Toudon

Identity

Toudon (INSEE 06141) is in Alpes-Maritimes (06), part of CC Alpes d'Azur. Population 355 (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/06141-toudon

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 18,079 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA CAPELINE). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 317 (2012) → 355 (2023): 12 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 148 (1990) → 355 (2023): 139.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 334, of which 49.7 % second homes and 0.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Pierrefeu): 4.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pierrefeu): 4.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Villars-sur-Var): 3.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Villars-sur-Var): 4.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Toudon): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ASCROS weather station, 8.2 km away at 1,173 m; the village itself is at 1,010 m. ^[11]

The village sits 163 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 ASCROS, 8.2 km away at 1,173 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 163 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 896 mm of rain a year, spread over 73 days — about 12.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VILLARS-SUR-VAR, 4.1 km away at 380 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 — 06141/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06141/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06141/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06141/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06097
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06158
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06141
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024