Utelle

Identity

Utelle (INSEE 06151) is in Alpes-Maritimes (06), part of Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur. Population 805 (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/06151-utelle

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 15,626 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]

2 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT BELLEVUE). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT JEAN AP · UTELLE AP). ^[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, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 765 (2012) → 805 (2023): 5.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 456 (1990) → 805 (2023): 76.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 749, of which 38.1 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Lantosque): 7.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Levens): 7.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lantosque): 7.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Lantosque): 7.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Utelle): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 35 days a year at or above 30 °C and 3 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LEVENS_RESERVOIRS weather station, 6.7 km away at 668 m; the village itself is at 284 m. ^[11]

The village sits 384 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 14 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LEVENS_RESERVOIRS, 6.7 km away at 668 m, over 13 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 384 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 835 mm of rain a year, spread over 66 days — about 12.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LEVENS_RESERVOIRS, 6.7 km away at 668 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 — 06151/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06151/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06151/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06151/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06074
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06075
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06151
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024