La Garde-Freinet
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 60.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Garde-Freinet (INSEE 83063) is in Var (83), part of CC du Golfe de Saint-Tropez. Population 1,862 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 60.2/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 93 % of the 10,070 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 | 0.52 | 25 | 13.03 |
| Social | 0.93 | 20 | 18.54 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.51 | 10 | 5.13 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.77 | 10 | 7.71 |
| Housing mix | 0.18 | 5 | 0.89 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA FOURNEE GARDOISE). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DURAND). [3,4]
3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AU GARDE MANGER · SPAR · L'APERITIVO). [3,4]
1 × Cheese shop (fromagerie) (FROMAGERIE & CETERA). [4]
9 × Restaurant (LE PITZOU · LA TABLE D'ANGELE · LE PETIT FREINET · LA PETITE FONTAINE). [3,4]
4 × Café / bar (VIE LA JOIE BISTROT · BAR DU SOLEIL · LA FUENTE). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES TROIS SOURCES). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LUC VENTO, MÉDECIN · PIERRY LUTZ, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE FRAXINOISE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (NATURELLE ET LUI). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (HOTEL ULTIMATE PROVENCE). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (LE DOMAINE DE MIREMER). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Pharmacy, 2 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LA FOURNEE GARDOISE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | BOUCHERIE DURAND | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 3 | AU GARDE MANGER · SPAR · L'APERITIVO | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 1 | FROMAGERIE & CETERA | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 9 | LE PITZOU · LA TABLE D'ANGELE · LE PETIT FREINET · LA PETITE FONTAINE | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 18 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 4 | VIE LA JOIE BISTROT · BAR DU SOLEIL · LA FUENTE | INSEE SIRENE 4 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES TROIS SOURCES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 2 | LUC VENTO, MÉDECIN · PIERRY LUTZ, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE FRAXINOISE | 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 | MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE | 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 | 1 | NATURELLE ET LUI | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hotel | 1 | HOTEL ULTIMATE PROVENCE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | LE DOMAINE DE MIREMER | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
Market and village life
A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]
Trajectory
Population 1,810 (2012) → 1,862 (2023): 2.9 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 1,465 (1990) → 1,862 (2023): 27.1 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,880, of which 41.1 % second homes and 10.7 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (La Garde-Freinet): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Food shop (La Garde-Freinet): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (La Garde-Freinet): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Grimaud): 6.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (La Garde-Freinet): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 48 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the COGOLIN_SAPC weather station, 7.1 km away at 31 m; the village itself is at 338 m. [11]
The village sits 307 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 8 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at VIDAUBAN, 8.9 km away at 282 m, over 16 summers. [11]
That station sits 56 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 921 mm of rain a year, spread over 62 days — about 14.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at COGOLIN_SAPC, 7.1 km away at 31 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 — 83063/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2026-05— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/535dafa8-5e17-3b82-826e-89833510f262— “Marché Provençal hebdomadaire”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83063/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83063/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83063/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 83063
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 83068
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eygalières | 13 | 132 km W | 1,773 | 57.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 % |
| Plonévez-Porzay | 29 | 986 km NW | 1,781 | 57.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 58 % · humidity 50 % |
| Plurien | 22 | 904 km NW | 1,521 | 51.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 39 % · humidity 50 % |
| Assérac | 44 | 829 km NW | 1,890 | 58.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 % |
| Roussillon | 84 | 115 km NW | 1,333 | 59 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 55 % · humidity 50 % |
| Beaufort | 73 | 267 km N | 1,989 | 69.8 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 43 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roussillon | 84 | 115 km NW | 1,333 | 59 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 55 % · humidity 50 % |
| Eygalières | 13 | 132 km W | 1,773 | 57.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 % |
| Beaufort | 73 | 267 km N | 1,989 | 69.8 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 43 % |
| Assérac | 44 | 829 km NW | 1,890 | 58.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 % |
| Plurien | 22 | 904 km NW | 1,521 | 51.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 39 % · humidity 50 % |
| Plonévez-Porzay | 29 | 986 km NW | 1,781 | 57.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 58 % · humidity 50 % |
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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 Garde-Freinet'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-Nauphary | 82 | 412 km W | 1,948 | 57.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ygos-Saint-Saturnin | 40 | 584 km W | 1,334 | 49.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Bugue | 24 | 477 km NW | 2,663 | 65.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Roquefort | 40 | 552 km W | 1,990 | 59.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Port-Sainte-Marie | 47 | 498 km W | 1,887 | 46.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Villebrumier | 82 | 409 km W | 1,348 | 42.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
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