Pontevès

Var · CC Provence Verdon · INSEE 83095

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

Partly served 49.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pontevès (INSEE 83095) is in Var (83), part of CC Provence Verdon. Population 784 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 49.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 88 % of the 15,755 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.62	5	3.1

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 0 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SASU CAMPAGNET). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICERIE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA PAUSE GOURMANDE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DES BESSILLONS). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (PONTEVES RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (EMANUELLE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	SASU CAMPAGNET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	L'EPICERIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	LA PAUSE GOURMANDE	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DES BESSILLONS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	PONTEVES 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	1	EMANUELLE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 345 2023: 784 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 781 (2012) → 784 (2023): 0.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 450 (1990) → 784 (2023): 74.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 510, of which 19 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 0.5 km NWPharmacy — 2.0 km NWGP — 2.2 km W 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 (Pontevès): 0.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pontevès): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Barjols): 2.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Barjols): 2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Pontevès): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 70.6▸

Days at or below 0 °C 49.7

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 71 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VARAGES weather station, 7.1 km away at 348 m; the village itself is at 392 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at REGUSSE, 14.1 km away at 561 m, over 22 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 169 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 779 mm of rain a year, spread over 65 days — about 12 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BARJOLS, 2.2 km away at 267 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 — 83095/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83095/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83095/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83095/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 83095
INSEE BPE 2025 — 83012
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
Saint-Fortunat-sur-Eyrieux	07	178 km NW	817	48.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Millançay	41	545 km NW	716	46.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maurice-sur-Aveyron	45	535 km NW	836	41.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jean-le-Centenier	07	166 km NW	871	50.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Les Gras	25	385 km N	817	45.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Clans	06	102 km NE	703	50.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Clans	06	102 km NE	703	50.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-le-Centenier	07	166 km NW	871	50.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Fortunat-sur-Eyrieux	07	178 km NW	817	48.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Les Gras	25	385 km N	817	45.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maurice-sur-Aveyron	45	535 km NW	836	41.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Millançay	41	545 km NW	716	46.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 92 % · 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 Pontevès'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
Les Mayons	83	38 km SE	625	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Arpaillargues-et-Aureillac	30	142 km W	1,039	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maximin	30	136 km W	798	40.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Montfort-sur-Argens	83	12 km SE	1,453	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Puyvert	84	60 km NW	865	54.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Puget	84	65 km W	894	44.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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