La Verdière
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 45.4/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Verdière (INSEE 83146) is in Var (83), part of CC Provence Verdon. Population 1,668 (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 45.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 62 % of the 10,826 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 | 0.39 | 25 | 9.84 |
| Social | 0.51 | 20 | 10.26 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.51 | 5 | 2.56 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA PARADE DES PAINS). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHEZ FABIEN). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL). [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (AU 2 P · PIZZA JACQUOT LA PIZZA QU IL VOUS F). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (CAFE DES SPORTS). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LA VERDIERE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA VERDIERE AP). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (CAC CAMELIE LA CHOUETTE). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE LA VERDIERE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LA PARADE DES PAINS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | CHEZ FABIEN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | VIVAL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| 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 | 2 | AU 2 P · PIZZA JACQUOT LA PIZZA QU IL VOUS F | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | CAFE DES SPORTS | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE LA VERDIERE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA VERDIERE AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE | 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 | 1 | CAC CAMELIE LA CHOUETTE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING DE LA VERDIERE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Thursday. [5]
Trajectory
Population 1,652 (2012) → 1,668 (2023): 1 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 646 (1990) → 1,668 (2023): 158.2 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,221, of which 24.4 % second homes and 11.6 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (La Verdière): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Food shop (La Verdière): 0 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Julien): 6.7 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Varages): 4.6 km to the south (straight line). [11]
Primary school (La Verdière): 0 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 64 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the VARAGES weather station, 5.2 km away at 348 m; the village itself is at 437 m. [12]
The village sits 89 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 1 day a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at REGUSSE, 14 km away at 561 m, over 22 summers. [12]
That station sits 124 m above 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, 5.2 km away at 348 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83146/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2026-01— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/178cb12c-c8b3-33ac-9e7b-cc726a7cf84b— “Marché du jeudi (6 exposants).”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83146/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83146/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83146/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 83146
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 83113
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 83145
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plédéliac | 22 | 835 km NW | 1,662 | 54.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 % |
| Belforêt-en-Perche | 61 | 672 km NW | 1,474 | 45.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 86 % |
| Langon | 35 | 756 km NW | 1,423 | 46.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 % |
| Juvigny Val d'Andaine | 61 | 738 km NW | 2,094 | 46.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Deux Rivières | 89 | 483 km N | 1,245 | 50 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Larajasse | 69 | 248 km NW | 1,804 | 54.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larajasse | 69 | 248 km NW | 1,804 | 54.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 % |
| Deux Rivières | 89 | 483 km N | 1,245 | 50 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Belforêt-en-Perche | 61 | 672 km NW | 1,474 | 45.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 86 % |
| Juvigny Val d'Andaine | 61 | 738 km NW | 2,094 | 46.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Langon | 35 | 756 km NW | 1,423 | 46.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 % |
| Plédéliac | 22 | 835 km NW | 1,662 | 54.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 64 % · 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 La Verdière'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arpaillargues-et-Aureillac | 30 | 132 km W | 1,039 | 45.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cabasse | 83 | 33 km SE | 2,020 | 49.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Berrias-et-Casteljau | 07 | 161 km NW | 793 | 57.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Collias | 30 | 122 km W | 1,095 | 51.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Barjac | 30 | 148 km NW | 1,608 | 65.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Paul-lès-Durance | 13 | 19 km W | 885 | 57.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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