Maussane-les-Alpilles

Bouches-du-Rhône · CC Vallée des Baux-Alpilles (CC VBA) · INSEE 13058

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

Served 60.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Maussane-les-Alpilles (INSEE 13058) is in Bouches-du-Rhône (13), part of CC Vallée des Baux-Alpilles (CC VBA). Population 2,347 (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 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/13058-maussane-les-alpilles

Vitality score

Vitality score 60.1/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 8,621 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.89	20	17.77
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.63	10	6.29
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.74	10	7.44
Housing mix	0.37	5	1.86

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 1 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) (LOU PAN ANGELI · AUX BECS SUCRES). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (TERROIRS D'EXCEPTION). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (A VOTRE SERVICE). ^[3,4]

16 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT LE MAS TEULIERE · OU RAVI PROUVENCAU · AUX DELICES DES ALPILLES · AUX ATELIERS · NOAH). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (CAFE DU CENTRE · LES GOURMANDISES DE MARCEL). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LES ALPILLES). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE CHARLES PIQUET). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHARLOTTE MONIQUET, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS DEFER, MÉDECIN · GEORGES PAPALEONIDAS, MÉDECIN · THOMAS PAPALEONIDAS, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE BENJAMIN-PRIAULET). ^[3]

6 × Hairdresser (MARTINEZ PALLARES NATALIA · L'HAIR DU TEMPS · JULIE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

6 × Hotel (HOSTELLERIE LES MAGNANARELLES · THE ORIGINALS RELAIS - HOTEL VAL BAUSSENC · L'OUSTALOUN · DOMAINE LE PRIEURÉ · BEST WESTERN AURELIA). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LOU PAN ANGELI · AUX BECS SUCRES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	TERROIRS D'EXCEPTION	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	A VOTRE SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Restaurant	16	RESTAURANT LE MAS TEULIERE · OU RAVI PROUVENCAU · AUX DELICES DES ALPILLES · AUX ATELIERS · NOAH	INSEE BPE 16 / INSEE SIRENE 22 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	CAFE DU CENTRE · LES GOURMANDISES DE MARCEL	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LES ALPILLES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE CHARLES PIQUET	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	CHARLOTTE MONIQUET, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS DEFER, MÉDECIN · GEORGES PAPALEONIDAS, MÉDECIN · THOMAS PAPALEONIDAS, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE BENJAMIN-PRIAULET	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	6	MARTINEZ PALLARES NATALIA · L'HAIR DU TEMPS · JULIE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	6	HOSTELLERIE LES MAGNANARELLES · THE ORIGINALS RELAIS - HOTEL VAL BAUSSENC · L'OUSTALOUN · DOMAINE LE PRIEURÉ · BEST WESTERN AURELIA	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LES ROMARINS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,251 2023: 2,347 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,242 (2012) → 2,347 (2023): 4.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,886 (1990) → 2,347 (2023): 24.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,796, of which 31.4 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 7.6 km W 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 (Maussane-les-Alpilles): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Maussane-les-Alpilles): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Maussane-les-Alpilles): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Fontvieille): 7.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Maussane-les-Alpilles): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 57.5▸

Days at or below 0 °C 30.8

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 58 days a year at or above 30 °C and 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-REMY-DE-PROVENCE weather station, 8.1 km away at 49 m; the village itself is at 34 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at EYRAGUES, 14.2 km away at 17 m, over 28 summers. ^[10]

An average of 601 mm of rain a year, spread over 57 days — about 10.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-REMY-DE-PROVENCE, 8.1 km away at 49 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 — 13058/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 13058/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 13058/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 13058/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 13058
INSEE BPE 2025 — 13038
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
Néris-les-Bains	03	331 km NW	2,368	58	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 81 % · humidity 64 %
Bozel	73	241 km NE	2,098	69.2	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 26 %
Collobrières	83	133 km SE	1,870	57.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Aups	83	115 km E	2,192	69.5	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %
Le Bourg-d'Oisans	38	177 km NE	2,617	69	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 54 % · humidity 57 %
Aléria	2B	423 km SE	2,267	60.2	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Aups	83	115 km E	2,192	69.5	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %
Collobrières	83	133 km SE	1,870	57.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Le Bourg-d'Oisans	38	177 km NE	2,617	69	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 54 % · humidity 57 %
Bozel	73	241 km NE	2,098	69.2	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 26 %
Néris-les-Bains	03	331 km NW	2,368	58	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 81 % · humidity 64 %
Aléria	2B	423 km SE	2,267	60.2	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Maussane-les-Alpilles'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
Saint-Étienne-du-Grès	13	8.8 km NW	2,489	55.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Le Pouget	34	104 km W	2,122	59.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Mollégès	13	15 km NE	2,647	66.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Aniane	34	98 km W	2,979	74	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Paradou	13	1.6 km W	2,159	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Andiol	13	17 km NE	3,353	47.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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