Collobrières

Var · CC Méditerranée Porte des Maures · INSEE 83043

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

Partly served 57.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 89 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Collobrières (INSEE 83043) is in Var (83), part of CC Méditerranée Porte des Maures. Population 1,870 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/83043-collobrieres

Vitality score

Vitality score 57.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 89 % of the 10,043 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	0.55	25	13.81
Social	0.69	20	13.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.8	10	8.03
Housing mix	0.49	5	2.43

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PAIN DE JADIS · LEJULOU). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (MENI ET FILS). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPICERIE & CO · VIVAL). ^[3,4]

10 × Restaurant (GORGULU HACI · UN AIR DE RIEN · LA FARIGOULETTE · NANNY PIZZA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DU SIECLE). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DOCTEUR VARENNE). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANTONIO BAPTISTA, MÉDECIN · ALEXANDRE VINCENT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE COLLOBRIERES). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE 11 PLACE DU GÉNÉRAL DE GAULLE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (ELLE S EN MEL · COLLO'R'ACTION). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (HOTEL NOTRE DAME · BAR HOTEL RESTAURANT DES MAURES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LE PAIN DE JADIS · LEJULOU	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	MENI ET FILS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	EPICERIE & CO · VIVAL	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	10	GORGULU HACI · UN AIR DE RIEN · LA FARIGOULETTE · NANNY PIZZA	INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 17 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CAFE DU SIECLE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DOCTEUR VARENNE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	ANTONIO BAPTISTA, MÉDECIN · ALEXANDRE VINCENT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE COLLOBRIERES	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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE 11 PLACE DU GÉNÉRAL DE GAULLE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	ELLE S EN MEL · COLLO'R'ACTION	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Hotel	2	HOTEL NOTRE DAME · BAR HOTEL RESTAURANT DES MAURES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

Weekly market: Thursday, Sunday 15h à 18h30 (seasonal). ^[5,6]

Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.

Confirmed by two independent sources: Sunday. Reported by one source only: Thursday. ^[6]

Trajectory

1968: 1,176 peak 2017: 1,908 2023: 1,870 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,854 (2012) → 1,870 (2023): 0.9 % over 10 years. ^[7,1]

Population 1,435 (1990) → 1,870 (2023): 30.3 % over 30 years. ^[8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,356, of which 25.7 % second homes and 9.6 % vacant. ^[9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Collobrières): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Food shop (Collobrières): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Collobrières): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Collobrières): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Collobrières): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 60.9▸

Days at or below 0 °C 47.4

Muggy days a summer 4.2

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 61 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the COLLOBRIERES_SAPC weather station, 4.2 km away at 128 m; the village itself is at 155 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BORMES LES MIMOSAS, 7.4 km away at 88 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 67 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 800 mm of rain a year, spread over 61 days — about 13.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at COLLOBRIERES_SAPC, 4.2 km away at 128 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83043/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.collobrieres.fr/actualites— “Marché du dimanche déplacé au samedi de 15h à 18h30 en raison des fêtes de la châtaigne”
DATAtourisme 2024-11— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/e4a2955b-e3a5-39c5-8b22-edf9e2b7c1cd— “Toutes les saveurs et odeurs de Provence vous accueillent les jeudis et dimanches matin sur la Place de la Mairie pour le marché bi-hebdomadaire de Collobrières.”
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83043/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83043/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83043/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 83043
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
Quarante	34	271 km W	1,776	54.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 51 % · humidity 71 %
Néris-les-Bains	03	445 km NW	2,368	58	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Bozel	73	247 km N	2,098	69.2	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 47 %
Maussane-les-Alpilles	13	133 km NW	2,347	60.1	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Mormoiron	84	129 km NW	1,884	55.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Charavines	38	252 km N	2,003	66.5	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mormoiron	84	129 km NW	1,884	55.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Maussane-les-Alpilles	13	133 km NW	2,347	60.1	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Bozel	73	247 km N	2,098	69.2	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 47 %
Charavines	38	252 km N	2,003	66.5	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Quarante	34	271 km W	1,776	54.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 51 % · humidity 71 %
Néris-les-Bains	03	445 km NW	2,368	58	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Collobrières'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
Saint-Chaptes	30	183 km NW	2,055	51.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Les Matelles	34	209 km W	2,068	52.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Vallon-Pont-d'Arc	07	201 km NW	2,403	75	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Claret	34	206 km W	1,745	51.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie	30	175 km NW	3,173	52.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Vers-Pont-du-Gard	30	165 km NW	1,786	53.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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