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Ilonse

Alpes-Maritimes · Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur · INSEE 06072

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.

No daily shops 19.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ilonse (INSEE 06072) is in Alpes-Maritimes (06), part of Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur. Population 132 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/06072-ilonse

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 13,055 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend11010
Housing mix050

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 of 3
Lodging 0 of 2
One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (L'AUBERGE LA GRUPPIO). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1L'AUBERGE LA GRUPPIOINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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

1968: 80 peak 2017: 193 2023: 132 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 173 (2012) → 132 (2023): -23.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 78 (1990) → 132 (2023): 69.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 163, of which 56.4 % second homes and 3.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

10 km20 kmBakery — 2.8 km E (Marie)Food shop — 5.5 km SE (Clans)Primary school — 5.5 km SE (Clans)GP — 5.6 km N (Saint-Sauveur-sur-Tinée)Pharmacy — 10.6 km S (Villars-sur-Var)
Bakery — 2.8 km EFood shop — 5.5 km SEPrimary school — 5.5 km SEGP — 5.6 km NPharmacy — 10.6 km S Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Marie): 2.8 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Clans): 5.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Saint-Sauveur-sur-Tinée): 5.6 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Villars-sur-Var): 10.6 km to the south (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Clans): 5.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the RIMPLAS_SAPC weather station, 4.7 km away at 1,130 m; the village itself is at 1,180 m. [12]

An average of 901 mm of rain a year, spread over 85 days — about 10.6 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at RIMPLAS_SAPC, 4.7 km away at 1,130 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06072/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06072/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06072/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06072/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06080
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06042
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06129
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06158
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Serrières-sur-Ain01269 km NW13521.9Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 93 %
Carbini2A310 km SE11716No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 69 %
Galey09514 km W11417.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 45 %
Rousses48281 km W11519.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 84 %
Vergons0443 km W11814.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 0 %
Pellafol38127 km NW13612.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 14 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Vergons0443 km W11814.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 0 %
Pellafol38127 km NW13612.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 14 %
Serrières-sur-Ain01269 km NW13521.9Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 93 %
Rousses48281 km W11519.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 84 %
Carbini2A310 km SE11716No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 69 %
Galey09514 km W11417.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 45 %

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