Tourtour
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 48.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Tourtour (INSEE 83139) is in Var (83), part of CC Lacs et Gorges du Verdon. Population 581 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/83139-tourtour
Vitality score
Vitality score 48.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 92 % of the 17,255 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0.82 | 20 | 16.32 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.32 | 10 | 3.16 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.73 | 10 | 7.31 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (NOVADIS). [4,3]
12 × Restaurant (L'ALECHOU · LA TABLE DE TOURTOUR · LA MIMOUNIA · LES CHENES VERTS · RESTAURANT BAR TABAC A LA FARIGOULETTE). [4,3]
1 × Café / bar (BAR DES ORMEAUX). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [4]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHRISTINE BODO, MÉDECIN). [4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (TOURTOUR AP). [4]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [4]
1 × Hairdresser (AUNALOU). [4,3]
3 × Hotel (LA PETITE AUBERGE · HOTEL LA BASTIDE DE TOURTOUR · LE MAS DES COLLINES). [4,3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | NOVADIS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3] |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Restaurant | 12 | L'ALECHOU · LA TABLE DE TOURTOUR · LA MIMOUNIA · LES CHENES VERTS · RESTAURANT BAR TABAC A LA FARIGOULETTE | INSEE BPE 12 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [4,3] |
| Café / bar | 1 | BAR DES ORMEAUX | INSEE SIRENE 1 [3] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | CHRISTINE BODO, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | TOURTOUR AP | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | AUNALOU | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Hotel | 3 | LA PETITE AUBERGE · HOTEL LA BASTIDE DE TOURTOUR · LE MAS DES COLLINES | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [4,3] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] |
Market and village life
Weekly market: Wednesday, Saturday boulodrome, place du jardin Annabel et Bernard Buffet. [5,6]
Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.
Trajectory
Population 593 (2012) → 581 (2023): -2 % over 10 years. [7,1]
Population 472 (1990) → 581 (2023): 23.1 % over 30 years. [8,1]
Dwellings (2023): 764, of which 51.4 % second homes and 8.5 % vacant. [9]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Villecroze): 2.2 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Food shop (Tourtour): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [11]
GP (Villecroze): 2.3 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Salernes): 6 km to the south-west (straight line). [12]
Primary school (Tourtour): 0 km to the north (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 45 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]
Measured at the ENTRECASTEAUX weather station, 8.5 km away at 279 m; the village itself is at 636 m. [13]
The village sits 357 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. [13]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [13]
Humidity measured at ENTRECASTEAUX, 8.5 km away at 279 m, over 25 summers. [13]
That station sits 357 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [13]
An average of 993 mm of rain a year, spread over 79 days — about 12.6 mm on a day it rains. [13]
Rainfall measured at VERIGNON, 8.1 km away at 839 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83139/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE BPE 2025
- Commune website 2026-10— https://mairie-tourtour.fr/marches-et-foires/— “Le mercredi matin et le samedi matin.”
- DATAtourisme 2025-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/2f16d668-b287-3b65-8953-8476227fed70— “Les mercredis et samedis matins”
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83139/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83139/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83139/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 83149
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 83139
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 83121
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luzenac | 09 | 379 km W | 512 | 39.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 % |
| Auzat | 09 | 402 km W | 561 | 43.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mialet | 30 | 198 km W | 628 | 47.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-André-de-Majencoules | 30 | 217 km W | 599 | 45 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 49 % · humidity 79 % |
| Claviers | 83 | 21 km E | 727 | 50.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Montferrier | 09 | 373 km W | 541 | 45.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claviers | 83 | 21 km E | 727 | 50.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Mialet | 30 | 198 km W | 628 | 47.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-André-de-Majencoules | 30 | 217 km W | 599 | 45 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 49 % · humidity 79 % |
| Montferrier | 09 | 373 km W | 541 | 45.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Luzenac | 09 | 379 km W | 512 | 39.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 % |
| Auzat | 09 | 402 km W | 561 | 43.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 61 % · 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 Tourtour'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lacoste | 84 | 87 km W | 468 | 36.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gigondas | 84 | 122 km NW | 448 | 44.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Estaing | 12 | 309 km W | 502 | 57.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Beaumont-de-Pertuis | 84 | 52 km W | 1,130 | 44.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gorges du Tarn Causses | 48 | 247 km W | 881 | 75 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ansouis | 84 | 69 km W | 1,064 | 47.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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