Belgentier

Identity

Belgentier (INSEE 83017) is in Var (83), part of CC de la Vallée du Gapeau. Population 2,373 (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/83017-belgentier

Vitality score

Vitality score 53.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 78 % of the 8,540 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

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CJ BOULANGERIE). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (DORMA · AU GRENIER DE PEIRESC). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LES ARCADES DE BELGENTIER · LE MOULIN DU GAPEAU LE TEMPS DES AGAPES). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MANUELLE DUPONT, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS PEROUSE DE MONTCLOS, MÉDECIN · JACQUES ISTRIA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BELGENTIER AP). ^[3]

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

4 × Hairdresser (ELODIE ET VOUS · L IMPASSE DU CHEVEU). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING DOMAINE DE L'ESCRIDE · CAMPING LES TOMASSES). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 2,421 (2012) → 2,373 (2023): -2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,442 (1990) → 2,373 (2023): 64.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,237, of which 5 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Belgentier): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Belgentier): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Belgentier): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Solliès-Toucas): 4.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

An average of 60 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MEOUNES LES MONTRIEUX_SAPC weather station, 3.4 km away at 309 m; the village itself is at 155 m. ^[10]

The village sits 154 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 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CUERS, 10.5 km away at 72 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 83 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 1,121 mm of rain a year, spread over 70 days — about 16 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MEOUNES LES MONTRIEUX_SAPC, 3.4 km away at 309 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83017/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83017/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83017/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83017/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 83017
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 83131
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024