Cipières

Identity

Cipières (INSEE 06041) is in Alpes-Maritimes (06), part of CA de Sophia Antipolis. Population 393 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/06041-cipieres

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 88 % of the 17,990 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE PUCCI). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (CIPPUS PIZZA · BAR RESTAURANT LES ORMEAUX · RIVIERA CREW FOOD). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE CIPIERES). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE CIPIÈRES). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 372 (2012) → 393 (2023): 5.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 222 (1990) → 393 (2023): 77 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 324, of which 31.8 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Cipières): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gréolières): 1.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Coursegoules): 7 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Le Bar-sur-Loup): 9.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Cipières): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 24 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CAUSSOLS weather station, 4.3 km away at 1,268 m; the village itself is at 748 m. ^[12]

The village sits 520 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at CAUSSOLS, 4.3 km away at 1,268 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 520 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,254 mm of rain a year, spread over 79 days — about 15.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CAUSSOLS, 4.3 km away at 1,268 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06041/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06041/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06041/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06041/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06041
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06070
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06050
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06010
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024