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Cabriès

Bouches-du-Rhône · Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence · INSEE 13019

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 54.1/100 · confidence: low· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cabriès (INSEE 13019) is in Bouches-du-Rhône (13), part of Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence. Population 10,240 (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/13019-cabries

Vitality score

Vitality score 54.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: low (sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie); sources disagree on Pharmacy).

Better served than 38 % of the 2,385 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.412510.35
Social0.732014.64
Education0.39103.93
Health0.34103.43
Public & culture0.1250.59
Population trend0.83108.26
Housing mix0.9654.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 5 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 3 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 3 of 3
Lodging 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

5 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE ANGE · BREMOND - CALDAMONE · MAISON Z & W · NATH CHOCOLATE VENDOR · ARIETES). [3,4]

3 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE PASTOR · BOUCHERIE DU DOMAINE). [3,4]

5 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (J V ALIMENTATION · CHINA VINA · PRODUTTI NUSTRALI · L-M-P · BELDI MARKET). [3,4]

2 × Supermarket (SODIPLAN · ACTION). [3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (POISSONNERIE CHEZ MIMI). [3,4]

59 × Restaurant (SARL DA COSTA · SOCIETE MARSEILLAISE DE COMMERCE · LE LODGE). [3,4]

5 × Café / bar (MY BEERS · LE FIRST). [4]

3 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PETIT LAC · ECOL MATE CENTRE · ECOLE MATERNELLE LA TREBILLANE RENE CASSIN). [3]

4 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LA TREBILLANE-RENE CASSIN · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE AUGUSTE BENOIT · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PETIT LAC · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE HORS CONTRAT MONTESSORI INTERNATIONALE DE CABRIES). [3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE MARIE MAURON). [3]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CAROLINE COSTA-DINARDO, MÉDECIN · GIL D'ORSO, MÉDECIN · MAGALI MOUSSEL-GASIA, MÉDECIN · LAURA SCOTTO DI CARLO, MÉDECIN · VERONIQUE BOURCET-GINER, MÉDECIN). [3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES LAURIERS · SELARL PHARMACIE DELAPIERRE). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF RAYMOND MARTIN). [3]

2 × Bank (HGO · CREDIT LYONNAIS). [3]

14 × Hairdresser (MAGEGIRL · MOROSO REGINE · JEAN BONAN · SARL BARBARA). [3,4]

4 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]

4 × Hotel (IBIS STYLES CABRIÈS AIX-EN-PROVENCE TGV · HOTELF1 · HOTEL VICTOR · HOTEL LA BASTIDE BOURRELLY). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 5 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 4 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)5BOULANGERIE ANGE · BREMOND - CALDAMONE · MAISON Z & W · NATH CHOCOLATE VENDOR · ARIETESINSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)3BOUCHERIE PASTOR · BOUCHERIE DU DOMAINEINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)5J V ALIMENTATION · CHINA VINA · PRODUTTI NUSTRALI · L-M-P · BELDI MARKETINSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Supermarket2SODIPLAN · ACTIONINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger1POISSONNERIE CHEZ MIMIINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant59SARL DA COSTA · SOCIETE MARSEILLAISE DE COMMERCE · LE LODGEINSEE BPE 59 / INSEE SIRENE 75 [3,4]
Café / bar5MY BEERS · LE FIRSTINSEE SIRENE 5 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)3ECOLE MATERNELLE PETIT LAC · ECOL MATE CENTRE · ECOLE MATERNELLE LA TREBILLANE RENE CASSININSEE BPE 3 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)4ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LA TREBILLANE-RENE CASSIN · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE AUGUSTE BENOIT · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PETIT LAC · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE HORS CONTRAT MONTESSORI INTERNATIONALE DE CABRIESINSEE BPE 4 [3]
Collège1COLLEGE MARIE MAURONINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)5CAROLINE COSTA-DINARDO, MÉDECIN · GIL D'ORSO, MÉDECIN · MAGALI MOUSSEL-GASIA, MÉDECIN · LAURA SCOTTO DI CARLO, MÉDECIN · VERONIQUE BOURCET-GINER, MÉDECININSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy2PHARMACIE DES LAURIERS · SELARL PHARMACIE DELAPIERREINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1COMPLEXE SPORTIF RAYMOND MARTININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank2HGO · CREDIT LYONNAISINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser14MAGEGIRL · MOROSO REGINE · JEAN BONAN · SARL BARBARAINSEE BPE 14 / INSEE SIRENE 19 [3,4]
Fuel station4STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel4IBIS STYLES CABRIÈS AIX-EN-PROVENCE TGV · HOTELF1 · HOTEL VICTOR · HOTEL LA BASTIDE BOURRELLYINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day (reported, unverified): Saturday 9:00 Marché de Calas, place du 24 Avril 1915. No source says whether it is weekly or monthly. [5]

Trajectory

1968: 2,109 2023: 10,240 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 9,011 (2012) → 10,240 (2023): 13.6 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 7,720 (1990) → 10,240 (2023): 32.6 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 4,386, of which 1.8 % second homes and 4.7 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 1.6 km NE (Bouc-Bel-Air)GP — 1.7 km NE (Bouc-Bel-Air)
In the commune Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy Bakery — 1.6 km NEGP — 1.7 km NE 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 (Bouc-Bel-Air): 1.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Cabriès): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). [10]

GP (Bouc-Bel-Air): 1.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Cabriès): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Cabriès): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 46 days a year at or above 30 °C and 73 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the AIX-LES MILLES weather station, 7.2 km away at 106 m; the village itself is at 192 m. [11]

The village sits 86 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. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at AIX-LES MILLES, 7.2 km away at 106 m, over 20 summers. [11]

That station sits 86 m below 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 610 mm of rain a year, spread over 59 days — about 10.3 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at AIX-LES MILLES, 7.2 km away at 106 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)

sources disagree on Pharmacy

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 13019/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. Commune website 2026-09— https://www.cabries.fr/agenda/— “Samedi 3 octobre, de 9h à 12h Marché de Calas, place du 24 Avril 1915”(unverified)
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 13019/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 13019/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 13019/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 13015
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 13019
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Couzeix87425 km NW10,19543.1Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
La Farlède8362 km SE10,01452.7Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 24 % · humidity 21 %
Miribel01267 km N10,39556Partly servedno figures
Lillers62822 km N10,19353.6Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Marly57628 km N10,28650.7Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Seysses31328 km W10,53948.4Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 53 % · humidity 50 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
La Farlède8362 km SE10,01452.7Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 24 % · humidity 21 %
Miribel01267 km N10,39556Partly servedno figures
Seysses31328 km W10,53948.4Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 53 % · humidity 50 %
Couzeix87425 km NW10,19543.1Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Marly57628 km N10,28650.7Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Lillers62822 km N10,19353.6Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Cabriès'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bouc-Bel-Air132.9 km E15,38157.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Ventabren1313 km NW5,83956.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Venelles1319 km NE8,41873.8ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Meximieux01274 km N8,24777ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Montluel01269 km N6,89557.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Espalion12241 km NW4,60565.4ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %