Fos-sur-Mer
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 61.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Fos-sur-Mer (INSEE 13039) is in Bouches-du-Rhône (13), part of Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence. Population 15,862 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). [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/13039-fos-sur-mer
Vitality score
Vitality score 61.7/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 51 % of the 1,536 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 | 0.54 | 25 | 13.41 |
| Social | 0.73 | 20 | 14.59 |
| Education | 0.46 | 10 | 4.65 |
| Health | 0.53 | 10 | 5.3 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.08 |
| Population trend | 0.87 | 10 | 8.67 |
| Housing mix | 0.95 | 5 | 4.77 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
7 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE ANGE · LA CAS'A PAINS · PIZZA FIORI). [3,4]
4 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHEZ CAMILLE · L'ORANAISE FOS · BOUCHERIE DU SUD · CHEZ ANTHO). [3,4]
8 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (UTILE · OLIGOMES · ATHENAIS · SUPERETTE LA BRAISE). [3,4]
3 × Supermarket (LIDL · CIVAL · ALDI MARCHE). [3,4]
1 × Fishmonger (NICO PECHEUR). [3,4]
41 × Restaurant (LA ROULOTTE · FOS FUN). [3,4]
5 × Café / bar (BAR DES AMIS · BAR DES CARABINS · BAR DU COMMERCE · Y2L). [4]
5 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE JONQUIERES · ECOLE MATERNELLE MICHEL GERACHIOS · ECOLE MATE PUB MARIE MAURON · ECOLE MATERNELLE GILBERT DEL CORSO · ECOLE MATE PUBL LE MAZET). [3]
5 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE GILBERT DEL CORSO · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MICHEL GERACHIOS · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JEAN GIONO · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JOSEPH D'ARBAUD · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LE MAZET). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE ANDRE MALRAUX). [3]
11 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LAURENCE KOLEGA-PRETOT, MÉDECIN · CHRISTEL TUNDIDOR, MÉDECIN · NADINE ALBRECHT, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER CAUX, MÉDECIN · AGNES GIRAUD, MÉDECIN). [3]
3 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES CARABINS · PHARMACIE DE LA JONQUIERE · PHARMACIE DE L'HOTEL DE VILLE). [3,4]
3 × Post office / agence postale (FOS SUR MER RP · FOS SUR MER CARABINS RP · LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE FOS-SUR-MER). [3]
1 × Cinema (ODYSSEE). [3]
4 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE JEAN GUEYE · GYMNASE DE LA JONQUIERE · COMPLEXE SPORTIF PARSEMAIN · GYMNASE DES CARABINS). [3]
2 × Swimming pool (PLAGE DU CASINO · PLAGE DU CAVAOU). [3]
5 × Bank (CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE FOS SUR MER · BNP PARIBAS · AGENCE FOS SUR MER · LYONNAISE DE BANQUE · CREDIT LYONNAIS). [3]
16 × Hairdresser (DUO COIFFURE · TAVANZO COIFFURE · INTERVIEW). [3,4]
5 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
2 × Hotel (HOTEL ARIANE · ALLOTEL). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 14 × Restaurant, 2 × GP (médecin généraliste), 2 × Pharmacy, 4 × Hairdresser, 3 × Hotel.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 7 | BOULANGERIE ANGE · LA CAS'A PAINS · PIZZA FIORI | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 4 | CHEZ CAMILLE · L'ORANAISE FOS · BOUCHERIE DU SUD · CHEZ ANTHO | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 8 | UTILE · OLIGOMES · ATHENAIS · SUPERETTE LA BRAISE | INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 3 | LIDL · CIVAL · ALDI MARCHE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 1 | NICO PECHEUR | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Restaurant | 41 | LA ROULOTTE · FOS FUN | INSEE BPE 41 / INSEE SIRENE 77 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 5 | BAR DES AMIS · BAR DES CARABINS · BAR DU COMMERCE · Y2L | INSEE SIRENE 5 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 5 | ECOLE MATERNELLE JONQUIERES · ECOLE MATERNELLE MICHEL GERACHIOS · ECOLE MATE PUB MARIE MAURON · ECOLE MATERNELLE GILBERT DEL CORSO · ECOLE MATE PUBL LE MAZET | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 5 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE GILBERT DEL CORSO · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MICHEL GERACHIOS · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JEAN GIONO · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JOSEPH D'ARBAUD · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LE MAZET | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE ANDRE MALRAUX | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 11 | LAURENCE KOLEGA-PRETOT, MÉDECIN · CHRISTEL TUNDIDOR, MÉDECIN · NADINE ALBRECHT, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER