Le Val

Var · CA de la Provence Verte · INSEE 83143

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

Partly served 42.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 18 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Val (INSEE 83143) is in Var (83), part of CA de la Provence Verte. Population 4,335 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 42.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 18 % of the 5,273 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	0.15	25	3.69
Social	0.68	20	13.55
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.11	10	1.11
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	1	10	9.98
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.13

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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) (LE FOURNIL DU VAL). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DE LA FONTAINE). ^[3,4]

13 × Restaurant (LE PITCHOUN · THE SOUS LES ARBRES · LA CINCO Y MEDIA · SIANGLAM KONLEE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (CAFE DES SPORTS). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENT PUB DU BICENTENAIRE). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LE VAL LPAC AP). ^[3]

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

6 × Hairdresser (UN TEMPS POUR SOI · MARILYNE COIFFURE · LENNY SCOTT). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (LA BASTIDE DU VAL). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 3 × Restaurant.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE FOURNIL DU VAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE DE LA FONTAINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	13	LE PITCHOUN · THE SOUS LES ARBRES · LA CINCO Y MEDIA · SIANGLAM KONLEE	INSEE BPE 13 / INSEE SIRENE 22 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	CAFE DES SPORTS	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENT PUB DU BICENTENAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE JOUBERTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LE VAL LPAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE MONTMAJOUR	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	6	UN TEMPS POUR SOI · MARILYNE COIFFURE · LENNY SCOTT	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	LA BASTIDE DU VAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Friday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 972 2023: 4,335 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 4,198 (2012) → 4,335 (2023): 3.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,893 (1990) → 4,335 (2023): 49.8 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,390, of which 8.7 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 3.5 km S 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 (Le Val): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Le Val): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Brignoles): 3.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Le Val): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Le Val): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 65▸

Days at or below 0 °C 52.1

Muggy days a summer 1.6

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 65 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTFORT-SUR-ARGENS_SAPC weather station, 5.6 km away at 141 m; the village itself is at 242 m. ^[11]

The village sits 101 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 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ENTRECASTEAUX, 17.2 km away at 279 m, over 25 summers. ^[11]

An average of 758 mm of rain a year, spread over 65 days — about 11.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTFORT-SUR-ARGENS_SAPC, 5.6 km away at 141 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]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83143/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-01— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/84623e9c-2f8b-3073-9820-3e04f904702e— “Marché du vendredi (15 exposants).”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83143/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83143/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83143/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 83143
INSEE BPE 2025 — 83023
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
Bourgvallées	50	833 km NW	3,326	35.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Dolay	56	787 km NW	2,645	51	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Oudon	44	720 km NW	3,904	45.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Bâgé-Dommartin	01	332 km N	4,050	37.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 15 % · winter 85 %
Guenrouet	44	772 km NW	3,673	48.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 99 %
Mouzillon	44	707 km NW	2,893	46.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 73 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bâgé-Dommartin	01	332 km N	4,050	37.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 15 % · winter 85 %
Mouzillon	44	707 km NW	2,893	46.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 73 %
Oudon	44	720 km NW	3,904	45.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Guenrouet	44	772 km NW	3,673	48.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 99 %
Saint-Dolay	56	787 km NW	2,645	51	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Bourgvallées	50	833 km NW	3,326	35.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · 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 Le Val'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
Velleron	84	102 km NW	3,168	45.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Lauris	84	70 km NW	3,921	50.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Peynier	13	35 km W	3,739	54	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Cadenet	84	65 km NW	4,363	59.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Pignans	83	20 km SE	4,838	55.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Tourves	83	13 km W	5,207	53.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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