Le Lavandou
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 72.4/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Le Lavandou (INSEE 83070) is in Var (83), part of CC Méditerranée Porte des Maures. Population 6,646 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [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/83070-le-lavandou
Vitality score
Vitality score 72.4/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)).
Better served than 98 % of the 3,595 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 | 0.84 | 25 | 20.93 |
| Social | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Education | 0.53 | 10 | 5.28 |
| Health | 0.66 | 10 | 6.56 |
| Public & culture | 0.2 | 5 | 0.98 |
| Population trend | 0.78 | 10 | 7.75 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
10 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE DE LA PLAGE · MAISON SARROCHE · PATISSERIE PANZA · ANGELINO). [3,4]
4 × Butcher (boucherie) (CARNIVOR · BOUCHERIE PHILIPPE · LA BOUCHERIE DU LITTORAL · CANTINI LE LAVANDOU). [3,4]
13 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SOCIETE DE REDISTRIBUTION MEDITERRANEENNE · SARL AU JARDIN PROVENCAL · L'ANGLE · GUENEWAY). [3,4]
4 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR · DISTRECO · CARREFOUR CITY · BIOLADIS). [3,4]
1 × Fishmonger (GEOCENA). [3,4]
118 × Restaurant (COMREST RICARD · PIC PIC · LE BOSCO · SARL L ESCALE). [3,4]
36 × Café / bar (LE CALYPSO · LE BAHIANA · LE NIAGARA · LE BALTO · L'EQUATEUR CLUB). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]
3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CAVALIERE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE SAINT-CLAIR · ECOLE PRIMAIRE MARC LEGOUHY). [3]
10 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN MARC BONDER, MÉDECIN · XAVIER CAILLETEAU, MÉDECIN · ISABELLE DUCATI, MÉDECIN · DIANA AFRODITA POSTOLACHE, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE GIRAUD, MÉDECIN). [3]
2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA POSTE · SELAS GRANDE PHIE DE LA SALAMANDRE). [3,4]
2 × Post office / agence postale (CAVALIERE AP · LA POSTE). [3]
2 × Cinema (LE GRAND BLEU · THEATRE DE VERDURE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COSEC). [3]
6 × Bank (BANQUE POPULAIRE MEDITERRANEE · CAISSE D'EPARGNE COTE D'AZUR · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL PROVENCE COTE D'AZUR (ALPES DE HAUTE PROVENCE - ALPES MARITIMES - VAR · SOCIETE GENERALE · BNP PARIBAS). [3]
22 × Hairdresser (SARL TOTAL LOOK · LE SALON). [3,4]
2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
31 × Hotel (HOTEL BEAU SITE · HOTEL LES TAMARIS · HOTEL BELLE VUE · AUBERGE DE LA CALANQUE · HOTEL L ORANGERAIE). [3,4]
8 × Campsite (SAINT CLAIR CARAVANING · CAMPING PARC DE PRAMOUSQUIER · CAMPING L'HUBAC DU BLEU · CAMPING CARAVANING BEAU SEJOUR · CAMPING ST PONS). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 26 × Restaurant, 1 × GP (médecin généraliste), 1 × Pharmacy, 2 × Bank, 1 × Hairdresser, 4 × Hotel, 2 × Campsite.
