Bargème

Identity

Bargème (INSEE 83010) is in Var (83), part of CA Dracénie Provence Verdon Agglomération. Population 207 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/83010-bargeme

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 16,166 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.

Services

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (MADOUX · LE BERCAIL). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 180 (2012) → 207 (2023): 15 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 85 (1990) → 207 (2023): 143.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 176, of which 40.3 % second homes and 1.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (La Bastide): 4.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Comps-sur-Artuby): 5.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Comps-sur-Artuby): 5.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Comps-sur-Artuby): 5.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (La Bastide): 3.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 119 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the COMPS-ST JEAN weather station, 5.6 km away at 884 m; the village itself is at 1,051 m. ^[10]

The village sits 167 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at COMPS-SUR-ARTUBY, 11.4 km away at 892 m, over 24 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 159 m below 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 1,040 mm of rain a year, spread over 82 days — about 12.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LA MARTRE, 5 km away at 967 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83010/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83010/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83010/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83010/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 83013
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 83044
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024