Graveson

Bouches-du-Rhône · CA Terre de Provence · INSEE 13045

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

Partly served 53.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Graveson (INSEE 13045) is in Bouches-du-Rhône (13), part of CA Terre de Provence. Population 4,698 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[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/13045-graveson

Vitality score

Vitality score 53.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 4,939 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	0.2	25	5.12
Social	0.81	20	16.14
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.47	10	4.67
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.71

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE MOULIN DE NICOLAS). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (GOBLET VANINA). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (F.A.M.M). ^[3,4]

16 × Restaurant (L'OLIVIER · PIZZA DO · PAELLA GABY · NINOU · COURS 15). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (REVE BAR · BAR RESTAURANT LE SAINT-MICHEL). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE GRAVESON - JEANNE D'ARC). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE GRAVESON · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE JEANNE D'ARC). ^[3]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CLEMENTINE JAUSSAUD, MÉDECIN · AURELIE BAUDESSON DE CHANVILLE, MÉDECIN · CATHERINE DIDRY, MÉDECIN · THIERRY INTERNICOLA, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS DIDRY, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE FABRITIUS). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (GRAVESON AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNCIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Bank (AGENCE GRAVESON). ^[3]

13 × Hairdresser (NINETTE INSTITUT CAPILLAIRE · LE CAMELEON · LAURA D · STUDIO 3 M). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (HÔTEL DU MOULIN D'AURE · CONTACT HÔTEL - LE MAS DES AMANDIERS). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (LES MICOCOULIERS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 4 × Restaurant, 1 × 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	LE MOULIN DE NICOLAS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	GOBLET VANINA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	F.A.M.M	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	16	L'OLIVIER · PIZZA DO · PAELLA GABY · NINOU · COURS 15	INSEE BPE 16 / INSEE SIRENE 22 [3,4]
Café / bar	4	REVE BAR · BAR RESTAURANT LE SAINT-MICHEL	INSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE GRAVESON - JEANNE D'ARC	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE GRAVESON · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE JEANNE D'ARC	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	5	CLEMENTINE JAUSSAUD, MÉDECIN · AURELIE BAUDESSON DE CHANVILLE, MÉDECIN · CATHERINE DIDRY, MÉDECIN · THIERRY INTERNICOLA, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS DIDRY, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE FABRITIUS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	GRAVESON AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNCIPALE	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	1	AGENCE GRAVESON	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	13	NINETTE INSTITUT CAPILLAIRE · LE CAMELEON · LAURA D · STUDIO 3 M	INSEE BPE 13 / INSEE SIRENE 17 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	2	HÔTEL DU MOULIN D'AURE · CONTACT HÔTEL - LE MAS DES AMANDIERS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Campsite	1	LES MICOCOULIERS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Friday (seasonal). ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 2,024 peak 2017: 4,864 2023: 4,698 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 4,271 (2012) → 4,698 (2023): 10 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,752 (1990) → 4,698 (2023): 70.7 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,442, of which 2.9 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Graveson): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Graveson): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Graveson): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Graveson): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 65.7▸

Days at or below 0 °C 33.1

Muggy days a summer 5.8

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 66 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the EYRAGUES weather station, 5 km away at 17 m; the village itself is at 15 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at EYRAGUES, 5 km away at 17 m, over 28 summers. ^[10]

An average of 615 mm of rain a year, spread over 59 days — about 10.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at EYRAGUES, 5 km away at 17 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 13045/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2025-04— https://data.datatourisme.fr/58/50d75260-34de-3a7d-bd0d-9ff85f75fe2e— “Marché du vendredi matin sur le Cours National.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 13045/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 13045/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 13045/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 13045
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
La Grand-Combe	30	72 km NW	4,783	39.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Sulpice-et-Cameyrac	33	427 km W	4,881	43.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Bogny-sur-Meuse	08	668 km N	4,889	48.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 65 % · humidity 57 %
Luzarches	95	612 km N	5,008	52.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %
Beaucourt	90	437 km N	4,966	40.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 %
Blaye	33	454 km W	5,066	58.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Grand-Combe	30	72 km NW	4,783	39.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Sulpice-et-Cameyrac	33	427 km W	4,881	43.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Beaucourt	90	437 km N	4,966	40.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 %
Blaye	33	454 km W	5,066	58.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Luzarches	95	612 km N	5,008	52.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 64 %
Bogny-sur-Meuse	08	668 km N	4,889	48.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 65 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Graveson'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
Aimargues	30	49 km W	5,705	62	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Geniès-de-Malgoirès	30	46 km W	3,225	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Sommières	30	55 km W	5,073	73	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Aubais	30	51 km W	2,925	56.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Redessan	30	22 km W	4,211	44.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Aigues-Vives	30	49 km W	3,331	50.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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