Montferrat

Identity

Montferrat (INSEE 83082) is in Var (83), part of CA Dracénie Provence Verdon Agglomération. Population 1,719 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/83082-montferrat

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 10,617 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.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CD BOULANGERIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (MONFE PIZZA). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LA BASTIDE). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES OLIVIERS). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE MONTFERRAT). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (LA BASTIDE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Saturday. ^[5]

Trajectory

Population 1,446 (2012) → 1,719 (2023): 18.9 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 629 (1990) → 1,719 (2023): 173.3 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 681, of which 4.8 % second homes and 16.2 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Montferrat): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Montferrat): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Figanières): 4.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Figanières): 4.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Montferrat): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the COMPS-SUR-ARTUBY weather station, 5.2 km away at 892 m; the village itself is at 479 m. ^[11]

The village sits 413 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at COMPS-SUR-ARTUBY, 5.2 km away at 892 m, over 24 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 413 m above 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 999 mm of rain a year, spread over 77 days — about 13 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at COMPS-SUR-ARTUBY, 5.2 km away at 892 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83082/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. DATAtourisme 2022-03— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/93b7ef7a-e9b0-36b4-9702-1a2f93cdae19— “Marché provençal tous les samedis matins de 8h à 13h sur la place Gabriel Peri”(unverified)
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83082/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83082/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83082/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 83082
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 83056
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024