Saint-Martin-d'Entraunes

Identity

Saint-Martin-d'Entraunes (INSEE 06125) is in Alpes-Maritimes (06), part of CC Alpes d'Azur. Population 138 (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/06125-saint-martin-d-entraunes

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 13,414 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

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

2 × Restaurant (LE PELENS · LES ETRANGERS ET HOTEL DES ETRANGERS). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT MARTIN D ENTRAUNES AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE ST MARTIN D'ENTRAUNES). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL LA VALLIERE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DU PRIEURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 102 (2012) → 138 (2023): 35.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 113 (1990) → 138 (2023): 22.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 254, of which 60.2 % second homes and 11.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Colmars): 11.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Guillaumes): 9.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Colmars): 11.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Guillaumes): 9.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Entraunes): 5.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST MARTIN D'ENTRAUNES_SAPC weather station, 1.7 km away at 1,642 m; the village itself is at 1,040 m. ^[11]

The village sits 602 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 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PEONE, 14.4 km away at 1,784 m, over 22 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 744 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 1,197 mm of rain a year, spread over 100 days — about 12 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST MARTIN D'ENTRAUNES_SAPC, 1.7 km away at 1,642 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 — 06125/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06125/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06125/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06125/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 04061
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06071
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06056
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024