Colomars
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 49.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Colomars (INSEE 06046) is in Alpes-Maritimes (06), part of Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur. Population 3,409 (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.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/06046-colomars
Vitality score
Vitality score 49.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 51 % of the 6,400 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 | 0.28 | 25 | 7.11 |
| Social | 0.41 | 20 | 8.26 |
| Education | 0.53 | 10 | 5.28 |
| Health | 0.56 | 10 | 5.58 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.98 | 10 | 9.78 |
| Housing mix | 0.94 | 5 | 4.68 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE DE LA MANDA · AU BON PAIN DE COLOMARS · LA BOULANGERIE DU GRAND STADE). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DE COLOMARS). [3,4]
7 × Restaurant (CAPPAN JEANNINE · LE QUEZACO · L'ESCAPADE). [3,4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE HP GIRARD). [3]
3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LA MANDA · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE H.P.GIRARD · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LA SIROLE). [3]
9 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BERNARD BENSAID, MÉDECIN · ALEXIS GAULIER, MÉDECIN · EDOUARD BATHIER, MÉDECIN · AURELIE GALVANI BEDOUET, MÉDECIN · VALERIE PANTALEO, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE COLOMARS). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (COLOMARS SIVOM VAL DE BANQUIERE AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE COLOMARS). [3]
8 × Hairdresser (CREA'TIFF · L'ENTRACTE · COIFFURE JEAN-PHILIPPE · MAGALI COIFFURE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (AUBERGE DU REDIER). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar. [4,3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 4 | BOULANGERIE DE LA MANDA · AU BON PAIN DE COLOMARS · LA BOULANGERIE DU GRAND STADE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | BOUCHERIE DE COLOMARS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Restaurant | 7 | CAPPAN JEANNINE · LE QUEZACO · L'ESCAPADE | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE HP GIRARD | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 3 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE LA MANDA · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE H.P.GIRARD · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LA SIROLE | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 9 | BERNARD BENSAID, MÉDECIN · ALEXIS GAULIER, MÉDECIN · EDOUARD BATHIER, MÉDECIN · AURELIE GALVANI BEDOUET, MÉDECIN · VALERIE PANTALEO, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 9 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE COLOMARS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | COLOMARS SIVOM VAL DE BANQUIERE AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE COLOMARS | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 8 | CREA'TIFF · L'ENTRACTE · COIFFURE JEAN-PHILIPPE · MAGALI COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 1 | AUBERGE DU REDIER | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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 3,318 (2012) → 3,409 (2023): 2.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 2,307 (1990) → 3,409 (2023): 47.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,536, of which 3.2 % second homes and 9.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Colomars): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Colomars): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Colomars): 0 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Colomars): 0 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Colomars): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 8 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the NICE-ST ROMAN weather station, 1.4 km away at 323 m; the village itself is at 301 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 12 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at NICE-ST ROMAN, 1.4 km away at 323 m, over 14 summers. [9]
An average of 774 mm of rain a year, spread over 61 days — about 12.7 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at NICE-ST ROMAN, 1.4 km away at 323 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06046/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06046/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06046/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06046/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 06046
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernin | 38 | 199 km NW | 3,334 | 40.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 46 % |
| Soues | 65 | 578 km W | 2,988 | 48.3 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 59 % · humidity 64 % |
| Montferrier-sur-Lez | 34 | 270 km W | 4,135 | 40.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 38 % · humidity 50 % |
| Peyrins | 26 | 227 km NW | 2,613 | 43.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 46 % · humidity 29 % |
| Mercury | 73 | 224 km N | 3,495 | 41.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 22 % · humidity 14 % |
| Cerny | 91 | 645 km NW | 3,531 | 30.5 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 36 % · humidity 21 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernin | 38 | 199 km NW | 3,334 | 40.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 46 % |
| Mercury | 73 | 224 km N | 3,495 | 41.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 22 % · humidity 14 % |
| Peyrins | 26 | 227 km NW | 2,613 | 43.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 46 % · humidity 29 % |
| Montferrier-sur-Lez | 34 | 270 km W | 4,135 | 40.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 38 % · humidity 50 % |
| Soues | 65 | 578 km W | 2,988 | 48.3 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 59 % · humidity 64 % |
| Cerny | 91 | 645 km NW | 3,531 | 30.5 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 36 % · humidity 21 % |
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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 Colomars'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ville-di-Pietrabugno | 2B | 214 km SE | 3,215 | 42.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Gattières | 06 | 3.7 km W | 4,358 | 45.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Tourrettes-sur-Loup | 06 | 14 km W | 4,165 | 47.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Gaude | 06 | 7.2 km SW | 7,265 | 56.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Falicon | 06 | 4.8 km E | 2,185 | 46.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bourcefranc-le-Chapus | 17 | 699 km W | 3,486 | 49.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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