Le Thoronet

Identity

Le Thoronet (INSEE 83136) is in Var (83), part of CC Coeur du Var. Population 2,631 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/83136-le-thoronet

Vitality score

Vitality score 57.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 87 % of the 7,942 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) (SARL LOU BOUAN PAN). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DU THORONET). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (LE PANIER THORONEEN). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (PERION POISSONS). ^[3,4]

8 × Restaurant (LE BISTROT DES GUEULES ROUGES · L'ENTRE DEUX · LA CANTINE DE LA BOUCHERIE · LA PASTA BOX). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LUCIE AUBRAC). ^[3]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (AMANDINE FOLLIOT, MÉDECIN · PIERRE PELEPOL, MÉDECIN · PATRICIA COMBIER, MÉDECIN · MURIEL PENE, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE DUVOY, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES VIGNES). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE ASSOCIATIVE DU FOYER RURAL). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (OCEANE COIFFURE · HAIR DREAMS 83). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOSTELLERIE DE L' ABBAYE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 5 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 2,373 (2012) → 2,631 (2023): 10.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,163 (1990) → 2,631 (2023): 126.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,632, of which 18.8 % second homes and 9.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Le Thoronet): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Thoronet): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Le Thoronet): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Le Thoronet): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Le Thoronet): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 77 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ENTRECASTEAUX weather station, 8.7 km away at 279 m; the village itself is at 139 m. ^[9]

The village sits 140 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at ENTRECASTEAUX, 8.7 km away at 279 m, over 25 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 140 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 837 mm of rain a year, spread over 67 days — about 12.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at LORGUES, 6.2 km away at 203 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

What property sold for

250 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 340,100 € — 1,900 € per m² of built surface. ^[10]

24 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 117,500 € — 2,324 € per m². ^[10]

The median across Var is 3,286 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[10]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83136/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83136/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83136/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83136/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 83136
9. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
10. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025