Carpentras
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Well served 82.9/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Carpentras (INSEE 84031) is in Vaucluse (84), part of CA Ventoux-Comtat-Venaissin (COVE). Population 31,619 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/84031-carpentras
Vitality score
Vitality score 82.9/100 — Well served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 88 % of the 721 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 | 0.87 | 25 | 21.78 |
| Social | 0.95 | 20 | 18.94 |
| Education | 0.78 | 10 | 7.77 |
| Health | 0.76 | 10 | 7.63 |
| Public & culture | 0.31 | 5 | 1.54 |
| Population trend | 0.81 | 10 | 8.06 |
| Housing mix | 0.95 | 5 | 4.74 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
17 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CONFISERIE PATISSERIE JOUVAUD · LA MAISON JOUVAUD · BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · LA BAGUETTERIE). [3,4]
14 × Butcher (boucherie) (RINJONNEAU ET FILS · GDV GESTION DES VIANDES · SARL L.M.B · SARL ALAMANE · EURO VIANDE). [3,4]
19 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SEMMA DISTRIBUTION · RAHALI BOUCHTA · LE 84 · EPICERIE CHEZ BILILI). [3,4]
8 × Supermarket (LIDL · AUZON VENTOUX · ALDI MARCHE · DESTOCK'PRIM · CARPENDIS). [3,4]
70 × Restaurant (LA GARRIGUE CHEZ SERGE · VARO SARL). [3,4]
18 × Café / bar (BAR HENRI CHEZ LOULOU · BAR DU MARCHE · BAR LE TERMINUS · LE PETIT SERGE · BAR DE LA GARE). [4]
9 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOL MATE LES CROISIERES · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LA ROSERAIE · ECOL MATE CITE VERTE · ECOLE MATER PUBL MISE POUZOL · ECOL MATE LA QUINTINE). [3]
12 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LES AMANDIERS B · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE EMILE BOUCHE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE FRANCOIS JOUVE POU DU PLAN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE CANTON NORD GROUPE A · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LA ROSERAIE). [3]
4 × Collège (COLLEGE FRANCOIS RASPAIL · COLLEGE JEAN HENRI FABRE · COLLEGE ALPHONSE DAUDET · COLLEGE DE L'IMMACULEE CONCEPTION). [3]
18 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SEBASTIEN ADNOT, MÉDECIN · PATRICK BASTEN, MÉDECIN · LIES DE VOS, MÉDECIN · ELS THEVISSEN, MÉDECIN · FRANCIS VAN DER VELDEN, MÉDECIN). [3]
8 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE PAOLI · PHARMACIE NOTRE DAME DE SANTE · SELARL PHARMACIE DE L ESCULAPE · SELAS PHARMACIE DES HALLES · SELAS PHARMACIE ROCHE). [3,4]
4 × Post office / agence postale (CARPENTRAS NOTRE DAME DE SANTE RP · CARPENTRAS ALFRED NAQUET RP · CARPENTRAS A AP · LA POSTE). [3]
2 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE-MUSÉE INGUIMBERTINE · COVE - SERVICE CULTURE ET PATRIMOINE RÉSEAU DES BIBLIOTHÈQUES). [3]
1 × Cinema (RIVOLI). [3]
9 × Gym / sports hall (LYCEE LOUIS GIRAUD · COMPLEXE TABARLY · MECS ARC EN CIEL · COMPLEXE DE LA SAINTE FAMILLE · COMPLEXE JEAN MOULIN). [3]
11 × Bank (BANQUE POPULAIRE MEDITERRANEE · CMAR CARPENTRAS · AGENCE CARPENTRAS LECLERC · AGENCE DE CARPENTRAS · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL AGRICULTURE DE CARPENTRAS). [3]
60 × Hairdresser (TCHIP COIFFURE). [3,4]
7 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
5 × Hotel (SAFARI HOTEL · HOTEL DU FIACRE · BEST WESTERN - LE COMTADIN · HOTEL DU FORUM · HOTEL LA LAVANDE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 5 × Bakery (boulangerie), 5 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 23 × Restaurant, 1 × Collège, 2 × Pharmacy, 2 × Bank, 8 × Hairdresser.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 17 | CONFISERIE PATISSERIE JOUVAUD · LA MAISON JOUVAUD · BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · LA BAGUETTERIE | INSEE BPE 17 / INSEE SIRENE 29 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 14 | RINJONNEAU ET FILS · GDV GESTION DES VIANDES · SARL L.M.B · SARL ALAMANE · EURO VIANDE | INSEE BPE 14 / INSEE SIRENE 15 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 19 | SEMMA DISTRIBUTION · RAHALI BOUCHTA · LE 84 · EPICERIE CHEZ BILILI | INSEE BPE 19 / INSEE SIRENE 34 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 8 | LIDL · AUZON VENTOUX · ALDI MARCHE · DESTOCK'PRIM · CARPENDIS | INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 70 | LA GARRIGUE CHEZ SERGE · VARO SARL | INSEE BPE 70 / INSEE SIRENE 144 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 18 | BAR HENRI CHEZ LOULOU · BAR DU MARCHE · BAR LE TERMINUS · LE PETIT SERGE · BAR DE LA GARE | INSEE SIRENE 18 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 9 | ECOL MATE LES CROISIERES · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LA ROSERAIE · ECOL MATE CITE VERTE · ECOLE MATER PUBL MISE POUZOL · ECOL MATE LA QUINTINE | INSEE BPE 9 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 12 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LES AMANDIERS B · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE EMILE BOUCHE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE FRANCOIS JOUVE POU DU PLAN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE CANTON NORD GROUPE A · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LA ROSERAIE | INSEE BPE 12 [3] |
