Sigale

Identity

Sigale (INSEE 06135) is in Alpes-Maritimes (06), part of CC Alpes d'Azur. Population 204 (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/06135-sigale

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 16,069 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]

1 × Café / bar (LE TERMINUS). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SIGALE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (CARLIER MELANIE COIFFEUSE A DOMICILE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 210 (2012) → 204 (2023): -2.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 160 (1990) → 204 (2023): 27.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 263, of which 50.6 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Roquestéron): 3.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Roquestéron): 3.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Roquestéron): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Puget-Théniers): 11 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Roquestéron): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 34 days a year at or above 30 °C and 82 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ROQUESTERON weather station, 3.4 km away at 405 m; the village itself is at 629 m. ^[10]

The village sits 224 m above 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 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ROQUESTERON, 3.4 km away at 405 m, over 14 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 224 m below 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, 3.4 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 — 06135/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06135/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06135/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06135/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06106
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06099
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024