Puyloubier

Bouches-du-Rhône · Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence · INSEE 13079

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

Partly served 41.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Puyloubier (INSEE 13079) is in Bouches-du-Rhône (13), part of Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence. Population 1,768 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/13079-puyloubier

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 10,429 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.84	10	8.42
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.4

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (F.E.B). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Restaurant (LA PLACE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUYLOUBIER). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARIE-CLAIRE BALL-CAILLON, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

2 × Hairdresser (HAIR DESIGN). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (RELAIS DE SAINT SER). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (LE CEZANNE SAINTE VICTOIRE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	F.E.B	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIVAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	LA PLACE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUYLOUBIER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	MARIE-CLAIRE BALL-CAILLON, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE 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	2	HAIR DESIGN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	RELAIS DE SAINT SER	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	LE CEZANNE SAINTE VICTOIRE	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: 692 peak 2012: 1,860 2023: 1,768 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,860 (2012) → 1,768 (2023): -4.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,317 (1990) → 1,768 (2023): 34.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 837, of which 6 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 5.7 km SE 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 (Puyloubier): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Puyloubier): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Puyloubier): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Pourrières): 5.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Puyloubier): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 46.2▸

Days at or below 0 °C 35

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 46 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VAUVENARGUES weather station, 2.9 km away at 565 m; the village itself is at 349 m. ^[10]

The village sits 216 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 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at VAUVENARGUES, 2.9 km away at 565 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 216 m above 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 724 mm of rain a year, spread over 66 days — about 11 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VAUVENARGUES, 2.9 km away at 565 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 — 13079/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 13079/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 13079/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 13079/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 13079
INSEE BPE 2025 — 83097
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
Lédenon	30	103 km NW	1,685	53.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
La Bastide-des-Jourdans	84	29 km N	1,760	45.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Mareau-aux-Prés	45	567 km NW	1,669	43.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Bizanet	11	230 km W	1,730	49.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 62 % · humidity 0 %
Moussac	30	127 km NW	1,564	51.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 88 % · humidity 64 %
Pernay	37	594 km NW	1,609	50	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Bastide-des-Jourdans	84	29 km N	1,760	45.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Lédenon	30	103 km NW	1,685	53.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Moussac	30	127 km NW	1,564	51.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 88 % · humidity 64 %
Bizanet	11	230 km W	1,730	49.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 62 % · humidity 0 %
Mareau-aux-Prés	45	567 km NW	1,669	43.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Pernay	37	594 km NW	1,609	50	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Puyloubier'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-Sernin	07	155 km NW	1,872	38.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Grillon	84	113 km NW	1,690	45.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Visan	84	105 km NW	1,857	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Lavilledieu	07	152 km NW	2,264	49.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Sauzet	26	138 km NW	1,882	53.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Flaviac	07	158 km NW	1,235	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %

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