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Sainte-Agnès

Alpes-Maritimes · CA de la Riviera Française · INSEE 06113

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

Few services 32.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 28 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sainte-Agnès (INSEE 06113) is in Alpes-Maritimes (06), part of CA de la Riviera Française. Population 1,380 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [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/06113-sainte-agnes

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 28 % of the 12,208 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.13253.28
Social0.39207.77
Education0.39103.93
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.96109.62
Housing mix0.6353.13

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 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 1 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (ALIMENTATION LE VAL CELIANGE). [3,4]

3 × Restaurant (AU GAINE · LE RIGHI · GTTAS). [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE IMBERT CHARLES). [3]

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

1 × Hotel (HÔTEL RESTAURANT LE SAINT-YVES). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1ALIMENTATION LE VAL CELIANGEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant3AU GAINE · LE RIGHI · GTTASINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE IMBERT CHARLESINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel1HÔTEL RESTAURANT LE SAINT-YVESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 304 2023: 1,380 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,169 (2012) → 1,380 (2023): 18 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 944 (1990) → 1,380 (2023): 46.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 782, of which 18.7 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 0.9 km S (Gorbio)Primary school — 1.0 km NE (Sainte-Agnès)Food shop — 1.2 km SE (Menton)Pharmacy — 1.2 km S (Menton)GP — 1.9 km E (Menton)
Bakery — 0.9 km SPrimary school — 1.0 km NEFood shop — 1.2 km SEPharmacy — 1.2 km SGP — 1.9 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 (Gorbio): 0.9 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Menton): 1.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Menton): 1.9 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Menton): 1.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Sainte-Agnès): 1 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 1 day at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the MENTON weather station, 1.6 km away at 216 m; the village itself is at 168 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 32 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at MENTON, 1.6 km away at 216 m, over 24 summers. [11]

An average of 780 mm of rain a year, spread over 63 days — about 12.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at MENTON, 1.6 km away at 216 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 — 06113/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06113/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06113/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06113/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06067
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06083
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06113
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Angicourt60722 km NW1,34525.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 32 % · humidity 0 %
Poses27776 km NW1,12731.5Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 50 % · humidity 0 %
Russange57643 km N1,26323.1Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 0 %
Fublaines77670 km NW1,37026.4Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 38 % · humidity 0 %
Lachassagne69323 km NW1,33237.2Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 28 % · humidity 0 %
Les Damps27779 km NW1,32236.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 35 % · humidity 0 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lachassagne69323 km NW1,33237.2Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 28 % · humidity 0 %
Russange57643 km N1,26323.1Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 0 %
Fublaines77670 km NW1,37026.4Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 38 % · humidity 0 %
Angicourt60722 km NW1,34525.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 32 % · humidity 0 %
Poses27776 km NW1,12731.5Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 50 % · humidity 0 %
Les Damps27779 km NW1,32236.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 35 % · humidity 0 %

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