Bonnieux
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 53.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 86 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Bonnieux (INSEE 84020) is in Vaucluse (84), part of CC Pays d'Apt-Luberon. Population 1,198 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/84020-bonnieux
Vitality score
Vitality score 53.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 86 % of the 13,212 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 | 0.55 | 25 | 13.81 |
| Social | 0.89 | 20 | 17.7 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.34 | 10 | 3.42 |
| Housing mix | 0.12 | 5 | 0.6 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (K DELICES DE PROVENCE · PULCINELLA). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (ISNARD). [3,4]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (UTILE · PEPIN & OLIVETTE EPICERIE). [3,4]
10 × Restaurant (LE TINEL · SAPHEM · MAEVE · MAISON BONILIS / LA TABLE DE SYLVIE · L'AVENUE GOURMANDE). [3,4]
3 × Café / bar (CAFE DE LA GARE). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE BONNIEUX). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE BONNIEUX). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CRISTIAN IONASCU, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy. [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (BONNIEUX AP). [3]
1 × Library (MAISON DU LIVRE ET DE LA CULTURE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (ECOLE COMMUNALE). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (BLANES CENNERA MARIE-HELENE). [3,4]
3 × Hotel (HOTEL LA BASTIDE DE CAPELONGUE · LE CLOS DU BUIS · HOTEL RESTAURANT CESAR). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE VALLON). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 2 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Supermarket. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | K DELICES DE PROVENCE · PULCINELLA | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | ISNARD | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | UTILE · PEPIN & OLIVETTE EPICERIE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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 | 10 | LE TINEL · SAPHEM · MAEVE · MAISON BONILIS / LA TABLE DE SYLVIE · L'AVENUE GOURMANDE | INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 15 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 3 | CAFE DE LA GARE | INSEE SIRENE 3 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE BONNIEUX | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE BONNIEUX | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | CRISTIAN IONASCU, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | BONNIEUX AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MAISON DU LIVRE ET DE LA CULTURE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | ECOLE COMMUNALE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 2 | BLANES CENNERA MARIE-HELENE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hotel | 3 | HOTEL LA BASTIDE DE CAPELONGUE · LE CLOS DU BUIS · HOTEL RESTAURANT CESAR | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING LE VALLON | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Monday, Friday 17h30 (seasonal). [5,6]
Trajectory
Population 1,395 (2012) → 1,198 (2023): -14.1 % over 10 years. [7,1]
Population 1,422 (1990) → 1,198 (2023): -15.8 % over 30 years. [8,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,252, of which 44 % second homes and 7 % vacant. [9]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Bonnieux): 0 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Food shop (Bonnieux): 0 km to the west (straight line). [10]
GP (Bonnieux): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Goult): 7.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Bonnieux): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 40 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the BONNIEUX weather station, 1.2 km away at 250 m; the village itself is at 348 m. [12]
The village sits 98 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 0 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at BONNIEUX/PLAINE, 5 km away at 175 m, over 13 summers. [12]
That station sits 173 m below 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 763 mm of rain a year, spread over 69 days — about 11.1 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at BONNIEUX, 1.2 km away at 250 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
What property sold for
138 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 606,475 € — 3,475 € per m² of built surface. [13]
27 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 120,000 € — 1,805 € per m². [13]
The median across Vaucluse is 2,599 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [13]
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
Two sources name market days with none in common. They may be separate markets in the same commune, or one may be out of date — all days are listed and none is treated as confirmed. [5,6]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84020/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://mairiedebonnieux.fr/— “Tous les lundis, du 6 juillet au 24 août, à partir de 17h30”(unverified)
- DATAtourisme 2020-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/259cc97b-5227-37e6-ae22-d973aa161d7f— “Tous les vendredis matin, un marché Provençal traditionnel animé et très coloré et on y trouve de tout !”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84020/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84020/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84020/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 84020
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 84051
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monts-de-Randon | 48 | 171 km NW | 1,209 | 51.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Eyzies | 24 | 363 km W | 1,134 | 62.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bussière-Galant | 87 | 392 km NW | 1,298 | 50.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 % |
| Montréal | 32 | 409 km W | 1,171 | 45.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 7 % |
| Neuvéglise-sur-Truyère | 15 | 222 km NW | 1,677 | 52.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 39 % · humidity 100 % |
| Grandrieu | 48 | 171 km NW | 736 | 57.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 1 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grandrieu | 48 | 171 km NW | 736 | 57.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 1 % · humidity 100 % |
| Monts-de-Randon | 48 | 171 km NW | 1,209 | 51.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 % |
| Neuvéglise-sur-Truyère | 15 | 222 km NW | 1,677 | 52.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 39 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Eyzies | 24 | 363 km W | 1,134 | 62.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bussière-Galant | 87 | 392 km NW | 1,298 | 50.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 % |
| Montréal | 32 | 409 km W | 1,171 | 45.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 7 % |
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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 Bonnieux'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Eyzies | 24 | 363 km W | 1,134 | 62.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Gorges du Tarn Causses | 48 | 163 km W | 881 | 75 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villeneuve | 12 | 270 km W | 1,948 | 63.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Chamoux-sur-Gelon | 73 | 203 km N | 966 | 70.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ansouis | 84 | 16 km SE | 1,064 | 47.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Bas Ségala | 12 | 260 km W | 1,608 | 28.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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