La Môle
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 49.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Môle (INSEE 83079) is in Var (83), part of CC du Golfe de Saint-Tropez. Population 1,535 (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.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/83079-la-mole
Vitality score
Vitality score 49.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 75 % of the 11,454 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 | 0.82 | 20 | 16.42 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.58 | 5 | 2.92 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE UGO). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]
4 × Restaurant (ACQUABLUE BY PACHA CAFE · DOMAINE DU MAGNAN · LE BISTROT GOURMET · LA MAISON DE JULIE). [3,4]
3 × Café / bar (PACHA CAFE). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA MOLE SPAR RP). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
3 × Hairdresser (M.Y. COIFF · L'ATELIER D'ALEX). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAPFUN CAMPING PACHACAID). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | BOULANGERIE UGO | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 4 | ACQUABLUE BY PACHA CAFE · DOMAINE DU MAGNAN · LE BISTROT GOURMET · LA MAISON DE JULIE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 3 | PACHA CAFE | INSEE SIRENE 3 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 1 | LA MOLE SPAR RP | 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 | 3 | M.Y. COIFF · L'ATELIER D'ALEX | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | CAPFUN CAMPING PACHACAID | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 1,198 (2012) → 1,535 (2023): 28.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 616 (1990) → 1,535 (2023): 149.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 855, of which 20.8 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (La Môle): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Rayol-Canadel-sur-Mer): 5.4 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Rayol-Canadel-sur-Mer): 5.3 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Rayol-Canadel-sur-Mer): 5.3 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Primary school (La Môle): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 71 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the COGOLIN_SAPC weather station, 7.1 km away at 31 m; the village itself is at 24 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at BORMES LES MIMOSAS, 7.1 km away at 88 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 64 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 921 mm of rain a year, spread over 62 days — about 14.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]
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. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83079/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83079/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83079/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83079/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 83079
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 83152
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tavernes | 83 | 56 km NW | 1,492 | 46 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 % |
| Nézignan-l'Évêque | 34 | 249 km W | 1,718 | 47.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 % |
| Le Broc | 06 | 88 km NE | 1,446 | 49.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 50 % |
| Landevieille | 85 | 754 km NW | 1,519 | 46.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 % |
| Brue-Auriac | 83 | 55 km NW | 1,463 | 45.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 57 % |
| Châteauroux-les-Alpes | 05 | 157 km N | 1,234 | 46.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 7 % · humidity 50 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brue-Auriac | 83 | 55 km NW | 1,463 | 45.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 57 % |
| Tavernes | 83 | 56 km NW | 1,492 | 46 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 % |
| Le Broc | 06 | 88 km NE | 1,446 | 49.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 50 % |
| Châteauroux-les-Alpes | 05 | 157 km N | 1,234 | 46.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 7 % · humidity 50 % |
| Nézignan-l'Évêque | 34 | 249 km W | 1,718 | 47.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 % |
| Landevieille | 85 | 754 km NW | 1,519 | 46.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 % |
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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 Môle'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saussines | 34 | 204 km W | 1,001 | 39.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Jean-du-Pin | 30 | 219 km NW | 1,508 | 31.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bagard | 30 | 217 km NW | 2,605 | 62.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Maillane | 13 | 153 km NW | 2,775 | 52.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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