Contes
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 65.7/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Contes (INSEE 06048) is in Alpes-Maritimes (06), part of CC du Pays des Paillons. Population 7,897 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [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.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/06048-contes
Vitality score
Vitality score 65.7/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 90 % of the 3,082 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 | 0.49 | 25 | 12.19 |
| Social | 0.76 | 20 | 15.27 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.68 | 10 | 6.77 |
| Public & culture | 0.46 | 5 | 2.3 |
| Population trend | 0.85 | 10 | 8.46 |
| Housing mix | 0.91 | 5 | 4.55 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE LEFEBVRE · L'ATELIER D'ANAIS · OL'GATEAU). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA CONTOISE). [3,4]
5 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (GRUN JEAN SEBASTIEN · ATHENE · LES HALLES CONTOISES · SARL FAFA · CASINO SHOP). [3,4]
1 × Fishmonger (L'ECAILLER DES VALLEES). [3,4]
9 × Restaurant (CHEZ REGINE · SNACK PISCINE MUNICIPALE · VILLA CYRIEL · LE SELECT · AU CONTES EST BON). [3,4]
4 × Café / bar (LA PICADA). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE VARET MONTEE MASSENA). [3]
4 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LA POINTE DE CONTES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU FONTANIL CONTES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE LA VERNEA · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RICOLFI). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE VALLEES DU PAILLON - R. CARLES). [3]
7 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DIMITER KINOV, MÉDECIN · ABDELKADER MERZOUKI, MÉDECIN · THIERRY BEAUFAY, MÉDECIN · PIERRE LAPICQUE, MÉDECIN · CLEMENCE TEILLANT, MÉDECIN). [3]
3 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE TCHILINGUIRIAN · PHARMACIE DE SCLOS · PHARMACIE WEBER). [3,4]
3 × Post office / agence postale (CONTES LA VERNEA AP · SCLOS DE CONTES AP · LA POSTE). [3]
2 × Library (MÉDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE · BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SCLOS DE CONTES). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE MIAGLIA). [3]
3 × Bank (CAISSE D EPARGNE COTE D AZUR · CAISS LOCAL CREDIT AGRICO MUTUEL CONTES · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL PROVENCE COTE D'AZUR (ALPES DE HAUTE PROVENCE - ALPES MARITIMES - VAR). [3]
9 × Hairdresser (VANESS COIFFURE 06 · ACCORD PARFAIT · L'COIFF · AU FIL DU CHEVEU · BY SONIA TYCH). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (TCHITCHOU'S NIGHT). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING LA FERME RIOLA). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 10 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Supermarket. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 3 | BOULANGERIE LEFEBVRE · L'ATELIER D'ANAIS · OL'GATEAU | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | LA CONTOISE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 5 | GRUN JEAN SEBASTIEN · ATHENE · LES HALLES CONTOISES · SARL FAFA · CASINO SHOP | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 1 | L'ECAILLER DES VALLEES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Restaurant | 9 | CHEZ REGINE · SNACK PISCINE MUNICIPALE · VILLA CYRIEL · LE SELECT · AU CONTES EST BON | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 19 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 4 | LA PICADA | INSEE SIRENE 4 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE VARET MONTEE MASSENA | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 4 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE LA POINTE DE CONTES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU FONTANIL CONTES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE LA VERNEA · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RICOLFI | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE VALLEES DU PAILLON - R. CARLES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 7 | DIMITER KINOV, MÉDECIN · ABDELKADER MERZOUKI, MÉDECIN · THIERRY BEAUFAY, MÉDECIN · PIERRE LAPICQUE, MÉDECIN · CLEMENCE TEILLANT, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 7 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 3 | PHARMACIE TCHILINGUIRIAN · PHARMACIE DE SCLOS · PHARMACIE WEBER | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 3 | CONTES LA VERNEA AP · SCLOS DE CONTES AP · LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Library | 2 | MÉDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE · BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SCLOS DE CONTES | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE MIAGLIA | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 3 | CAISSE D EPARGNE COTE D AZUR · CAISS LOCAL CREDIT AGRICO MUTUEL CONTES · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL PROVENCE COTE D'AZUR (ALPES DE HAUTE PROVENCE - ALPES MARITIMES - VAR | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 9 | VANESS COIFFURE 06 · ACCORD PARFAIT · L'COIFF · AU FIL DU CHEVEU · BY SONIA TYCH | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 1 | TCHITCHOU'S NIGHT | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING LA FERME RIOLA | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]
Trajectory
Population 7,187 (2012) → 7,897 (2023): 9.9 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 5,867 (1990) → 7,897 (2023): 34.6 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 3,587, of which 4.5 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Contes): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Contes): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Contes): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Contes): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Contes): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 54 days a year at or above 30 °C and 2 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the BERRE-DES-ALPES weather station, 3 km away at 715 m; the village itself is at 232 m. [10]
The village sits 483 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 16 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at LEVENS_RESERVOIRS, 8.4 km away at 668 m, over 13 summers. [10]
That station sits 436 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 740 mm of rain a year, spread over 62 days — about 11.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at CONTES-OBS, 0.8 km away at 190 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06048/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2025-05— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/538ed2b9-1f37-3dd2-96d1-1f263c8d4261— “Marchés hebdomadaire”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06048/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06048/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06048/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 06048
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goyave | 971 | 7,091 km W | 7,565 | 67.5 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 0 % |
| Trois-Rivières | 971 | 7,108 km W | 7,415 | 62.6 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 0 % |
| Éguilles | 13 | 160 km W | 8,479 | 70 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 42 % · humidity 0 % |
| Meung-sur-Loire | 45 | 623 km NW | 6,670 | 61.4 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 20 % · humidity 0 % |
| Le Malesherbois | 45 | 625 km NW | 8,016 | 60 | Served | no figures |
| Beaugency | 45 | 623 km NW | 8,024 | 65.7 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 15 % · winter 15 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Éguilles | 13 | 160 km W | 8,479 | 70 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 42 % · humidity 0 % |
| Beaugency | 45 | 623 km NW | 8,024 | 65.7 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 15 % · winter 15 % |
| Meung-sur-Loire | 45 | 623 km NW | 6,670 | 61.4 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 20 % · humidity 0 % |
| Le Malesherbois | 45 | 625 km NW | 8,016 | 60 | Served | no figures |
| Goyave | 971 | 7,091 km W | 7,565 | 67.5 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 0 % |
| Trois-Rivières | 971 | 7,108 km W | 7,415 | 62.6 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · 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 Contes'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Boulou | 66 | 391 km W | 5,487 | 53.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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