Gargas

Vaucluse · CC Pays d'Apt-Luberon · INSEE 84047

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

Few services 37.9/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 18 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gargas (INSEE 84047) is in Vaucluse (84), part of CC Pays d'Apt-Luberon. Population 3,035 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/84047-gargas

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 18 % of the 7,058 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	0.38	25	9.52
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.37	10	3.74
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.56	10	5.56
Housing mix	0.75	5	3.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · LES GOURMANDISES DE FONTAINE · LA BOULANGERIE DU MARCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (MAISON VILLONI). ^[3]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (HAMARD · MANGEONS FRAIS). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (CONSUL ALBERTINA · BYARD · LA PETITE HISTOIRE · LA CHAPE). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE LES SOURCES). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LES OCRES). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (NICOLAS AUFFRANC, MÉDECIN · MANON BERARD, MÉDECIN · JEAN LUC CARLIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELAS PHARMACIE DU CHATEAU). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE GUY BORNAND). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (INSTINC'TIF). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (HOTEL MAS DE LA TOUR · LA COQUILLADE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · LES GOURMANDISES DE FONTAINE · LA BOULANGERIE DU MARCHE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	MAISON VILLONI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	HAMARD · MANGEONS FRAIS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	CONSUL ALBERTINA · BYARD · LA PETITE HISTOIRE · LA CHAPE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE LES SOURCES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LES OCRES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	NICOLAS AUFFRANC, MÉDECIN · MANON BERARD, MÉDECIN · JEAN LUC CARLIN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELAS PHARMACIE DU CHATEAU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE GUY BORNAND	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	INSTINC'TIF	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	2	HOTEL MAS DE LA TOUR · LA COQUILLADE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Friday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 690 peak 2017: 3,039 2023: 3,035 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,843 (2012) → 3,035 (2023): 6.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,875 (1990) → 3,035 (2023): 5.6 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,690, of which 12.4 % second homes and 4.1 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 1.6 km S 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 (Gargas): 1.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Gargas): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Gargas): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Gargas): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Gargas): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 58.8▸

Days at or below 0 °C 71.2

Muggy days a summer 0.4

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 59 days a year at or above 30 °C and 71 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the APT weather station, 2.2 km away at 222 m; the village itself is at 278 m. ^[10]

The village sits 56 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at APT, 2.2 km away at 222 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 56 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 722 mm of rain a year, spread over 68 days — about 10.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at APT, 2.2 km away at 222 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 DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84047/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2025-03— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/e6a3d46f-b96f-331b-9ec4-2f67ba09a65f— “Rendez-vous tous les vendredis matin sur la place "Cœur village" pour découvrir et acheter des produits du terroir aux producteurs locaux directement.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84047/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84047/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84047/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 84047
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
Palaja	11	253 km W	2,722	51	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 31 % · humidity 29 %
Mercury	73	212 km N	3,495	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
La Terrasse	38	164 km N	2,470	55.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 10 % · winter 69 %
Saint-Nazaire-les-Eymes	38	155 km N	3,016	37.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Soues	65	431 km W	2,988	48.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 55 % · humidity 50 %
Neauphle-le-Château	78	607 km NW	3,250	45	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Nazaire-les-Eymes	38	155 km N	3,016	37.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
La Terrasse	38	164 km N	2,470	55.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 10 % · winter 69 %
Mercury	73	212 km N	3,495	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Palaja	11	253 km W	2,722	51	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 31 % · humidity 29 %
Soues	65	431 km W	2,988	48.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 55 % · humidity 50 %
Neauphle-le-Château	78	607 km NW	3,250	45	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 55 % · 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 Gargas'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
Volx	04	39 km E	3,243	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Seillons-Source-d'Argens	83	62 km SE	2,818	43.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Tourves	83	71 km SE	5,207	53.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Châteauneuf-le-Rouge	13	49 km S	2,376	50.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Bras	83	68 km SE	2,637	47.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Rougiers	83	69 km SE	1,697	49.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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