CAUX, MÉDECIN · AGNES GIRAUD, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 11 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 3 | PHARMACIE DES CARABINS · PHARMACIE DE LA JONQUIERE · PHARMACIE DE L'HOTEL DE VILLE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 3 | FOS SUR MER RP · FOS SUR MER CARABINS RP · LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE FOS-SUR-MER | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | ODYSSEE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 4 | GYMNASE JEAN GUEYE · GYMNASE DE LA JONQUIERE · COMPLEXE SPORTIF PARSEMAIN · GYMNASE DES CARABINS | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 2 | PLAGE DU CASINO · PLAGE DU CAVAOU | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Bank | 5 | CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE FOS SUR MER · BNP PARIBAS · AGENCE FOS SUR MER · LYONNAISE DE BANQUE · CREDIT LYONNAIS | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 16 | DUO COIFFURE · TAVANZO COIFFURE · INTERVIEW | INSEE BPE 16 / INSEE SIRENE 28 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 5 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 2 | HOTEL ARIANE · ALLOTEL | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 15,859 (2012) → 15,862 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 11,605 (1990) → 15,862 (2023): 36.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 7,205, of which 2.3 % second homes and 4.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Fos-sur-Mer): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Fos-sur-Mer): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Fos-sur-Mer): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Fos-sur-Mer): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Fos-sur-Mer): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 38 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the PORT-DE-BOUC-SJ weather station, 5.4 km away at 18 m; the village itself is at 5 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 12 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at PORT-DE-BOUC-SJ, 5.4 km away at 18 m, over 11 summers. [9]
An average of 522 mm of rain a year, spread over 50 days — about 10.4 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at PORT-DE-BOUC-SJ, 5.4 km away at 18 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 13039/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 13039/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 13039/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 13039/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 13039
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longwy | 54 | 677 km N | 15,679 | 66.4 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 61 % · humidity 21 % |
| Toul | 54 | 585 km N | 15,768 | 64.4 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 59 % · humidity 21 % |
| Vendôme | 41 | 569 km NW | 15,758 | 67.2 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 53 % · humidity 21 % |
| Ambérieu-en-Bugey | 01 | 280 km N | 15,934 | 66.5 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 42 % · humidity 21 % |
| Beaucaire | 30 | 46 km NW | 15,692 | 65.1 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Montbrison | 42 | 249 km N | 16,123 | 69.6 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 18 % · humidity 29 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaucaire | 30 | 46 km NW | 15,692 | 65.1 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Montbrison | 42 | 249 km N | 16,123 | 69.6 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 18 % · humidity 29 % |
| Ambérieu-en-Bugey | 01 | 280 km N | 15,934 | 66.5 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 42 % · humidity 21 % |
| Vendôme | 41 | 569 km NW | 15,758 | 67.2 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 53 % · humidity 21 % |
| Toul | 54 | 585 km N | 15,768 | 64.4 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 59 % · humidity 21 % |
| Longwy | 54 | 677 km N | 15,679 | 66.4 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 61 % · humidity 21 % |
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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 Fos-sur-Mer'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bagnols-sur-Cèze | 30 | 83 km N | 18,112 | 66.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Castelnaudary | 11 | 242 km W | 12,151 | 60.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Port-de-Bouc | 13 | 6.5 km SE | 15,802 | 64.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pézenas | 34 | 123 km W | 7,797 | 76.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Thuir | 66 | 200 km SW | 8,243 | 68.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sérignan | 34 | 136 km W | 8,588 | 68.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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