Besse-sur-Issole
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 46.2/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Besse-sur-Issole (INSEE 83018) is in Var (83), part of CC Coeur du Var. Population 3,125 (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/83018-besse-sur-issole
Vitality score
Vitality score 46.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 44 % of the 6,890 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0.65 | 20 | 13.05 |
| Education | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Health | 0.37 | 10 | 3.74 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.78 | 5 | 3.92 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (FOUR DES BANES · CHOCOLATERIE SAND · PAINS GRAINES & COMPAGNIE). [3,4]
6 × Restaurant (LA GRILLADE DU LAC · L ISSOLA PIZZA · PIZZERIA SNACK L'IMPREVU · LA MI-TEMPS · LA TERRASSE DE KARO). [3,4]
3 × Café / bar (LE QUINIS · LE COMPTOIR DE GASPARD · BAR TABAC DU LAC). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE VICTOR QUINTIUS THOURON). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE FREDERIC MONTENARD). [3]
3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARCEL PAPUC-LUPU, MÉDECIN · ÉRIC FAROIGI, MÉDECIN · ADINA-ELENA OLARU, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy. [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
1 × Cinema (LE MARILYN). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COLLEGE FREDERIC MONTENARD). [3]
6 × Hairdresser (MONA M · SANDRINE COIFFURE ET SPA · S PRESTIGE HAUTE COIFFURE · S PRESTIGE FOR MEN). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL DU LAC). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Bakery (boulangerie), 5 × Restaurant, 1 × GP (médecin généraliste), 1 × Pharmacy.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 4 | FOUR DES BANES · CHOCOLATERIE SAND · PAINS GRAINES & COMPAGNIE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 6 | LA GRILLADE DU LAC · L ISSOLA PIZZA · PIZZERIA SNACK L'IMPREVU · LA MI-TEMPS · LA TERRASSE DE KARO | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 19 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 3 | LE QUINIS · LE COMPTOIR DE GASPARD · BAR TABAC DU LAC | INSEE SIRENE 3 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE VICTOR QUINTIUS THOURON | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE FREDERIC MONTENARD | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 3 | MARCEL PAPUC-LUPU, MÉDECIN · ÉRIC FAROIGI, MÉDECIN · ADINA-ELENA OLARU, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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 | 1 | LE MARILYN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COLLEGE FREDERIC MONTENARD | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 6 | MONA M · SANDRINE COIFFURE ET SPA · S PRESTIGE HAUTE COIFFURE · S PRESTIGE FOR MEN | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING MUNICIPAL DU LAC | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Wednesday 7h à 13h. [5]
Trajectory
Population 3,025 (2012) → 3,125 (2023): 3.3 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 1,342 (1990) → 3,125 (2023): 132.9 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,734, of which 10.8 % second homes and 9.1 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Besse-sur-Issole): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Flassans-sur-Issole): 3.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
GP (Besse-sur-Issole): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Carnoules): 5.5 km to the south (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Besse-sur-Issole): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 60 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the CUERS weather station, 11.9 km away at 72 m; the village itself is at 247 m. [12]
The village sits 175 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. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at CUERS, 11.9 km away at 72 m, over 23 summers. [12]
That station sits 175 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]
An average of 864 mm of rain a year, spread over 64 days — about 13.5 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at GONFARON-AGGLO, 9.4 km away at 170 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83018/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://www.besse-sur-issole.fr/marche/— “Tous les Mercredis de 7h à 13h”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83018/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83018/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83018/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 83018
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 83057
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 83033
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dissay | 86 | 585 km NW | 3,101 | 38.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Maureillas-las-Illas | 66 | 291 km W | 3,006 | 41.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 39 % · humidity 7 % |
| Chirens | 38 | 235 km N | 2,546 | 50.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Maureilhan | 34 | 247 km W | 2,495 | 53.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 64 % · humidity 43 % |
| Montendre | 17 | 566 km NW | 3,222 | 48.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 % |
| La Machine | 58 | 447 km NW | 3,192 | 30.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chirens | 38 | 235 km N | 2,546 | 50.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Maureilhan | 34 | 247 km W | 2,495 | 53.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 64 % · humidity 43 % |
| Maureillas-las-Illas | 66 | 291 km W | 3,006 | 41.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 39 % · humidity 7 % |
| La Machine | 58 | 447 km NW | 3,192 | 30.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montendre | 17 | 566 km NW | 3,222 | 48.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 % |
| Dissay | 86 | 585 km NW | 3,101 | 38.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · 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 Besse-sur-Issole'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loriol-du-Comtat | 84 | 125 km NW | 2,486 | 54.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Charleval | 13 | 86 km NW | 2,640 | 56.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Gonfaron | 83 | 9.4 km E | 4,496 | 46.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Caromb | 84 | 121 km NW | 3,479 | 54.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pignans | 83 | 6.7 km SE | 4,838 | 55.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Buis-les-Baronnies | 26 | 126 km NW | 2,218 | 66.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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