Gréolières

Identity

Gréolières (INSEE 06070) is in Alpes-Maritimes (06), part of CA de Sophia Antipolis. Population 631 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/06070-greolieres

Vitality score

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

Confidence: high.

Better served than 83 % of the 16,816 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]

3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AU CARREFOUR DE L'ALIMENTATION · L'ESSENTIEL · EPICERIE DES PATOUS). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (LE CHALET DU PARC · LOCACHEIRON SPORTS · LA BARRICADE · LA VIEILLE AUBERGE). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Post office / agence postale (GREOLIERES LES NEIGES RP · GREOLIERES AP). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (FLO COIFF'). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (AUBERGE ALPINA). ^[3,4]

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

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

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

Population 589 (2012) → 631 (2023): 7.1 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 380 (1990) → 631 (2023): 66.1 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 799, of which 54.3 % second homes and 3.4 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Cipières): 1.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Gréolières): 0.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Coursegoules): 7.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Le Bar-sur-Loup): 11.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[12]

Primary school (Gréolières): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the CAUSSOLS weather station, 5 km away at 1,268 m; the village itself is at 830 m. ^[13]

The village sits 438 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at CAUSSOLS, 5 km away at 1,268 m, over 30 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 438 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 1,254 mm of rain a year, spread over 79 days — about 15.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at CAUSSOLS, 5 km away at 1,268 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06070/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. DATAtourisme 2025-12— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/e5626c94-f708-3817-8c82-03a8a5f28a96— “Marché de Gréolières village”(unverified)
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06070/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06070/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06070/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06041
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06070
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06050
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06010
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024