Roquestéron

Identity

Roquestéron (INSEE 06106) is in Alpes-Maritimes (06), part of CC Alpes d'Azur. Population 552 (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/06106-roquesteron

Vitality score

Vitality score 66/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 99 % of the 17,500 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA BOUCHERIE ROQUEROISE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Restaurant (LE COMPTOIR DE LAURE). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE GPE SCOLAIRE DU SOLEIL). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (HUGUES RAMEAU, MÉDECIN · MARIE CASTEL, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE DE ROQUESTERON EUGENE LAPEYRE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (ESTERON COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (LES FINES ROCHES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 559 (2012) → 552 (2023): -1.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 509 (1990) → 552 (2023): 8.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 426, of which 21.4 % second homes and 16.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Roquestéron): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Roquestéron): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Roquestéron): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Villars-sur-Var): 10 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Roquestéron): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 57 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ROQUESTERON weather station, 0.3 km away at 405 m; the village itself is at 317 m. ^[10]

The village sits 88 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ROQUESTERON, 0.3 km away at 405 m, over 14 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 88 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 960 mm of rain a year, spread over 73 days — about 13.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ROQUESTERON, 0.3 km away at 405 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06106/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06106/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06106/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06106/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06106
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06158
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024