Le Mas

Identity

Le Mas (INSEE 06081) is in Alpes-Maritimes (06), part of CA du Pays de Grasse. Population 97 (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/06081-le-mas

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 79 % of the 10,303 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LES 3 E). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AUBERGE LE MAS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 171 (2012) → 97 (2023): -43.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 108 (1990) → 97 (2023): -10.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 207, of which 51.7 % second homes and 21.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Cipières): 10.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gréolières): 8.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Valderoure): 11.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Entrevaux): 12.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Andon): 6.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the LE MAS weather station, 5.1 km away at 1,525 m; the village itself is at 905 m. ^[13]

The village sits 620 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 LE MAS, 5.1 km away at 1,525 m, over 19 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 620 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 1,166 mm of rain a year, spread over 84 days — about 13.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at LE MAS, 5.1 km away at 1,525 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 — 06081/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06081/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06081/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06081/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06041
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06070
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06154
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 04076
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06003
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024