Gignac-la-Nerthe

Bouches-du-Rhône · Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence · INSEE 13043

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

Partly served 50/100 · confidence: low· Better served than 23 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gignac-la-Nerthe (INSEE 13043) is in Bouches-du-Rhône (13), part of Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence. Population 10,343 (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 · Commune website 2026-09-29 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/13043-gignac-la-nerthe

Vitality score

Vitality score 50/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: low (sources disagree on Restaurant; sources disagree on Pharmacy).

Better served than 23 % of the 2,364 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	0.37	25	9.31
Social	0.53	20	10.68
Education	0.46	10	4.65
Health	0.56	10	5.58
Public & culture	0.12	5	0.59
Population trend	0.68	10	6.79
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.93

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 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]

7 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PETRIN RIBEIROU · BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · PATISSERIE REYNIER · DAMIAN · CANTINE & SAVEURS). ^[3,4]

3 × Butcher (boucherie) (D.S E · BERAT BOUCHERIE). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (GAI SOLEIL · ALIMENTATION VIE EN ROSE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR MARKET). ^[3,4]

15 × Restaurant (SOCIETE LYONNAISE DE RESTAURATION · CATANIA PIZZA · LE MAIL · LA TOUR DE PIZZ · ESPACE GALA). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE LIVE). ^[4]

3 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE JOSETTE ACHHAB · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE MARIE MAURON · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE NELSON MANDELA). ^[3]

5 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JOSETTE ACHHAB · ECOLE PRIMAIRE MARCEL PAGNOL · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE MARIE MAURON · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE NELSON MANDELA · ECOLE SAINT LOUIS). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE PETIT PRINCE (LE). ^[3]

13 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LIONEL GARCIA, MÉDECIN · CECILE DELAPIERRE, MÉDECIN · LAETITIA TERRER, MÉDECIN · JEAN-MARC BENSOUSSAN, MÉDECIN · GERARD BONTOUX, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

3 × Pharmacy (SELAS PHARMACIE DES OLIVIERS · SELARL PHARMACIE FOURNIER · SELARL PHARMACIE CAYSSIALS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE CENTRE CULTUREL YVAN-AUDUARD). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE LA VIGUIERE · GYMNASE ALBERT CERBONI). ^[3]

2 × Bank (SOCIETE GENERALE · CAISSE D'EPARGNE CEPAC). ^[3]

15 × Hairdresser (OLIVIA STYLISTE VISAGISTE · NVD COIFFURE · HAIR DE 'JE · STUDIO'R). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (DOMAINE DE LA NERTHE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Supermarket, 7 × Restaurant, 2 × Hairdresser.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	7	LE PETRIN RIBEIROU · BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · PATISSERIE REYNIER · DAMIAN · CANTINE & SAVEURS	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	3	D.S E · BERAT BOUCHERIE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	GAI SOLEIL · ALIMENTATION VIE EN ROSE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR MARKET	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	SOCIETE LYONNAISE DE RESTAURATION · CATANIA PIZZA · LE MAIL · LA TOUR DE PIZZ · ESPACE GALA	INSEE BPE 15 / INSEE SIRENE 36 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE LIVE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	3	ECOLE MATERNELLE JOSETTE ACHHAB · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE MARIE MAURON · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE NELSON MANDELA	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	5	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JOSETTE ACHHAB · ECOLE PRIMAIRE MARCEL PAGNOL · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE MARIE MAURON · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE NELSON MANDELA · ECOLE SAINT LOUIS	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE PETIT PRINCE (LE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	13	LIONEL GARCIA, MÉDECIN · CECILE DELAPIERRE, MÉDECIN · LAETITIA TERRER, MÉDECIN · JEAN-MARC BENSOUSSAN, MÉDECIN · GERARD BONTOUX, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 13 [3]
Pharmacy	3	SELAS PHARMACIE DES OLIVIERS · SELARL PHARMACIE FOURNIER · SELARL PHARMACIE CAYSSIALS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE CENTRE CULTUREL YVAN-AUDUARD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	GYMNASE LA VIGUIERE · GYMNASE ALBERT CERBONI	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	SOCIETE GENERALE · CAISSE D'EPARGNE CEPAC	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	15	OLIVIA STYLISTE VISAGISTE · NVD COIFFURE · HAIR DE 'JE · STUDIO'R	INSEE BPE 15 / INSEE SIRENE 18 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Hotel	1	DOMAINE DE LA NERTHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market: Sunday matin place de la Mairie. ^[5,6]

Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.

Trajectory

1968: 2,666 2023: 10,343 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 9,070 (2012) → 10,343 (2023): 14 % over 10 years. ^[7,1]

Population 8,772 (1990) → 10,343 (2023): 17.9 % over 30 years. ^[8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 4,579, of which 0.7 % second homes and 3.6 % vacant. ^[9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 0.7 km S 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 (Gignac-la-Nerthe): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Food shop (Gignac-la-Nerthe): 0.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Gignac-la-Nerthe): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Gignac-la-Nerthe): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Gignac-la-Nerthe): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 54.2▸

Days at or below 0 °C 19.8

Muggy days a summer 7.8

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 54 days a year at or above 30 °C and 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MARIGNANE weather station, 5.2 km away at 6 m; the village itself is at 49 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MARIGNANE, 5.2 km away at 6 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 522 mm of rain a year, spread over 53 days — about 9.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MARIGNANE, 5.2 km away at 6 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

sources disagree on Pharmacy

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 13043/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-09— https://www.gignaclanerthe.fr/decouvrir-la-ville/presentation/— “Jours de marché à Gignac : Dimanche matin, place de la Mairie”
DATAtourisme 2021-06— https://data.datatourisme.fr/58/9e81b93f-a692-358c-978c-4b424b2fb83c— “Retrouvez le marché tous les dimanches sur la Place du Boulodrome de Gignac-la-Nerthe”
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 13043/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 13043/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 13043/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 13043
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
Oignies	62	805 km N	10,323	47.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 69 %
Portes-lès-Valence	26	167 km N	10,477	55.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 81 % · humidity 64 %
Jeumont	59	773 km N	10,160	40.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 59 %
Brumath	67	623 km N	10,499	50.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 70 % · humidity 57 %
Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf	76	730 km NW	10,476	45.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 84 % · humidity 57 %
Thorigny-sur-Marne	77	641 km N	10,440	49.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 76 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Portes-lès-Valence	26	167 km N	10,477	55.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 81 % · humidity 64 %
Brumath	67	623 km N	10,499	50.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 70 % · humidity 57 %
Thorigny-sur-Marne	77	641 km N	10,440	49.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 76 % · humidity 50 %
Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf	76	730 km NW	10,476	45.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 84 % · humidity 57 %
Jeumont	59	773 km N	10,160	40.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 59 %
Oignies	62	805 km N	10,323	47.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 69 %

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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 Gignac-la-Nerthe'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
Pont-Saint-Esprit	30	107 km NW	10,958	54.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Berre-l'Étang	13	11 km NW	13,832	57.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-de-Crau	13	44 km NW	14,145	53	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gilles	30	72 km NW	14,734	58.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Beaucaire	30	66 km NW	15,692	65.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Victoret	13	3.0 km N	6,730	67.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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