Caussols
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 37.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Caussols (INSEE 06037) is in Alpes-Maritimes (06), part of CA de Sophia Antipolis. Population 332 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 37.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 87 % of the 18,042 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0.48 | 20 | 9.5 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.13 | 5 | 0.66 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE L'OLIVIER). [3,4]
3 × Restaurant (TITEUF CLUB · L'AUBERGE DE CAUSSOLS · LE MONDE D'HESTIA). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE CAUSSOLS). [3]
1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: 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) | 1 | BOULANGERIE L'OLIVIER | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 3 | TITEUF CLUB · L'AUBERGE DE CAUSSOLS · LE MONDE D'HESTIA | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE CAUSSOLS | 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 | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]
Trajectory
Population 253 (2012) → 332 (2023): 31.2 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 117 (1990) → 332 (2023): 183.8 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 304, of which 43.4 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Caussols): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey): 6.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
GP (Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey): 6.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey): 6.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Caussols): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the CAUSSOLS weather station, 2.2 km away at 1,268 m; the village itself is at 1,100 m. [11]
The village sits 168 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 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at CAUSSOLS, 2.2 km away at 1,268 m, over 30 summers. [11]
That station sits 168 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 1,254 mm of rain a year, spread over 79 days — about 15.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at CAUSSOLS, 2.2 km away at 1,268 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06037/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2025-12— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/4ad69d81-1238-352a-a057-1b64679ce4a5— “Marché paysan”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06037/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06037/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06037/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 06037
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 06130
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vattetot-sur-Mer | 76 | 835 km NW | 328 | 30.1 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 61 % |
| Moncale | 2B | 208 km SE | 348 | 27.3 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 % |
| Kerbors | 22 | 958 km NW | 292 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chénelette | 69 | 330 km NW | 369 | 36.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 % |
| Joannas | 07 | 230 km NW | 328 | 30.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Père | 89 | 480 km NW | 289 | 30.5 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moncale | 2B | 208 km SE | 348 | 27.3 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 % |
| Joannas | 07 | 230 km NW | 328 | 30.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 % |
| Chénelette | 69 | 330 km NW | 369 | 36.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Père | 89 | 480 km NW | 289 | 30.5 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Vattetot-sur-Mer | 76 | 835 km NW | 328 | 30.1 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 61 % |
| Kerbors | 22 | 958 km NW | 292 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Caussols'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Château-Bernard | 38 | 173 km NW | 295 | 30.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| École | 73 | 220 km N | 305 | 25.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fouday | 67 | 521 km N | 333 | 27.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Beauchamps | 50 | 850 km NW | 441 | 38.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bézaudun-les-Alpes | 06 | 18 km NE | 256 | 31.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Villers-sur-Authie | 80 | 831 km NW | 468 | 18.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
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