Roquevaire

Bouches-du-Rhône · Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence · INSEE 13086

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

Served 66.7/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 89 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Roquevaire (INSEE 13086) is in Bouches-du-Rhône (13), part of Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence. Population 8,915 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/13086-roquevaire

Vitality score

Vitality score 66.7/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 89 % of the 2,750 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	0.46	25	11.6
Social	0.98	20	19.5
Education	0.53	10	5.28
Health	0.7	10	6.96
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.76	10	7.63
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.59

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 0 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) (LA REMISE · LES GOURMANDISES DU GARLABAN). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DU GARLABAN). ^[3,4]

6 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LEADER PRICE EXPRESS · LA TASSE AUX AROMES · ELIANA MARKET · MJR COUTURIER · LORENZO MARKET). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (SA ESTEVAIR). ^[3,4]

18 × Restaurant (MAMA CORSICA · L'ORIGAN · LE PIZZAIOLO · MARCEL PIZZA · ROTIS'AZUR). ^[3,4]

13 × Café / bar (LE COMPTOIR DU COURS · BAR TABAC DE L'ARRET · SPORTIF BAR · FLEUR DE CAFE). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE LA QUINSOUNAIO). ^[3]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LASCOURS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE L'ESTELLAN (PONT DE L'ETOILE) · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE CENTRE). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE LOUIS ARAGON). ^[3]

8 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BERNARD HERSCOVITCH, MÉDECIN · FREDERIC SELLEM, MÉDECIN · JEAN-JACQUES BARDOU, MÉDECIN · BERNARD COSTABELLO, MÉDECIN · JEAN CHRISTOPHE BOUQUET, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

3 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE SAGELOLI · EURL PHARMACIE DERVAUX COLOMB · SELARL PHARMACIE NOUVELLE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE VICTOR-GELU). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF SAINT ROCH · SALLE RAYMOND ESCAVI). ^[3]

2 × Bank (AGENCE ROQUEVAIRE · ADG FINANCEMENTS). ^[3]

15 × Hairdresser (JENNI COIF A DOMICILE · DB DRAKE). ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Supermarket, 10 × Restaurant, 1 × Nursery school (maternelle), 3 × Hairdresser.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LA REMISE · LES GOURMANDISES DU GARLABAN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE DU GARLABAN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	6	LEADER PRICE EXPRESS · LA TASSE AUX AROMES · ELIANA MARKET · MJR COUTURIER · LORENZO MARKET	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	SA ESTEVAIR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Restaurant	18	MAMA CORSICA · L'ORIGAN · LE PIZZAIOLO · MARCEL PIZZA · ROTIS'AZUR	INSEE BPE 18 / INSEE SIRENE 42 [3,4]
Café / bar	13	LE COMPTOIR DU COURS · BAR TABAC DE L'ARRET · SPORTIF BAR · FLEUR DE CAFE	INSEE SIRENE 13 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE LA QUINSOUNAIO	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	3	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LASCOURS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE L'ESTELLAN (PONT DE L'ETOILE) · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE CENTRE	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE LOUIS ARAGON	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	8	BERNARD HERSCOVITCH, MÉDECIN · FREDERIC SELLEM, MÉDECIN · JEAN-JACQUES BARDOU, MÉDECIN · BERNARD COSTABELLO, MÉDECIN · JEAN CHRISTOPHE BOUQUET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 8 [3]
Pharmacy	3	SELARL PHARMACIE SAGELOLI · EURL PHARMACIE DERVAUX COLOMB · SELARL PHARMACIE NOUVELLE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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 VICTOR-GELU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	COMPLEXE SPORTIF SAINT ROCH · SALLE RAYMOND ESCAVI	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	AGENCE ROQUEVAIRE · ADG FINANCEMENTS	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	15	JENNI COIF A DOMICILE · DB DRAKE	INSEE BPE 15 / INSEE SIRENE 19 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 3,854 peak 2017: 9,003 2023: 8,915 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 8,693 (2012) → 8,915 (2023): 2.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 7,061 (1990) → 8,915 (2023): 26.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 4,451, of which 4.1 % second homes and 10 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 1.9 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 (Roquevaire): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Roquevaire): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Roquevaire): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Roquevaire): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 68.4▸

Days at or below 0 °C 61.9

Muggy days a summer 3.7

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 68 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ROQUEVAIRE weather station, 2.1 km away at 175 m; the village itself is at 159 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at AUBAGNE, 4.6 km away at 130 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 578 mm of rain a year, spread over 55 days — about 10.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ROQUEVAIRE, 2.1 km away at 175 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 13086/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 13086/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 13086/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 13086/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 13086
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
Gouvieux	60	694 km N	8,867	58	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Le Thor	84	81 km NW	8,882	63.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Quéven	56	858 km NW	8,991	60.8	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 46 % · humidity 79 %
Bellerive-sur-Allier	03	354 km NW	8,943	62.5	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Lamorlaye	60	690 km N	9,082	61.5	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Le Teil	07	153 km NW	8,726	66	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 59 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Thor	84	81 km NW	8,882	63.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Le Teil	07	153 km NW	8,726	66	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 59 % · humidity 71 %
Bellerive-sur-Allier	03	354 km NW	8,943	62.5	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Lamorlaye	60	690 km N	9,082	61.5	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Gouvieux	60	694 km N	8,867	58	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Quéven	56	858 km NW	8,991	60.8	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 46 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Roquevaire'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
Le Thor	84	81 km NW	8,882	63.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Auriol	13	3.4 km NE	13,037	54.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Jacou	34	141 km W	6,924	59.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
La Bouilladisse	13	5.1 km N	6,547	53.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Teyran	34	141 km W	4,787	50	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Prades-le-Lez	34	146 km W	6,184	54.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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