| Collège | 4 | COLLEGE FRANCOIS RASPAIL · COLLEGE JEAN HENRI FABRE · COLLEGE ALPHONSE DAUDET · COLLEGE DE L'IMMACULEE CONCEPTION | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 18 | SEBASTIEN ADNOT, MÉDECIN · PATRICK BASTEN, MÉDECIN · LIES DE VOS, MÉDECIN · ELS THEVISSEN, MÉDECIN · FRANCIS VAN DER VELDEN, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 18 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 8 | PHARMACIE PAOLI · PHARMACIE NOTRE DAME DE SANTE · SELARL PHARMACIE DE L ESCULAPE · SELAS PHARMACIE DES HALLES · SELAS PHARMACIE ROCHE | INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 4 | CARPENTRAS NOTRE DAME DE SANTE RP · CARPENTRAS ALFRED NAQUET RP · CARPENTRAS A AP · LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Library | 2 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE-MUSÉE INGUIMBERTINE · COVE - SERVICE CULTURE ET PATRIMOINE RÉSEAU DES BIBLIOTHÈQUES | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | RIVOLI | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 9 | LYCEE LOUIS GIRAUD · COMPLEXE TABARLY · MECS ARC EN CIEL · COMPLEXE DE LA SAINTE FAMILLE · COMPLEXE JEAN MOULIN | INSEE BPE 9 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 11 | BANQUE POPULAIRE MEDITERRANEE · CMAR CARPENTRAS · AGENCE CARPENTRAS LECLERC · AGENCE DE CARPENTRAS · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL AGRICULTURE DE CARPENTRAS | INSEE BPE 11 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 60 | TCHIP COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 60 / INSEE SIRENE 72 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 7 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 5 | SAFARI HOTEL · HOTEL DU FIACRE · BEST WESTERN - LE COMTADIN · HOTEL DU FORUM · HOTEL LA LAVANDE | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Friday 8h à 12h30 rues et places du Centre Ville ainsi que sur les allées Jean Jaurès. [5]
Trajectory
Population 28,520 (2012) → 31,619 (2023): 10.9 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 24,212 (1990) → 31,619 (2023): 30.6 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 16,341, of which 2.6 % second homes and 9.7 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Carpentras): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Carpentras): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Carpentras): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Carpentras): 0 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Carpentras): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 68 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the CARPENTRAS weather station, 3.2 km away at 98 m; the village itself is at 103 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at CARPENTRAS, 3.2 km away at 98 m, over 30 summers. [10]
An average of 641 mm of rain a year, spread over 65 days — about 9.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at CARPENTRAS, 3.2 km away at 98 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84031/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://www.carpentras.fr/accueil.html— “Le marché se déroule tous les vendredis matin de 8h à 12h30 sur les rues et places du Centre Ville ainsi que sur les allées Jean Jaurès”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84031/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84031/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84031/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 84031
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mont-de-Marsan | 40 | 444 km W | 31,592 | 76 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 97 % · humidity 43 % |
| Châtellerault | 86 | 467 km NW | 31,003 | 79.2 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 % |
| Vienne | 38 | 164 km N | 31,778 | 80 | Well served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 % |
| Goussainville | 95 | 587 km N | 31,301 | 76.3 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 % |
| Dreux | 28 | 592 km NW | 31,543 | 76.8 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cambrai | 59 | 694 km N | 31,134 | 80.7 | Well served | no figures |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vienne | 38 | 164 km N | 31,778 | 80 | Well served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 % |
| Mont-de-Marsan | 40 | 444 km W | 31,592 | 76 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 97 % · humidity 43 % |
| Châtellerault | 86 | 467 km NW | 31,003 | 79.2 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 % |
| Goussainville | 95 | 587 km N | 31,301 | 76.3 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 % |
| Dreux | 28 | 592 km NW | 31,543 | 76.8 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cambrai | 59 | 694 km N | 31,134 | 80.7 | Well served | no figures |
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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 Carpentras'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brignoles | 83 | 109 km SE | 17,850 | 70.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue | 84 | 15 km S | 20,244 | 74.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Aubagne | 13 | 95 km SE | 47,529 | 84.4 | Well served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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