Althen-des-Paluds

Vaucluse · CA des Sorgues du Comtat · INSEE 84001

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

Partly served 59/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 86 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Althen-des-Paluds (INSEE 84001) is in Vaucluse (84), part of CA des Sorgues du Comtat. Population 2,960 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/84001-althen-des-paluds

Vitality score

Vitality score 59/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 86 % of the 7,192 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	0.78	20	15.5
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.73

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 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) (PBNB). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA GAULOISE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (DISTRIBLAISE). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (MOULIN RIVE GAUCHE · LE BISTROT D'ALTHEN · CHEZ YO · SERGIO PIZZA · CINTORA). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (CAFE DE FRANCE). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE ANDRE DE RICHAUD). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE SIMONE VEIL). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (TINANIRINA RAKOTOSON, MÉDECIN · KATIA BOUDIA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (GROUPE SCOLAIRE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (BETTY COIFFURE · ALEXIA A). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL DU MOULIN DE LA ROQUE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	PBNB	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LA GAULOISE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	DISTRIBLAISE	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	5	MOULIN RIVE GAUCHE · LE BISTROT D'ALTHEN · CHEZ YO · SERGIO PIZZA · CINTORA	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	CAFE DE FRANCE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE ANDRE DE RICHAUD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE SIMONE VEIL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	TINANIRINA RAKOTOSON, MÉDECIN · KATIA BOUDIA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GROUPE SCOLAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	BETTY COIFFURE · ALEXIA A	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL DU MOULIN DE LA ROQUE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,173 2023: 2,960 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,684 (2012) → 2,960 (2023): 10.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,600 (1990) → 2,960 (2023): 85 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,396, of which 2.7 % second homes and 4.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 2.4 km W 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 (Althen-des-Paluds): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Althen-des-Paluds): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Althen-des-Paluds): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue): 2.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Althen-des-Paluds): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 52.8▸

Days at or below 0 °C 44.1

Muggy days a summer 4.1

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 53 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ALTHEN weather station, 1.7 km away at 35 m; the village itself is at 31 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at AVIGNON, 11.3 km away at 34 m, over 28 summers. ^[10]

An average of 638 mm of rain a year, spread over 64 days — about 10 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ALTHEN, 1.7 km away at 35 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84001/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84001/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84001/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84001/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 84001
INSEE BPE 2025 — 84043
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
Thierville-sur-Meuse	55	575 km N	3,172	48.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 64 % · humidity 79 %
Neuville-sur-Escaut	59	710 km N	2,901	44.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Rodilhan	30	47 km SW	2,799	51.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %
Pont-à-Vendin	62	736 km N	3,062	39	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 99 %
Fontaines-Saint-Martin	69	205 km N	3,098	36.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Chéreng	59	746 km N	3,078	38	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rodilhan	30	47 km SW	2,799	51.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %
Fontaines-Saint-Martin	69	205 km N	3,098	36.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Thierville-sur-Meuse	55	575 km N	3,172	48.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 64 % · humidity 79 %
Neuville-sur-Escaut	59	710 km N	2,901	44.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Pont-à-Vendin	62	736 km N	3,062	39	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 99 %
Chéreng	59	746 km N	3,078	38	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Althen-des-Paluds'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
Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon	07	80 km NW	2,920	69.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Julien-les-Rosiers	30	71 km W	3,533	37.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Salindres	30	66 km W	3,648	42.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Rousson	30	68 km W	4,456	42.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Salaise-sur-Sanne	38	149 km N	4,606	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Gémenos	13	96 km SE	6,579	64	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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