Èze

Identity

Èze (INSEE 06059) is in Alpes-Maritimes (06), part of Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur. Population 2,144 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/06059-eze

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 9,150 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (JULIEN DUGOURD SAS · JAROD'S). ^[3,4]

3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CASINO SHOP · IL VERO GUSTO DELLA NATURA). ^[3,4]

23 × Restaurant (LE CHATEAU EZA · CASA PAOLI · JESSICA · LE NID D'AIGLE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE GIANTON). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (EVA ANN BARE, MÉDECIN · JEAN-LOUIS GILARDI, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELEURL PHARMACIE DE L AIGLE). ^[3,4]

2 × Post office / agence postale (EZE A AP · LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE ANDRE GIANTON). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (CORALIE S). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

6 × Hotel (LE CHATEAU EZA · LES TERRASSES D'EZE · HOTEL ARC EN CIEL · LE CAP ESTEL · HOTEL CHATEAU DE LA CHEVRE D'OR). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire), 1 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 2,535 (2012) → 2,144 (2023): -15.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,446 (1990) → 2,144 (2023): -12.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,228, of which 47.9 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Èze): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Èze): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Èze): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Èze): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Èze): 0.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 3 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the EZE weather station, 1.1 km away at 704 m; the village itself is at 372 m. ^[9]

The village sits 332 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 22 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at CAP FERRAT, 5.8 km away at 138 m, over 11 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 234 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 761 mm of rain a year, spread over 62 days — about 12.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at EZE-OBS, 0.6 km away at 388 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06059/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06059/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06059/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06059/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06059
9. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024