Rocbaron
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 53/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Rocbaron (INSEE 83106) is in Var (83), part of CA de la Provence Verte. Population 5,660 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/83106-rocbaron
Vitality score
Vitality score 53/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 51 % of the 4,173 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 | 0.55 | 25 | 13.81 |
| Social | 0.49 | 20 | 9.76 |
| Education | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Health | 0.37 | 10 | 3.74 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.88 | 5 | 4.42 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LAFITEAU · LES DELICES DE SANDRINE · L'ASSIETTE BOULANGERE). [3,4]
4 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHEZ FRANCK ET MARIE · GEKKO GOURMET · CHEZ DAVID ET CHRISTINE · CHARCUTERIE AUBERGER). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (ROCABIO). [3,4]
2 × Supermarket (MANOLO Z · ALDI MARCHE). [3,4]
15 × Restaurant (CHEZ JI.JI · PIZ PIZZA · L'ARDOISIER · ODELINE · ESPRIT SUSHI ROCBARON). [3,4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE LE GRAND CHENE). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE ANGELE GUEIT). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE PIERRE GASSENDI). [3]
3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN FALTOT, MÉDECIN · WILLIAM BENAMU, MÉDECIN · SYLVIE BERNARD, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU CADRAN). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (ROCBARON RP). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DR. MARC TÉTI). [3]
2 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DES SPORTS · COLLEGE PIERRE GASSENDI). [3]
3 × Bank (CAISSE EPARGNE PREVOYANCE COTE D'AZUR · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL PROVENCE COTE D'AZUR (ALPES DE HAUTE PROVENCE - ALPES MARITIMES - VAR · BNP PARIBAS). [3]
9 × Hairdresser (SALON GUY COULBAULT · DOLCE VITA · FABIOLA COIFFURE · FUN LOOK). [3,4]
2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Café / bar. [4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 4 | LAFITEAU · LES DELICES DE SANDRINE · L'ASSIETTE BOULANGERE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 4 | CHEZ FRANCK ET MARIE · GEKKO GOURMET · CHEZ DAVID ET CHRISTINE · CHARCUTERIE AUBERGER | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | ROCABIO | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 2 | MANOLO Z · ALDI MARCHE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Restaurant | 15 | CHEZ JI.JI · PIZ PIZZA · L'ARDOISIER · ODELINE · ESPRIT SUSHI ROCBARON | INSEE BPE 15 / INSEE SIRENE 26 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE LE GRAND CHENE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE ANGELE GUEIT | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE PIERRE GASSENDI | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 3 | JEAN FALTOT, MÉDECIN · WILLIAM BENAMU, MÉDECIN · SYLVIE BERNARD, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DU CADRAN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | ROCBARON RP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE DR. MARC TÉTI | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 2 | SALLE DES SPORTS · COLLEGE PIERRE GASSENDI | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 3 | CAISSE EPARGNE PREVOYANCE COTE D'AZUR · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL PROVENCE COTE D'AZUR (ALPES DE HAUTE PROVENCE - ALPES MARITIMES - VAR · BNP PARIBAS | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 9 | SALON GUY COULBAULT · DOLCE VITA · FABIOLA COIFFURE · FUN LOOK | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 2 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Tuesday, Sunday. [5,6]
Trajectory
Population 4,059 (2012) → 5,660 (2023): 39.4 % over 10 years. [7,1]
Population 1,774 (1990) → 5,660 (2023): 219.1 % over 30 years. [8,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,480, of which 5.8 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. [9]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Rocbaron): 0.5 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Food shop (Rocbaron): 0.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
GP (Rocbaron): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Rocbaron): 1.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Rocbaron): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 52 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the CUERS weather station, 7 km away at 72 m; the village itself is at 381 m. [11]
The village sits 309 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at CUERS, 7 km away at 72 m, over 23 summers. [11]
That station sits 309 m below 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 769 mm of rain a year, spread over 60 days — about 12.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at CUERS, 7 km away at 72 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. [5,6]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83106/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2026-05— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/73615b3f-1fbb-3cd5-bbb1-21e11ae7ec27— “Marché du mardi (5 exposants).”(unverified)
- DATAtourisme 2026-01— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/bb246ffb-5c71-3c1e-9960-042f2277b5d4— “Marché du dimanche (40 exposants).”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83106/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83106/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83106/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 83106
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ensuès-la-Redonne | 13 | 72 km W | 5,757 | 47.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 54 % · humidity 71 % |
| Vic-en-Bigorre | 65 | 488 km W | 4,845 | 48.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 88 % · humidity 36 % |
| Carnoules | 83 | 8.0 km E | 4,388 | 49.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët | 50 | 807 km NW | 5,770 | 73.8 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 % |
| Servian | 34 | 226 km W | 5,517 | 57.3 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 54 % · humidity 64 % |
| Ille-sur-Têt | 66 | 291 km W | 5,556 | 60.6 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 57 % · humidity 21 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnoules | 83 | 8.0 km E | 4,388 | 49.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ensuès-la-Redonne | 13 | 72 km W | 5,757 | 47.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 54 % · humidity 71 % |
| Servian | 34 | 226 km W | 5,517 | 57.3 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 54 % · humidity 64 % |
| Ille-sur-Têt | 66 | 291 km W | 5,556 | 60.6 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 57 % · humidity 21 % |
| Vic-en-Bigorre | 65 | 488 km W | 4,845 | 48.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 88 % · humidity 36 % |
| Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët | 50 | 807 km NW | 5,770 | 73.8 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Rocbaron'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rognes | 13 | 72 km NW | 4,693 | 48.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Mées | 04 | 81 km N | 4,099 | 50.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Meyrargues | 13 | 59 km NW | 3,847 | 45.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Peyruis | 04 | 81 km N | 2,798 | 55.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Coudoux | 13 | 74 km NW | 3,825 | 50.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Néoules | 83 | 6.3 km W | 2,976 | 49.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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