Faucon

Vaucluse · CC Vaison Ventoux · INSEE 84045

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

Partly served 50.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Faucon (INSEE 84045) is in Vaucluse (84), part of CC Vaison Ventoux. Population 454 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/84045-faucon

Vitality score

Vitality score 50.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 17,939 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.81	20	16.14
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.81	10	8.12
Housing mix	0.39	5	1.96

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 0 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) (LA BOULANGERIE DES TILLEULS). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (LA BOCA · LE MEILLEUR POUR LA FAIM · DUSSÁN RIVERA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (DANDELION). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE AUGUSTE COULLET). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ALAIN GARANX, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (LE PETIT SALON MAISON COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE L'AYGUETTE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA BOULANGERIE DES TILLEULS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	4	LA BOCA · LE MEILLEUR POUR LA FAIM · DUSSÁN RIVERA	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	DANDELION	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE AUGUSTE COULLET	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ALAIN GARANX, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE 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	2	LE PETIT SALON MAISON COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DE L'AYGUETTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 243 2023: 454 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 428 (2012) → 454 (2023): 6.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 346 (1990) → 454 (2023): 31.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 355, of which 30.4 % second homes and 9.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 4.3 km SEPharmacy — 5.5 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 (Faucon): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mollans-sur-Ouvèze): 4.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Faucon): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Vaison-la-Romaine): 5.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Faucon): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 42.2

Days at or below 0 °C 19.4

Muggy days a summer 0.5

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 42 days a year at or above 30 °C and 19 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PUYMERAS weather station, 3.5 km away at 392 m; the village itself is at 379 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PUYMERAS, 3.5 km away at 392 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

An average of 703 mm of rain a year, spread over 71 days — about 9.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PUYMERAS, 3.5 km away at 392 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84045/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84045/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84045/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84045/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 84045
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26188
INSEE BPE 2025 — 84137
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
Vaugines	84	58 km S	553	51.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Crestet	84	6.1 km SW	415	39.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Valvignères	07	53 km NW	440	43.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 69 % · humidity 71 %
Goulven	29	871 km NW	432	47.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sauveur-de-Cruzières	07	71 km W	572	41.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Montagrier	24	385 km W	511	48.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Crestet	84	6.1 km SW	415	39.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Valvignères	07	53 km NW	440	43.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 69 % · humidity 71 %
Vaugines	84	58 km S	553	51.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sauveur-de-Cruzières	07	71 km W	572	41.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Montagrier	24	385 km W	511	48.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %
Goulven	29	871 km NW	432	47.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · 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 Faucon'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
Puyméras	84	1.9 km NW	585	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bez-et-Esparon	30	133 km W	335	29.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Monoblet	30	105 km W	787	51.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Puimoisson	04	90 km SE	694	60.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Cécile-d'Andorge	30	93 km W	525	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Chamborigaud	30	93 km W	884	66.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

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