Fontaine-de-Vaucluse
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 57.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Fontaine-de-Vaucluse (INSEE 84139) is in Vaucluse (84), part of CC du Pays des Sorgues et des Monts de Vaucluse. Population 585 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 57.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 97 % of the 17,248 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 | 0.93 | 20 | 18.65 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.51 | 10 | 5.09 |
| Housing mix | 0.81 | 5 | 4.06 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (BASILIC ET CALISSON · FONTAINE SHOP · LE MINI MARCHE DE LA FONTAINE). [3,4]
10 × Restaurant (SOGEHO · SOLEVA · LA VANNE MAREL). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (LEPTIBOBAR). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE CHRISTIAN TALLIEUX). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (LISOSDIELLE). [3,4]
2 × Hotel (HOTEL DU POETE · HOTEL DU PARC). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 3 × Restaurant, 2 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 3 | BASILIC ET CALISSON · FONTAINE SHOP · LE MINI MARCHE DE LA FONTAINE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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 | 10 | SOGEHO · SOLEVA · LA VANNE MAREL | INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 17 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | LEPTIBOBAR | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE CHRISTIAN TALLIEUX | 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 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | LISOSDIELLE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 2 | HOTEL DU POETE · HOTEL DU PARC | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 653 (2012) → 585 (2023): -10.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 580 (1990) → 585 (2023): 0.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 417, of which 9.4 % second homes and 12.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Lagnes): 3.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Fontaine-de-Vaucluse): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Lagnes): 3.8 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Lagnes): 3.8 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Fontaine-de-Vaucluse): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 58 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the CABRIERES D'AVIGNON weather station, 5.2 km away at 142 m; the village itself is at 88 m. [10]
The village sits 54 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at CABRIERES D'AVIGNON, 5.2 km away at 142 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 54 m above 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 662 mm of rain a year, spread over 64 days — about 10.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at CABRIERES D'AVIGNON, 5.2 km away at 142 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84139/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84139/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84139/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84139/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 84062
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 84139
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garnat-sur-Engièvre | 03 | 323 km N | 653 | 46.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ygrande | 03 | 339 km NW | 762 | 48.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fourneaux | 42 | 234 km N | 563 | 52.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 84 % · humidity 29 % |
| Laurière | 87 | 374 km NW | 525 | 49.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 70 % |
| Cruis | 04 | 59 km E | 655 | 54.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 7 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Cergne | 42 | 253 km N | 622 | 40.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cruis | 04 | 59 km E | 655 | 54.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 7 % · humidity 86 % |
| Fourneaux | 42 | 234 km N | 563 | 52.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 84 % · humidity 29 % |
| Le Cergne | 42 | 253 km N | 622 | 40.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 % |
| Garnat-sur-Engièvre | 03 | 323 km N | 653 | 46.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ygrande | 03 | 339 km NW | 762 | 48.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Laurière | 87 | 374 km NW | 525 | 49.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 70 % |
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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 Fontaine-de-Vaucluse'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dions | 30 | 67 km W | 527 | 40.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols | 84 | 20 km N | 499 | 47.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Julien-de-Cassagnas | 30 | 81 km NW | 734 | 54.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Roquestéron | 06 | 151 km E | 552 | 66 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Valliguières | 30 | 45 km W | 653 | 42 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Roaix | 84 | 37 km N | 626 | 53.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
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