Peillon

Identity

Peillon (INSEE 06092) is in Alpes-Maritimes (06), part of CC du Pays des Paillons. Population 1,408 (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/06092-peillon

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 24 % of the 12,060 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]

5 × Restaurant (POCANELLE · RESTAURANT LES PLAISIRS · SARL PEGLIONE · LES SOURCES). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE PEILLON). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE COMMUNALE DES ASSOCIATIONS · SALLE POLYVALENTE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (AUBERGE DE LA MADONE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE LA LAUNE). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,439 (2012) → 1,408 (2023): -2.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,139 (1990) → 1,408 (2023): 23.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 756, of which 7.1 % second homes and 12 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Blausasc): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cantaron): 2.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Blausasc): 2.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Blausasc): 2.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Peillon): 0.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 2 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the EZE weather station, 3.3 km away at 704 m; the village itself is at 164 m. ^[11]

The village sits 540 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 19 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PEILLE, 5 km away at 1,106 m, over 28 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 942 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 807 mm of rain a year, spread over 66 days — about 12.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at EZE, 3.3 km away at 704 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 — 06092/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06092/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06092/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06092/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06019
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06031
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06092
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024