La Barben

Bouches-du-Rhône · Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence · INSEE 13009

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 38.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 63 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Barben (INSEE 13009) is in Bouches-du-Rhône (13), part of Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence. Population 868 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-09-29.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/13009-la-barben

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 15,174 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	25	0
Social	0.49	20	9.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.74

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 0 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

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

4 × Restaurant (PARC ZOOLOGIQUE DE LA BARBEN · DU COTE DE CHEZ FRED · BOUCHERIT CHARLINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIM PUB PALAMEDE DE FORBIN). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[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]

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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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	4	PARC ZOOLOGIQUE DE LA BARBEN · DU COTE DE CHEZ FRED · BOUCHERIT CHARLINE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIM PUB PALAMEDE DE FORBIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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

1968: 315 2023: 868 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 724 (2012) → 868 (2023): 19.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 500 (1990) → 868 (2023): 73.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 391, of which 2.6 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 1.0 km SWFood shop — 1.7 km WBakery — 1.9 km WPharmacy — 1.9 km W Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Pélissanne): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pélissanne): 1.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Pélissanne): 1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Pélissanne): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (La Barben): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 53.2▸

Days at or below 0 °C 37.6

Muggy days a summer 3.3

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 53 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SALON DE PROVENCE weather station, 5.8 km away at 58 m; the village itself is at 94 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at SALON DE PROVENCE, 5.8 km away at 58 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 571 mm of rain a year, spread over 56 days — about 10.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SALON DE PROVENCE, 5.8 km away at 58 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 — 13009/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 13009/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 13009/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 13009/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 13069
INSEE BPE 2025 — 13009
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
Saint-Étienne-du-Vauvray	27	694 km NW	896	32	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Étouvans	25	443 km N	823	29.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Ottersthal	67	594 km N	805	29	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Wentzwiller	68	471 km N	780	37.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 49 % · humidity 86 %
Villers-sur-le-Roule	27	685 km NW	829	33.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Émerchicourt	59	757 km N	804	26.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Étouvans	25	443 km N	823	29.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Wentzwiller	68	471 km N	780	37.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 49 % · humidity 86 %
Ottersthal	67	594 km N	805	29	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Villers-sur-le-Roule	27	685 km NW	829	33.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Étienne-du-Vauvray	27	694 km NW	896	32	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Émerchicourt	59	757 km N	804	26.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %

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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 La Barben'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
Saint-Marcel-de-Careiret	30	79 km NW	870	42.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Ucel	07	127 km NW	2,019	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Brès	30	106 km NW	702	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Lirac	30	60 km NW	955	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Labastide-de-Lévis	81	256 km W	971	36.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Rompon	07	131 km N	1,139	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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