIBAS · LYONNAISE DE BANQUE | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 21 | LA BOITE A CHEVEUX · PAM COIFFURE · MYRIAM COIFFURE A DOMICILE | INSEE BPE 21 / INSEE SIRENE 34 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 2 | HOTEL LOU CASTELET · HÔTEL PROMOTEL | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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
Population 11,497 (2012) → 13,803 (2023): 20.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 10,747 (1990) → 13,803 (2023): 28.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 5,933, of which 3.3 % second homes and 5.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Carros): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Carros): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]
GP (Carros): 0 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Carros): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Carros): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 48 days a year at or above 30 °C and 5 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the CARROS_SAPC weather station, 2 km away at 78 m; the village itself is at 156 m. [9]
The village sits 78 m above 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. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 18 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at NICE-ST ROMAN, 3.1 km away at 323 m, over 14 summers. [9]
That station sits 167 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 812 mm of rain a year, spread over 63 days — about 12.9 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at CARROS_SAPC, 2 km away at 78 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06033/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06033/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06033/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06033/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 06033
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avon | 77 | 620 km NW | 13,651 | 54.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 8 % · humidity 0 % |
| Berre-l'Étang | 13 | 166 km W | 13,832 | 57.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · humidity 29 % |
| Fontenay-le-Fleury | 78 | 685 km NW | 13,680 | 40.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 42 % · humidity 0 % |
| Cuers | 83 | 108 km SW | 13,271 | 60.4 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 0 % |
| Saint-Jean-de-Védas | 34 | 272 km W | 13,328 | 65.7 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pierrelatte | 26 | 210 km W | 13,756 | 58.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 74 % · humidity 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuers | 83 | 108 km SW | 13,271 | 60.4 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 0 % |
| Berre-l'Étang | 13 | 166 km W | 13,832 | 57.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · humidity 29 % |
| Pierrelatte | 26 | 210 km W | 13,756 | 58.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 74 % · humidity 0 % |
| Saint-Jean-de-Védas | 34 | 272 km W | 13,328 | 65.7 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Avon | 77 | 620 km NW | 13,651 | 54.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 8 % · humidity 0 % |
| Fontenay-le-Fleury | 78 | 685 km NW | 13,680 | 40.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 42 % · 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 Carros'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-Cyprien | 66 | 363 km W | 12,068 | 62.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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