Not found in the commune: Library. [3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 10 | BOULANGERIE DE LA PLAGE · MAISON SARROCHE · PATISSERIE PANZA · ANGELINO | INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 23 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 4 | CARNIVOR · BOUCHERIE PHILIPPE · LA BOUCHERIE DU LITTORAL · CANTINI LE LAVANDOU | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 13 | SOCIETE DE REDISTRIBUTION MEDITERRANEENNE · SARL AU JARDIN PROVENCAL · L'ANGLE · GUENEWAY | INSEE BPE 13 / INSEE SIRENE 19 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 4 | CARREFOUR · DISTRECO · CARREFOUR CITY · BIOLADIS | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 1 | GEOCENA | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Restaurant | 118 | COMREST RICARD · PIC PIC · LE BOSCO · SARL L ESCALE | INSEE BPE 118 / INSEE SIRENE 173 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 36 | LE CALYPSO · LE BAHIANA · LE NIAGARA · LE BALTO · L'EQUATEUR CLUB | INSEE SIRENE 36 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 3 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CAVALIERE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE SAINT-CLAIR · ECOLE PRIMAIRE MARC LEGOUHY | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 10 | JEAN MARC BONDER, MÉDECIN · XAVIER CAILLETEAU, MÉDECIN · ISABELLE DUCATI, MÉDECIN · DIANA AFRODITA POSTOLACHE, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE GIRAUD, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 10 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 2 | PHARMACIE DE LA POSTE · SELAS GRANDE PHIE DE LA SALAMANDRE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 2 | CAVALIERE AP · LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 2 | LE GRAND BLEU · THEATRE DE VERDURE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COSEC | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 6 | BANQUE POPULAIRE MEDITERRANEE · CAISSE D'EPARGNE COTE D'AZUR · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL PROVENCE COTE D'AZUR (ALPES DE HAUTE PROVENCE - ALPES MARITIMES - VAR · SOCIETE GENERALE · BNP PARIBAS | INSEE BPE 6 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 22 | SARL TOTAL LOOK · LE SALON | INSEE BPE 22 / INSEE SIRENE 28 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 2 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 31 | HOTEL BEAU SITE · HOTEL LES TAMARIS · HOTEL BELLE VUE · AUBERGE DE LA CALANQUE · HOTEL L ORANGERAIE | INSEE BPE 31 / INSEE SIRENE 56 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 8 | SAINT CLAIR CARAVANING · CAMPING PARC DE PRAMOUSQUIER · CAMPING L'HUBAC DU BLEU · CAMPING CARAVANING BEAU SEJOUR · CAMPING ST PONS | INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 5,165 (2012) → 6,646 (2023): 28.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 5,212 (1990) → 6,646 (2023): 27.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 12,956, of which 70.8 % second homes and 1.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Le Lavandou): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Le Lavandou): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Le Lavandou): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Le Lavandou): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Le Lavandou): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 60 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the BORMES LES MIMOSAS weather station, 6.4 km away at 88 m; the village itself is at 12 m. [9]
The village sits 76 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. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at BORMES LES MIMOSAS, 6.4 km away at 88 m, over 30 summers. [9]
That station sits 76 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 973 mm of rain a year, spread over 64 days — about 15.2 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at BORMES LES MIMOSAS, 6.4 km away at 88 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
What property sold for
354 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 700,000 € — 6,439 € per m² of built surface. [10]
1,663 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 215,100 € — 5,528 € per m². [10]
The median across Var is 3,286 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [10]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83070/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83070/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83070/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83070/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 83070
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourg-Saint-Maurice | 73 | 278 km N | 7,270 | 75.3 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 23 % · humidity 50 % |
| Valras-Plage | 34 | 250 km W | 4,432 | 63 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 76 % · humidity 57 % |
| Bormes-les-Mimosas | 83 | 2.4 km NW | 8,545 | 65.3 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Chamonix-Mont-Blanc | 74 | 312 km N | 8,705 | 71.6 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 50 % |
| Cavalaire-sur-Mer | 83 | 14 km E | 8,121 | 68.6 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Marseillan | 34 | 231 km W | 8,414 | 71.6 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 66 % · humidity 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bormes-les-Mimosas | 83 | 2.4 km NW | 8,545 | 65.3 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cavalaire-sur-Mer | 83 | 14 km E | 8,121 | 68.6 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Marseillan | 34 | 231 km W | 8,414 | 71.6 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 66 % · humidity 0 % |
| Valras-Plage | 34 | 250 km W | 4,432 | 63 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 76 % · humidity 57 % |
| Bourg-Saint-Maurice | 73 | 278 km N | 7,270 | 75.3 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 23 % · humidity 50 % |
| Chamonix-Mont-Blanc | 74 | 312 km N | 8,705 | 71.6 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · 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 Le Lavandou'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calvisson | 30 | 190 km NW | 6,486 | 62.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vergèze | 30 | 186 km W | 5,788 | 58.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Rémy-de-Provence | 13 | 144 km NW | 9,599 | 71.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sommières | 30 | 197 km W | 5,073 | 73 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Angles | 30 | 157 km NW | 8,908 | 67.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Castries | 34 | 202 km W | 6,883 | 61.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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