Le Luc

Var · CC Coeur du Var · INSEE 83073

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

Partly served 57.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Luc (INSEE 83073) is in Var (83), part of CC Coeur du Var. Population 11,310 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/83073-le-luc

Vitality score

Vitality score 57.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 2,168 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	0.38	25	9.52
Social	0.88	20	17.61
Education	0.31	10	3.13
Health	0.34	10	3.43
Public & culture	0.12	5	0.59
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.51

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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]

6 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU MAS DU PAIN · LE PETRIN RIBEIROU · LE PETRIN DU LUC · LEONIDAS LE LUC · BOULANGERIE LE PAIN DES GAULTS). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (MONSIEUR BOUCHER). ^[3,4]

4 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SOS ALIM 83 · ETOILE MARKET · VIVAL). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (SODILUC · LIDL). ^[3,4]

33 × Restaurant (LA BOITE A STEPH ET MAG · SNACK DE LA COTE D'AZUR · PIZZ'ALLO). ^[3,4]

12 × Café / bar (LITTLE TEMPLE · BAR LES LIEBAUDS CHASSE ET PECHE · BRASSERIE ARTISANALE DES MAURES · O CELLIER · BAR LE CENTRAL). ^[4]

3 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB ALPHONSE DAUDET · ECOL MATE JEAN MOULIN · ECOLE MATE RENE CHAR). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE RENE CHAR · ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN JAURES). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE PIERRE DE COUBERTIN). ^[3]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PASCAL ROBIN, MÉDECIN · ANNE MARIE MOSSAN, MÉDECIN · GIL LEBORGNE, MÉDECIN · NICOLE MAURICE, MÉDECIN · DOLORES LACAS-MUFFAT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE ALRIQ CARABELLI VILLENEUVE · PHARMACIE DE LA RETRACHE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DU LUC EN PROVENCE). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (LE CINEMA). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE PIERRE GAUDIN). ^[3]

4 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE LUC · 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). ^[3]

17 × Hairdresser (ALINE COIFFURE · PIL S POIL S COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LES BRUYERES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Fishmonger, 10 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 4 × Hairdresser.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	6	AU MAS DU PAIN · LE PETRIN RIBEIROU · LE PETRIN DU LUC · LEONIDAS LE LUC · BOULANGERIE LE PAIN DES GAULTS	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	MONSIEUR BOUCHER	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	4	SOS ALIM 83 · ETOILE MARKET · VIVAL	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	SODILUC · LIDL	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Restaurant	33	LA BOITE A STEPH ET MAG · SNACK DE LA COTE D'AZUR · PIZZ'ALLO	INSEE BPE 33 / INSEE SIRENE 52 [3,4]
Café / bar	12	LITTLE TEMPLE · BAR LES LIEBAUDS CHASSE ET PECHE · BRASSERIE ARTISANALE DES MAURES · O CELLIER · BAR LE CENTRAL	INSEE SIRENE 12 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	3	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB ALPHONSE DAUDET · ECOL MATE JEAN MOULIN · ECOLE MATE RENE CHAR	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE RENE CHAR · ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN JAURES	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE PIERRE DE COUBERTIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	5	PASCAL ROBIN, MÉDECIN · ANNE MARIE MOSSAN, MÉDECIN · GIL LEBORGNE, MÉDECIN · NICOLE MAURICE, MÉDECIN · DOLORES LACAS-MUFFAT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE ALRIQ CARABELLI VILLENEUVE · PHARMACIE DE LA RETRACHE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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 DU LUC EN PROVENCE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	LE CINEMA	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE PIERRE GAUDIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	4	CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE LUC · 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	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Hairdresser	17	ALINE COIFFURE · PIL S POIL S COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 17 / INSEE SIRENE 25 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LES BRUYERES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 4,266 2023: 11,310 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 9,874 (2012) → 11,310 (2023): 14.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 6,929 (1990) → 11,310 (2023): 63.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 5,813, of which 4.9 % second homes and 10 % vacant. ^[7]

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 (Le Luc): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Luc): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Le Luc): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Le Luc): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Le Luc): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 68▸

Days at or below 0 °C 42.9

Muggy days a summer 2.7

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 68 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the LE LUC weather station, 6 km away at 80 m; the village itself is at 164 m. ^[9]

The village sits 84 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LE LUC, 6 km away at 80 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 84 m below 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 812 mm of rain a year, spread over 63 days — about 12.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at LE LUC, 6 km away at 80 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83073/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83073/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83073/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83073/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 83073
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
Villefranche-de-Rouergue	12	359 km W	11,271	60.5	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Gravelines	59	901 km N	11,430	54.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Junien	87	510 km NW	11,415	60.2	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Thiers	63	350 km NW	11,637	59.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Oloron-Sainte-Marie	64	560 km W	10,684	60.8	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 36 %
Limoux	11	334 km W	10,532	60.4	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 85 % · humidity 14 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Limoux	11	334 km W	10,532	60.4	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 85 % · humidity 14 %
Thiers	63	350 km NW	11,637	59.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Villefranche-de-Rouergue	12	359 km W	11,271	60.5	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Junien	87	510 km NW	11,415	60.2	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Oloron-Sainte-Marie	64	560 km W	10,684	60.8	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 36 %
Gravelines	59	901 km N	11,430	54.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 62 % · 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 Le Luc'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
Trets	13	51 km W	10,946	57.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Mazan	84	121 km NW	6,285	56.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Le Thor	84	122 km NW	8,882	63.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Aubignan	84	130 km NW	5,981	48.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gély-du-Fesc	34	205 km W	10,472	54.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Christol-lez-Alès	30	195 km NW	7,310	63.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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