La Penne

Alpes-Maritimes · CC Alpes d'Azur · INSEE 06093

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

Few services 29.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Penne (INSEE 06093) is in Alpes-Maritimes (06), part of CC Alpes d'Azur. Population 254 (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/06093-la-penne

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 82 % of the 17,293 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.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.25	5	1.23

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (SNACK LA RENA). ^[3,4]

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

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

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]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	SNACK LA RENA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA PENNE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE 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: 124 peak 2012: 327 2023: 254 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 327 (2012) → 254 (2023): -22.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 145 (1990) → 254 (2023): 75.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 212, of which 37.7 % second homes and 1.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 5.1 km NEBakery — 5.3 km NWPharmacy — 5.5 km NWGP — 7.5 km SE 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 (Puget-Théniers): 5.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Touët-sur-Var): 5.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Roquestéron): 7.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Puget-Théniers): 5.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (La Penne): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5

Days at or below 0 °C 22.3

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 22 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ASCROS weather station, 5.3 km away at 1,173 m; the village itself is at 818 m. ^[12]

The village sits 355 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ASCROS, 5.3 km away at 1,173 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 355 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 911 mm of rain a year, spread over 78 days — about 11.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ASCROS, 5.3 km away at 1,173 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06093/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06093/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06093/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06093/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 06099
INSEE BPE 2025 — 06143
INSEE BPE 2025 — 06106
INSEE BPE 2025 — 06093
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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Échandelys	63	324 km NW	248	24.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 15 % · humidity 93 %
Sarran	19	429 km NW	262	24.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Mont-Saint-Jean	21	423 km NW	267	27.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 27 % · humidity 93 %
Ozenay	71	334 km NW	237	24.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 %
Rivel	11	414 km W	219	22.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · humidity 43 %
La Nouaille	23	440 km NW	224	21.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Échandelys	63	324 km NW	248	24.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 15 % · humidity 93 %
Ozenay	71	334 km NW	237	24.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 %
Rivel	11	414 km W	219	22.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · humidity 43 %
Mont-Saint-Jean	21	423 km NW	267	27.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 27 % · humidity 93 %
Sarran	19	429 km NW	262	24.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
La Nouaille	23	440 km NW	224	21.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to La Penne's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sainte-Céronne-lès-Mortagne	61	713 km NW	251	16.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Bonneville-sur-Touques	14	796 km NW	307	15.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Mesnil-Mauger	76	760 km NW	243	27.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Kerpert	22	920 km NW	268	23.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Lestre	50	886 km NW	242	6.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Julien-du-Terroux	53	759 km NW	258	17.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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