Pignans
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 55.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Pignans (INSEE 83092) is in Var (83), part of CC Coeur du Var. Population 4,838 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 55.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 65 % of the 4,818 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 | 0.78 | 20 | 15.68 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.31 | 10 | 3.07 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.85 | 5 | 4.23 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CHORDA PAIN · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE PARADIS). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (AO PIGNANS). [3,4]
3 × Supermarket (LIDL · CARREFOUR MARKET). [3,4]
11 × Restaurant (TIKAZE LILI · PIZZA POPEYE · LE COIN DU ROTISSEUR · LE ROYAL). [3,4]
4 × Café / bar (LE CALUMET · BAR DES SPORTS · LE 504). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE ALPHONSE DAUDET). [3]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE MARCEL PAGNOL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN GIONO). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FRANCK LOTTIEAU, MÉDECIN · JULIEN BORDES, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE DE PIGNANS). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (PIGNANS LPAC AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE BERTHOIRE). [3]
2 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE COTE D'AZUR · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL PROVENCE COTE D'AZUR (ALPES DE HAUTE PROVENCE - ALPES MARITIMES - VAR). [3]
10 × Hairdresser (GTC COIFFURE · OHM COIFFURE OHM NETTOYAGE · SANDRA COIF A DOMICILE · CHEZ RIM K). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
1 × Hotel. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | CHORDA PAIN · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE PARADIS | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | AO PIGNANS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Supermarket | 3 | LIDL · CARREFOUR MARKET | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 11 | TIKAZE LILI · PIZZA POPEYE · LE COIN DU ROTISSEUR · LE ROYAL | INSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 18 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 4 | LE CALUMET · BAR DES SPORTS · LE 504 | INSEE SIRENE 4 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE ALPHONSE DAUDET | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE MARCEL PAGNOL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN GIONO | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 2 | FRANCK LOTTIEAU, MÉDECIN · JULIEN BORDES, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | SELARL PHARMACIE DE PIGNANS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | PIGNANS LPAC AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | SALLE POLYVALENTE BERTHOIRE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 2 | CAISSE D'EPARGNE COTE D'AZUR · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL PROVENCE COTE D'AZUR (ALPES DE HAUTE PROVENCE - ALPES MARITIMES - VAR | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 10 | GTC COIFFURE · OHM COIFFURE OHM NETTOYAGE · SANDRA COIF A DOMICILE · CHEZ RIM K | INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Thursday, Sunday Thursdays 7h-12h, Sundays 8h-12h Thursday: place des écoles; Sunday: cœur du village. [5]
Trajectory
Population 3,582 (2012) → 4,838 (2023): 35.1 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 2,338 (1990) → 4,838 (2023): 106.9 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,347, of which 7.7 % second homes and 8.5 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Pignans): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Pignans): 0.6 km to the east (straight line). [9]
GP (Pignans): 0.6 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Pignans): 1.2 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Pignans): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 61 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the COLLOBRIERES_SAPC weather station, 8 km away at 128 m; the village itself is at 170 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at CUERS, 9.9 km away at 72 m, over 23 summers. [10]
That station sits 98 m below 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 864 mm of rain a year, spread over 64 days — about 13.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at GONFARON-AGGLO, 5.1 km away at 170 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83092/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://www.pignans.fr/marche-hebdomadaire/— “tous les jeudis matin de 7h à 12h sur la place des écoles. tous les dimanches matin de 8h à 12h au cœur du village”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83092/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83092/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83092/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 83092
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salbris | 41 | 563 km NW | 4,809 | 49.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 8 % · winter 82 % |
| Bégard | 22 | 944 km NW | 4,889 | 56.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bas-en-Basset | 43 | 280 km NW | 4,638 | 56.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Laurent-Médoc | 33 | 598 km NW | 4,914 | 47.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 3 % · winter 65 % · humidity 43 % |
| Saverdun | 09 | 377 km W | 4,808 | 56 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 100 % · humidity 57 % |
| Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis | 17 | 647 km NW | 4,677 | 51 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bas-en-Basset | 43 | 280 km NW | 4,638 | 56.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saverdun | 09 | 377 km W | 4,808 | 56 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 100 % · humidity 57 % |
| Salbris | 41 | 563 km NW | 4,809 | 49.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 8 % · winter 82 % |
| Saint-Laurent-Médoc | 33 | 598 km NW | 4,914 | 47.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 3 % · winter 65 % · humidity 43 % |
| Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis | 17 | 647 km NW | 4,677 | 51 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 71 % |
| Bégard | 22 | 944 km NW | 4,889 | 56.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
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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 Pignans'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rousset | 13 | 53 km W | 5,425 | 54.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Roque-d'Anthéron | 13 | 87 km NW | 5,459 | 59.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sarrians | 84 | 133 km NW | 5,792 | 48.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gonfaron | 83 | 5.2 km NE | 4,496 | 46.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Caromb | 84 | 128 km NW | 3,479 | 54.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Carnoules | 83 | 3.2 km W | 4,388 | 49.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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