Castillon

Alpes-Maritimes · CA de la Riviera Française · INSEE 06036

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 30.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Castillon (INSEE 06036) is in Alpes-Maritimes (06), part of CA de la Riviera Française. Population 425 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 30.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 65 % of the 17,983 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.62	5	3.11

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 0 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (ENCLOS DE ROCHES). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE PASSERELLE DES PITCHOUNS (LA). ^[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), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	ENCLOS DE ROCHES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE PASSERELLE DES PITCHOUNS (LA	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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

1968: 97 2023: 425 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 383 (2012) → 425 (2023): 11 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 187 (1990) → 425 (2023): 127.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 233, of which 18.9 % second homes and 3.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 2.4 km SFood shop — 2.5 km SEBakery — 3.2 km SPharmacy — 3.9 km S Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Menton): 3.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Menton): 2.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Menton): 2.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Menton): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Castillon): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.9

Days at or below 0 °C 5.5▸

Muggy days a summer 8.5

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 6 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SOSPEL weather station, 4.5 km away at 843 m; the village itself is at 557 m. ^[10]

The village sits 286 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 9 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at SOSPEL, 4.5 km away at 843 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 286 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 971 mm of rain a year, spread over 69 days — about 14.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SOSPEL, 4.5 km away at 843 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06036/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06036/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06036/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06036/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 06083
INSEE BPE 2025 — 06036
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
Saint-Sigismond	85	699 km NW	428	26.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 68 % · humidity 50 %
Cernoy-en-Berry	45	556 km NW	420	25.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 14 %
Éguelshardt	57	577 km N	440	29.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 0 % · humidity 43 %
Coust	18	497 km NW	415	22.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-André-d'Olérargues	30	242 km W	443	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 46 % · humidity 57 %
Voulême	86	623 km NW	390	25.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 59 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-André-d'Olérargues	30	242 km W	443	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 46 % · humidity 57 %
Coust	18	497 km NW	415	22.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 %
Cernoy-en-Berry	45	556 km NW	420	25.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 14 %
Éguelshardt	57	577 km N	440	29.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 0 % · humidity 43 %
Voulême	86	623 km NW	390	25.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 59 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Sigismond	85	699 km NW	428	26.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 68 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Castillon'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
Sainte-Colombe-sur-l'Hers	11	455 km W	441	43.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Val de Lambronne	11	452 km W	180	19.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Bonson	06	23 km W	740	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Rivel	11	453 km W	219	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Villars-sur-Var	06	32 km W	780	63	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Montroy	17	715 km NW	963	49.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

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