Villars-sur-Var
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 63/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Villars-sur-Var (INSEE 06158) is in Alpes-Maritimes (06), part of CC Alpes d'Azur. Population 780 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/06158-villars-sur-var
Vitality score
Vitality score 63/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 98 % of the 15,805 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.
| Component | Value (0–1) | Weight | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily food | 0.29 | 25 | 7.21 |
| Social | 0.79 | 20 | 15.82 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.86 | 10 | 8.65 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.48 | 5 | 2.38 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA VOUTE GOURMANDE). [3,4]
3 × Restaurant (L'ALPAZUR · DUONG THUY HONG · DIFE). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE REYNAUD). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARC AUDIBERTI, MÉDECIN · PASCAL CLAUZON, MÉDECIN). [3]
2 × Pharmacy (PROPHARMACIE MONSIEUR MARC AUDIBERTI · PROPHARMACIE MONSIEUR PASCAL CLAUZON). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (VILLARS SUR VAR AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VILLARS SUR VAR). [3]
1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | LA VOUTE GOURMANDE | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 3 | L'ALPAZUR · DUONG THUY HONG · DIFE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE REYNAUD | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 2 | MARC AUDIBERTI, MÉDECIN · PASCAL CLAUZON, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 2 | PROPHARMACIE MONSIEUR MARC AUDIBERTI · PROPHARMACIE MONSIEUR PASCAL CLAUZON | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | VILLARS SUR VAR AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VILLARS SUR VAR | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE 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
Population 667 (2012) → 780 (2023): 16.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 507 (1990) → 780 (2023): 53.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 549, of which 26.2 % second homes and 8.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Clans): 5.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Clans): 5.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Villars-sur-Var): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Villars-sur-Var): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Villars-sur-Var): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 9 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ASCROS weather station, 6.9 km away at 1,173 m; the village itself is at 411 m. [10]
The village sits 762 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ASCROS, 6.9 km away at 1,173 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 762 m above 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 896 mm of rain a year, spread over 73 days — about 12.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at VILLARS-SUR-VAR, 0.7 km away at 380 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06158/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06158/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06158/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06158/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 06042
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 06158
- 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.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Poujol-sur-Orb | 34 | 327 km W | 947 | 54.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 55 % · humidity 79 % |
| Avrillé | 85 | 729 km NW | 1,403 | 54.7 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 % |
| Beton-Bazoches | 77 | 607 km NW | 890 | 55.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 49 % · humidity 50 % |
| Bellot | 77 | 619 km NW | 777 | 50.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 27 % · humidity 71 % |
| Maury | 66 | 385 km W | 773 | 55.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sainte-Gauburge-Sainte-Colombe | 61 | 737 km NW | 1,006 | 38.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 49 % · humidity 43 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Poujol-sur-Orb | 34 | 327 km W | 947 | 54.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 55 % · humidity 79 % |
| Maury | 66 | 385 km W | 773 | 55.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Beton-Bazoches | 77 | 607 km NW | 890 | 55.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 49 % · humidity 50 % |
| Bellot | 77 | 619 km NW | 777 | 50.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 27 % · humidity 71 % |
| Avrillé | 85 | 729 km NW | 1,403 | 54.7 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 % |
| Sainte-Gauburge-Sainte-Colombe | 61 | 737 km NW | 1,006 | 38.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 49 % · humidity 43 % |
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…and in much the same climate
The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Villars-sur-Var's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chalabre | 11 | 424 km W | 1,084 | 47.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Touët-sur-Var | 06 | 7.4 km W | 748 | 59.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bonson | 06 | 11 km SE | 740 | 40.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sainte-Colombe-sur-l'Hers | 11 | 428 km W | 441 | 43.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Seurin-de-Cadourne | 33 | 642 km W | 705 | 37.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Roquette-sur-Var | 06 | 15 km SE | 921 | 51.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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