Le Rove
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 60.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Le Rove (INSEE 13088) is in Bouches-du-Rhône (13), part of Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence. Population 5,246 (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/13088-le-rove
Vitality score
Vitality score 60.8/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 80 % of the 4,479 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 | 0.9 | 20 | 18.03 |
| Education | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Health | 0.43 | 10 | 4.27 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.85 | 5 | 4.24 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA HUCHE APAIN · PATISSERIE REYNIER CHRISTOPHE FORNASERO). [3,4]
2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DES ROVENAINS). [3,4]
4 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MAISON MARCHI · SUPERETTE LE ROVE · LES JARDINS DE NOE · LA CONFIT'URIE MARCHI NADEGE). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (ASUPER 1). [3,4]
1 × Fishmonger (COQUILLAGES LA COTE BLEUE). [3,4]
15 × Restaurant (JOHANNA · L'ANCRE · DELERIA MANEY · LA PERGOLA · AUBERGE DU MEROU). [3,4]
7 × Café / bar (LA CALANQUE · LE ROVENAIN · BAR DES SPORTS · SISTER'S WINERY). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE JACQUES DUCLOS). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE FRANCOIS BESSOU). [3]
4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHRISTOPHE WALOT, MÉDECIN · JEAN YVES MILHAUD, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE DELCOURT, MÉDECIN · LISA CAMBON, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU ROVE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE RENÉ BLANC). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF BLAISE GOUIRAND). [3]
10 × Hairdresser (NIL · HAIR STYLE COIFFURE · MYLA COIFFURE). [3,4]
3 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (HOTEL-RESTAURANT LES PIELETTES). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 8 × Restaurant.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | LA HUCHE APAIN · PATISSERIE REYNIER CHRISTOPHE FORNASERO | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 2 | BOUCHERIE DES ROVENAINS | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 4 | MAISON MARCHI · SUPERETTE LE ROVE · LES JARDINS DE NOE · LA CONFIT'URIE MARCHI NADEGE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 1 | ASUPER 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 1 | COQUILLAGES LA COTE BLEUE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Restaurant | 15 | JOHANNA · L'ANCRE · DELERIA MANEY · LA PERGOLA · AUBERGE DU MEROU | INSEE BPE 15 / INSEE SIRENE 23 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 7 | LA CALANQUE · LE ROVENAIN · BAR DES SPORTS · SISTER'S WINERY | INSEE SIRENE 7 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE JACQUES DUCLOS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE FRANCOIS BESSOU | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 4 | CHRISTOPHE WALOT, MÉDECIN · JEAN YVES MILHAUD, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE DELCOURT, MÉDECIN · LISA CAMBON, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DU ROVE | 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 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE RENÉ BLANC | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF BLAISE GOUIRAND | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 10 | NIL · HAIR STYLE COIFFURE · MYLA COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 15 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 3 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 1 | HOTEL-RESTAURANT LES PIELETTES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| 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
Population 4,507 (2012) → 5,246 (2023): 16.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 3,429 (1990) → 5,246 (2023): 53 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,561, of which 7.6 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Le Rove): 0.5 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Le Rove): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Le Rove): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Le Rove): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Le Rove): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 42 days a year at or above 30 °C and 25 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the MARIGNANE weather station, 8.2 km away at 6 m; the village itself is at 146 m. [9]
The village sits 140 m above 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. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at MARIGNANE, 8.2 km away at 6 m, over 30 summers. [9]
That station sits 140 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 522 mm of rain a year, spread over 53 days — about 9.8 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at MARIGNANE, 8.2 km away at 6 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 13088/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 13088/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 13088/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 13088/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 13088
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Levens | 06 | 168 km E | 5,377 | 59.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 % |
| Cazouls-lès-Béziers | 34 | 174 km W | 5,261 | 50.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 % |
| Rousset | 13 | 32 km NE | 5,425 | 54.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 66 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-James | 50 | 766 km NW | 5,018 | 53.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 % |
| Nuits-Saint-Georges | 21 | 420 km N | 5,235 | 64.1 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 38 % · humidity 71 % |
| Châteaulin | 29 | 901 km NW | 5,085 | 63.2 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rousset | 13 | 32 km NE | 5,425 | 54.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 66 % · humidity 71 % |
| Levens | 06 | 168 km E | 5,377 | 59.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 % |
| Cazouls-lès-Béziers | 34 | 174 km W | 5,261 | 50.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 % |
| Nuits-Saint-Georges | 21 | 420 km N | 5,235 | 64.1 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 38 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-James | 50 | 766 km NW | 5,018 | 53.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 % |
| Châteaulin | 29 | 901 km NW | 5,085 | 63.2 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 % |
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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 Le Rove'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Servian | 34 | 158 km W | 5,517 | 57.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bédarieux | 34 | 171 km W | 5,804 | 59.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Merville | 31 | 321 km W | 6,760 | 50 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Caussade | 82 | 311 km W | 6,803 | 73.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Céré | 46 | 315 km NW | 3,429 | 55 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ensuès-la-Redonne | 13 | 3.9 km W | 5,757 | 47.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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