Cuges-les-Pins
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 54.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Cuges-les-Pins (INSEE 13030) is in Bouches-du-Rhône (13), part of Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence. Population 6,236 (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 · Commune website 2026-09-29 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/13030-cuges-les-pins
Vitality score
Vitality score 54.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 58 % of the 3,815 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 | 0.31 | 25 | 7.68 |
| Social | 0.84 | 20 | 16.9 |
| Education | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Health | 0.37 | 10 | 3.74 |
| Public & culture | 0.31 | 5 | 1.54 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.92 | 5 | 4.61 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA CIGALE GOURMANDE). [3,4]
3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (GAUDY ROSELYNE · QUENKAAX · NIGHT MARKET BY LE.J). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). [3,4]
15 × Restaurant (SUD EST RESTAURATION · P R P · NELBLOK · L'OLYMPIEN · BIG CHOA). [3,4]
5 × Café / bar (LE COYOTTE · PMU L'OLYMPIEN · L'ESTAME). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PIERRE CORNILLE). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE SIMONE VEIL). [3]
3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MIREILLE GIRAUD DHERS, MÉDECIN · FREDERIC SZABO DE EDELENYI, MÉDECIN · ANGÉLIQUE GUGLIELMI, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU VILLAGE). [3,4]
2 × Post office / agence postale (CUGES LES PINS TABAC PRESSE RP · CUGES LES PINS AP). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
4 × Hairdresser (BELLA BELLO). [3,4]
2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (OK CORRAL). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 5 × Restaurant, 2 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | LA CIGALE GOURMANDE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 3 | GAUDY ROSELYNE · QUENKAAX · NIGHT MARKET BY LE.J | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 1 | CARREFOUR CONTACT | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 15 | SUD EST RESTAURATION · P R P · NELBLOK · L'OLYMPIEN · BIG CHOA | INSEE BPE 15 / INSEE SIRENE 27 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 5 | LE COYOTTE · PMU L'OLYMPIEN · L'ESTAME | INSEE SIRENE 5 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PIERRE CORNILLE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE SIMONE VEIL | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 3 | MIREILLE GIRAUD DHERS, MÉDECIN · FREDERIC SZABO DE EDELENYI, MÉDECIN · ANGÉLIQUE GUGLIELMI, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DU VILLAGE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 2 | CUGES LES PINS TABAC PRESSE RP · CUGES LES PINS AP | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE 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 | 4 | BELLA BELLO | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 2 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | OK CORRAL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
Market and village life
A seasonal market is recorded here: the source last advertised it for a period that has now ended, and gives no weekday. [5]
Trajectory
Population 4,922 (2012) → 6,236 (2023): 26.7 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 2,655 (1990) → 6,236 (2023): 134.9 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,890, of which 3.9 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Cuges-les-Pins): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Cuges-les-Pins): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]
GP (Cuges-les-Pins): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Cuges-les-Pins): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Cuges-les-Pins): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 52 days a year at or above 30 °C and 30 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ROQUEFORT-LA-BEDOULE weather station, 6.6 km away at 354 m; the village itself is at 192 m. [10]
The village sits 162 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 3 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at AUBAGNE, 8.7 km away at 130 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 62 m below 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 718 mm of rain a year, spread over 62 days — about 11.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at CUGES-LES-PINS, 0.1 km away at 184 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 — 13030/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2025-10— https://data.datatourisme.fr/58/41c0dccc-5af6-3e8b-8433-7ef204e4400a— “Marché de Cuges les Pins”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 13030/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 13030/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 13030/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 13030
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courthézon | 84 | 112 km NW | 6,426 | 53.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sainte-Livrade-sur-Lot | 47 | 429 km W | 6,541 | 53.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 64 % |
| Bellevigny | 85 | 682 km NW | 6,240 | 54.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sainte-Rose | 974 | 8,799 km SE | 6,557 | 60.2 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 59 % |
| Naintré | 86 | 564 km NW | 5,964 | 46.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Caumont-sur-Durance | 84 | 92 km NW | 5,667 | 44.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caumont-sur-Durance | 84 | 92 km NW | 5,667 | 44.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Courthézon | 84 | 112 km NW | 6,426 | 53.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sainte-Livrade-sur-Lot | 47 | 429 km W | 6,541 | 53.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 64 % |
| Naintré | 86 | 564 km NW | 5,964 | 46.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bellevigny | 85 | 682 km NW | 6,240 | 54.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sainte-Rose | 974 | 8,799 km SE | 6,557 | 60.2 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 59 % |
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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 Cuges-les-Pins'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courthézon | 84 | 112 km NW | 6,426 | 53.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Roquemaure | 30 | 114 km NW | 5,529 | 50.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Oraison | 04 | 74 km N | 6,155 | 57.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Poulx | 30 | 125 km NW | 4,348 | 45.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes | 84 | 126 km NW | 2,656 | 62.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Châteauneuf-du-Rhône | 26 | 156 km NW | 2,917 | 52.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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