Joucas

Vaucluse · CC Pays d'Apt-Luberon · INSEE 84057

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 29.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Joucas (INSEE 84057) is in Vaucluse (84), part of CC Pays d'Apt-Luberon. Population 348 (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/84057-joucas

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 18,020 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.85	10	8.49
Housing mix	0.12	5	0.59

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE BISTROT DE JOUCAS). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES COULEAUX). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (JOUCAS AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE CENTRE CULTUREL). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (M. HAIR). ^[3,4]

5 × Hotel (LA BERGERIE HOTEL RESTAURANT · LE PHÉBUS & SPA · HOTEL LE MAS DES HERBES BLANCHES · LE JAS DE JOUCAS · HOSTELLERIE DES COMMANDEURS). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	LE BISTROT DE JOUCAS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES COULEAUX	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	JOUCAS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE CENTRE CULTUREL	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	M. HAIR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	5	LA BERGERIE HOTEL RESTAURANT · LE PHÉBUS & SPA · HOTEL LE MAS DES HERBES BLANCHES · LE JAS DE JOUCAS · HOSTELLERIE DES COMMANDEURS	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [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: 201 2023: 348 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 325 (2012) → 348 (2023): 7.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 258 (1990) → 348 (2023): 34.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 333, of which 44.1 % second homes and 4.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.9 km NGP — 4.3 km SEPharmacy — 4.3 km SEBakery — 4.4 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 (Gordes): 4.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Murs): 2.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Roussillon): 4.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Roussillon): 4.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Joucas): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 50.2▸

Days at or below 0 °C 22.8

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 50 days a year at or above 30 °C and 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MURS-SALUT weather station, 2.1 km away at 470 m; the village itself is at 245 m. ^[12]

The village sits 225 m below 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 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at MURS-SALUT, 2.1 km away at 470 m, over 12 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 225 m above 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 690 mm of rain a year, spread over 70 days — about 9.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at JOUCAS, 1.1 km away at 200 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84057/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84057/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84057/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84057/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 84050
INSEE BPE 2025 — 84085
INSEE BPE 2025 — 84102
INSEE BPE 2025 — 84057
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
Villeneuve-d'Allier	43	205 km NW	280	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 26 % · humidity 93 %
La Faurie	05	81 km NE	287	28.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Laurent-le-Minier	30	128 km W	372	31.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Vandenesse	58	352 km N	287	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Sari-d'Orcino	2A	357 km SE	351	31.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 70 % · humidity 64 %
Montbrun-des-Corbières	11	222 km W	343	30.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Faurie	05	81 km NE	287	28.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Laurent-le-Minier	30	128 km W	372	31.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Villeneuve-d'Allier	43	205 km NW	280	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 26 % · humidity 93 %
Montbrun-des-Corbières	11	222 km W	343	30.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 36 %
Vandenesse	58	352 km N	287	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Sari-d'Orcino	2A	357 km SE	351	31.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 70 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Joucas'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
Artignosc-sur-Verdon	83	72 km E	311	34.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Lioux	84	4.7 km NE	286	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Allemagne-en-Provence	04	63 km E	544	45.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Cécile-d'Andorge	30	108 km W	525	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Bez-et-Esparon	30	138 km W	335	29.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Le Castellet	04	58 km E	296	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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