La Gaude
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 56.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Gaude (INSEE 06065) is in Alpes-Maritimes (06), part of Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur. Population 7,265 (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.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/06065-la-gaude
Vitality score
Vitality score 56.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 66 % of the 3,333 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 | 0.38 | 25 | 9.52 |
| Social | 0.73 | 20 | 14.64 |
| Education | 0.53 | 10 | 5.28 |
| Health | 0.37 | 10 | 3.74 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.97 | 10 | 9.67 |
| Housing mix | 0.88 | 5 | 4.38 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU BON PAIN DE COLOMARS · AUX DELICES DE LA GAUDE BY KEVIN PEROT · JM PATISSERIE). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (HERAULT MARY). [3,4]
2 × Supermarket (ULADE · CARREFOUR CONTACT). [3,4]
11 × Restaurant (ALICIA · SOCIETE D'EXPLOITATION GUINGUETTE GAUDOISE · ROUBAUD S ET CIMA CLARO C). [3,4]
3 × Café / bar (LE BUN'S · CAFE LA BIGARADE). [4]
3 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE MANON DES SOURCES · ECOLE MATERNELLE JEAN DE FLORETTE · ECOLE MATERNELLE LA BARONNE). [3]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PAGNOL · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MONNET). [3]
3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (HERVE MARGULIES, MÉDECIN · CÉLINE JOURET-BOIDIN, MÉDECIN · IULIAN-MARIAN HUTANU, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE PLAN DU BOIS). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE CHAÏM SOUTINE). [3]
1 × Cinema (LA COUPOLE). [3]
6 × Hairdresser (MARGEORI · CHAINTREUIL MANUELA · LB COIFFURE · L'EVIDENCE COIFFEUSE · LES PINCEAUX DE CLEMENTINE). [3,4]
2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
3 × Hotel (HOTEL AUBERGE DE LA BARONNE · HOTEL MON SOLEIL · HÔTEL DU BAOU). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 3 | AU BON PAIN DE COLOMARS · AUX DELICES DE LA GAUDE BY KEVIN PEROT · JM PATISSERIE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | HERAULT MARY | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Supermarket | 2 | ULADE · CARREFOUR CONTACT | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Restaurant | 11 | ALICIA · SOCIETE D'EXPLOITATION GUINGUETTE GAUDOISE · ROUBAUD S ET CIMA CLARO C | INSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 21 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 3 | LE BUN'S · CAFE LA BIGARADE | INSEE SIRENE 3 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 3 | ECOLE MATERNELLE MANON DES SOURCES · ECOLE MATERNELLE JEAN DE FLORETTE · ECOLE MATERNELLE LA BARONNE | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PAGNOL · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MONNET | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 3 | HERVE MARGULIES, MÉDECIN · CÉLINE JOURET-BOIDIN, MÉDECIN · IULIAN-MARIAN HUTANU, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | SELARL PHARMACIE PLAN DU BOIS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE CHAÏM SOUTINE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | LA COUPOLE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 6 | MARGEORI · CHAINTREUIL MANUELA · LB COIFFURE · L'EVIDENCE COIFFEUSE · LES PINCEAUX DE CLEMENTINE | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 2 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 3 | HOTEL AUBERGE DE LA BARONNE · HOTEL MON SOLEIL · HÔTEL DU BAOU | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [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 6,695 (2012) → 7,265 (2023): 8.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 4,951 (1990) → 7,265 (2023): 46.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 3,241, of which 6.2 % second homes and 3.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (La Gaude): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (La Gaude): 0.6 km to the south (straight line). [8]
GP (La Gaude): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (La Gaude): 1.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (La Gaude): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 7 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the NICE-ST ROMAN weather station, 6.1 km away at 323 m; the village itself is at 263 m. [9]
The village sits 60 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 14 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at NICE-ST ROMAN, 6.1 km away at 323 m, over 14 summers. [9]
That station sits 60 m above 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 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, 6.1 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 — 06065/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06065/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06065/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06065/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 06065
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Épône | 78 | 712 km NW | 7,031 | 49.7 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 39 % · humidity 7 % |
| Orgeval | 78 | 701 km NW | 7,252 | 70 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 28 % · humidity 7 % |
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente | 16 | 596 km NW | 7,539 | 48.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 54 % · humidity 29 % |
| Jacou | 34 | 261 km W | 6,924 | 59.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 36 % · humidity 36 % |
| Hettange-Grande | 57 | 637 km N | 7,772 | 60.3 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 18 % |
| Houdain | 62 | 826 km NW | 6,945 | 55.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 58 % · humidity 7 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacou | 34 | 261 km W | 6,924 | 59.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 36 % · humidity 36 % |
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente | 16 | 596 km NW | 7,539 | 48.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 54 % · humidity 29 % |
| Hettange-Grande | 57 | 637 km N | 7,772 | 60.3 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 18 % |
| Orgeval | 78 | 701 km NW | 7,252 | 70 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 28 % · humidity 7 % |
| Épône | 78 | 712 km NW | 7,031 | 49.7 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 39 % · humidity 7 % |
| Houdain | 62 | 826 km NW | 6,945 | 55.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 58 % · humidity 7 % |
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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 La Gaude'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borgo | 2B | 225 km SE | 10,311 | 50.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gattières | 06 | 4.7 km NE | 4,358 | 45.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Pierre-d'Irube | 64 | 693 km W | 5,900 | 61.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Mouguerre | 64 | 691 km W | 5,428 | 51.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Parentis-en-Born | 40 | 661 km W | 7,586 | 62.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Colomars | 06 | 7.2 km NE | 3,409 | 49.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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