La Celle

Var · CA de la Provence Verte · INSEE 83037

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

Partly served 48.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Celle (INSEE 83037) is in Var (83), part of CA de la Provence Verte. Population 1,659 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/83037-la-celle

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 10,882 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.46	20	9.18
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.43	10	4.32
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (PERTUSA PAMIES). ^[3]

5 × Restaurant (L'HOTELLERIE DE L'ABBAYE DE LA CELLE · LE 1886 · EPICELLE · CAFE DU MIDI). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE COURS SAINT-DOMINIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB SYLVAIN DUCOUSSO). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARCELLO MONETTI, MÉDECIN · AMANDINE RENOLLEAU, MÉDECIN · FABIENNE D'ORNANO, MÉDECIN · LUDIVINE COULET, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (SUP HAIR TIFS · CELL INE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (L'HOTELLERIE DE L'ABBAYE DE LA CELLE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	PERTUSA PAMIES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	5	L'HOTELLERIE DE L'ABBAYE DE LA CELLE · LE 1886 · EPICELLE · CAFE DU MIDI	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE COURS SAINT-DOMINIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB SYLVAIN DUCOUSSO	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	MARCELLO MONETTI, MÉDECIN · AMANDINE RENOLLEAU, MÉDECIN · FABIENNE D'ORNANO, MÉDECIN · LUDIVINE COULET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	SUP HAIR TIFS · CELL INE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	L'HOTELLERIE DE L'ABBAYE DE LA CELLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Friday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 363 2023: 1,659 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,353 (2012) → 1,659 (2023): 22.6 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 911 (1990) → 1,659 (2023): 82.1 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 770, of which 3.4 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 1.6 km NBakery — 1.7 km N 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 (Brignoles): 1.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (La Celle): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (La Celle): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Brignoles): 1.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (La Celle): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 65▸

Days at or below 0 °C 52.1

Muggy days a summer 1.5

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 65 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTFORT-SUR-ARGENS_SAPC weather station, 10.9 km away at 141 m; the village itself is at 243 m. ^[11]

The village sits 102 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CUERS, 17.8 km away at 72 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 171 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 977 mm of rain a year, spread over 69 days — about 14.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LA CELLE, 4 km away at 250 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83037/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-01— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/0c3aa90f-cb0d-31b4-b9eb-8f7a89d1af36— “Marché du vendredi (5 exposants).”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83037/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83037/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83037/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 83023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 83037
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
Deyme	31	365 km W	1,468	41.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 72 % · humidity 71 %
Estevelles	62	822 km N	1,979	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 88 %
Montfaucon	25	427 km N	1,622	40.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Saméon	59	814 km N	1,704	37.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Dachstein	67	586 km N	1,737	44.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Loup-Cammas	31	369 km W	2,334	44.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Deyme	31	365 km W	1,468	41.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 72 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Loup-Cammas	31	369 km W	2,334	44.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %
Montfaucon	25	427 km N	1,622	40.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Dachstein	67	586 km N	1,737	44.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saméon	59	814 km N	1,704	37.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Estevelles	62	822 km N	1,979	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 88 %

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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 La Celle'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
Sainte-Anastasie	30	151 km NW	1,738	40.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Camps-la-Source	83	4.4 km E	1,941	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
La Rouvière	30	157 km NW	693	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Vins-sur-Caramy	83	9.3 km NE	936	49.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Didier	84	101 km NW	2,208	56	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Garrigues-Sainte-Eulalie	30	154 km NW	776	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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