Rustrel

Identity

Rustrel (INSEE 84103) is in Vaucluse (84), part of CC Pays d'Apt-Luberon. Population 672 (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/84103-rustrel

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 87 % of the 16,597 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.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPICERIE DES FEES). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (GERVASONI MARILYNE · RESTAURANT LES MILLE COULEURS). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (AU PIERROT D'ANTAN). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE GRAND'RUE). ^[3]

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

1 × Hotel (HOTEL AUBERGE DU RUSTREOU). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE COLORADO). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 753 (2012) → 672 (2023): -10.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 636 (1990) → 672 (2023): 5.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 530, of which 24.9 % second homes and 13.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Viens): 7.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Rustrel): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Apt): 8.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt): 8.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Rustrel): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 63 days a year at or above 30 °C and 83 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the APT-VITON weather station, 7.4 km away at 242 m; the village itself is at 421 m. ^[12]

The village sits 179 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at CASTELLET/VAL., 8.5 km away at 288 m, over 13 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 133 m below 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 867 mm of rain a year, spread over 75 days — about 11.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at RUSTREL, 0.7 km away at 400 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84103/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84103/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84103/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84103/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 84144
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 84103
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 84003
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 84118
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024