Pierrefeu

Alpes-Maritimes · CC Alpes d'Azur · INSEE 06097

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 49.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 96 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pierrefeu (INSEE 06097) is in Alpes-Maritimes (06), part of CC Alpes d'Azur. Population 337 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 49.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 96 % of the 18,047 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.46	5	2.31

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA PIERREFEUTINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (FABRICATION DE CHARCUTERIE GABRIEL). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant (CHARMATHEA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA PIERREFEUTINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	FABRICATION DE CHARCUTERIE GABRIEL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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	CHARMATHEA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE ECUREUILS	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 79 2023: 337 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 282 (2012) → 337 (2023): 19.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 207 (1990) → 337 (2023): 62.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 223, of which 26.9 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 4.9 km SEPharmacy — 5.9 km E 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 (Pierrefeu): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pierrefeu): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bouyon): 4.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Gilette): 5.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Pierrefeu): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25

Days at or below 0 °C 17▸

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 17 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BOUYON weather station, 5 km away at 723 m; the village itself is at 345 m. ^[11]

The village sits 378 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 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BOUYON, 5 km away at 723 m, over 10 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 378 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 1,136 mm of rain a year, spread over 72 days — about 15.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BOUYON, 5 km away at 723 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06097/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06097/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06097/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06097/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 06097
INSEE BPE 2025 — 06022
INSEE BPE 2025 — 06066
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
Sainte-Eulalie-d'Olt	12	337 km W	367	37.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Tour-de-Faure	46	436 km W	342	49	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 31 % · winter 66 %
Chénelette	69	328 km NW	369	36.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %
Saulxures	67	504 km N	508	39.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Père	89	476 km NW	289	30.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Quetteville	14	799 km NW	397	39.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chénelette	69	328 km NW	369	36.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Eulalie-d'Olt	12	337 km W	367	37.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Tour-de-Faure	46	436 km W	342	49	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 31 % · winter 66 %
Saint-Père	89	476 km NW	289	30.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Saulxures	67	504 km N	508	39.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Quetteville	14	799 km NW	397	39.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 82 % · 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 Pierrefeu'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
La Cresse	12	319 km W	333	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Montegrosso	2B	207 km SE	413	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pons	07	216 km NW	308	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Santo-Pietro-di-Venaco	2B	247 km SE	305	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Zilia	2B	209 km SE	320	46.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Paulhe	12	321 km W	358	19.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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