Ménerbes
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 58.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Ménerbes (INSEE 84073) is in Vaucluse (84), part of CC Pays d'Apt-Luberon. Population 962 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 58.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 95 % of the 14,576 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 | 0.53 | 25 | 13.19 |
| Social | 0.81 | 20 | 16.3 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.36 | 10 | 3.6 |
| Housing mix | 0.13 | 5 | 0.67 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (ROCHE ET FILS · CHEZ AUZET BISCUITS DU LUBERON). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]
6 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT LE 5 · L'ESCANDIHADO · RESTAURANT LE GALOUBET · LES SAVEURS GOURMANDES · COMAG). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (CAFE DU PROGRES). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CLOVIS HUGUES). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (OLIVIER NEUVILLE, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE MENERBES). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (MENERBES AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE FRANÇOIS NOURISSIER). [3]
1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
2 × Hotel (HOSTELLERIE LE ROY SOLEIL · LA BASTIDE DE MARIE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 3 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 3 | ROCHE ET FILS · CHEZ AUZET BISCUITS DU LUBERON | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 6 | RESTAURANT LE 5 · L'ESCANDIHADO · RESTAURANT LE GALOUBET · LES SAVEURS GOURMANDES · COMAG | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | CAFE DU PROGRES | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CLOVIS HUGUES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | OLIVIER NEUVILLE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE MENERBES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | MENERBES AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE FRANÇOIS NOURISSIER | 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 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 2 | HOSTELLERIE LE ROY SOLEIL · LA BASTIDE DE MARIE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market: Thursday Parc Rossignol (seasonal). [5,6]
Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.
Trajectory
Population 1,019 (2012) → 962 (2023): -5.6 % over 10 years. [7,1]
Population 1,118 (1990) → 962 (2023): -14 % over 30 years. [8,1]
Dwellings (2023): 902, of which 43.3 % second homes and 3.5 % vacant. [9]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Ménerbes): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Food shop (Ménerbes): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
GP (Ménerbes): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Ménerbes): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Ménerbes): 1.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 43 days a year at or above 30 °C and 15 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the OPPEDE CRETE DU PETIT LUBERON weather station, 5.3 km away at 672 m; the village itself is at 223 m. [11]
The village sits 449 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at OPPEDE CRETE DU PETIT LUBERON, 5.3 km away at 672 m, over 22 summers. [11]
That station sits 449 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 772 mm of rain a year, spread over 67 days — about 11.5 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at MENERBES, 2.1 km away at 252 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
108 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 727,500 € — 5,087 € per m² of built surface. [12]
15 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 280,000 € — 3,448 € per m². [12]
The median across Vaucluse is 2,599 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [12]
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
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84073/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://www.menerbes.fr/commercants-artisans-marche-hebdomadaire/— “Jeudi : jour de marché de mi Avril à fin Octobre.”
- DATAtourisme 2025-03— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/bc4e569a-cd1e-355d-b38b-59bc023c117e— “Les jeudis matin à Ménerbes, le marché expose plusieurs étals d'artisanat et d'objets divers et quelques produits frais.”
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84073/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84073/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84073/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 84073
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salles-Curan | 12 | 197 km W | 1,043 | 49.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 36 % · humidity 50 % |
| Larmor-Baden | 56 | 754 km NW | 917 | 58.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Gervais-sur-Mare | 34 | 175 km W | 859 | 60.1 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 % |
| Mazet-Saint-Voy | 43 | 155 km NW | 1,114 | 42.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 5 % · humidity 50 % |
| Ouessant | 29 | 944 km NW | 860 | 64 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 50 % |
| Saint-Rome-de-Tarn | 12 | 186 km W | 904 | 61.8 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mazet-Saint-Voy | 43 | 155 km NW | 1,114 | 42.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 5 % · humidity 50 % |
| Saint-Gervais-sur-Mare | 34 | 175 km W | 859 | 60.1 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Rome-de-Tarn | 12 | 186 km W | 904 | 61.8 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 % |
| Salles-Curan | 12 | 197 km W | 1,043 | 49.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 36 % · humidity 50 % |
| Larmor-Baden | 56 | 754 km NW | 917 | 58.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 % |
| Ouessant | 29 | 944 km NW | 860 | 64 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 50 % |
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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 Ménerbes'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catus | 46 | 319 km W | 921 | 71.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Livinière | 34 | 215 km W | 530 | 46.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Siran | 34 | 213 km W | 754 | 51.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Oppède | 84 | 3.0 km W | 1,285 | 42 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Mons | 34 | 183 km W | 678 | 46.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Olargues | 34 | 187 km W | 488 | 68.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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