Moulinet

Identity

Moulinet (INSEE 06086) is in Alpes-Maritimes (06), part of CA de la Riviera Française. Population 268 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/06086-moulinet

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 83 % of the 17,504 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (SOUS LES CARILLONS · ETABLISSEMENT DUVAL · L'AUTHION SPORT). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (MOULINET AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX DE LIBELLULE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL LES TROIS VALLEES). ^[3]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 224 (2012) → 268 (2023): 19.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 193 (1990) → 268 (2023): 38.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 432, of which 62 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Sospel): 7.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sospel): 5.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Lucéram): 7.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Sospel): 7.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Moulinet): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MOULINET weather station, 0.2 km away at 817 m; the village itself is at 782 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PEIRA CAVA, 4.1 km away at 1,443 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 661 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,164 mm of rain a year, spread over 83 days — about 14 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MOULINET, 0.2 km away at 817 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06086/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06086/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06086/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06086/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06136
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06077
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06086
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024