Saint-Martin-de-Pallières

Identity

Saint-Martin-de-Pallières (INSEE 83114) is in Var (83), part of CC Provence Verdon. Population 284 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/83114-saint-martin-de-pallieres

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 83 % of the 17,708 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE CERCLE DU PROGRES). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (ST MARTIN PALLIERES CERCLE PROGR RP). ^[3]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 242 (2012) → 284 (2023): 17.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 142 (1990) → 284 (2023): 100 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 251, of which 42.6 % second homes and 2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Varages): 6.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Esparron-de-Pallières): 2.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Seillons-Source-d'Argens): 5.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Seillons-Source-d'Argens): 5.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Martin-de-Pallières): 0.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 61 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the VARAGES weather station, 6.3 km away at 348 m; the village itself is at 467 m. ^[12]

The village sits 119 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST MAXIMIN LA STE BAUME, 12.7 km away at 294 m, over 19 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 173 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 766 mm of rain a year, spread over 69 days — about 11.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at VARAGES, 6.3 km away at 348 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83114/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83114/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83114/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83114/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 83145
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 83052
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 83125
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 83114
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024