Venasque
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 36.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Venasque (INSEE 84143) is in Vaucluse (84), part of CA Ventoux-Comtat-Venaissin (COVE). Population 1,082 (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/84143-venasque
Vitality score
Vitality score 36.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 49 % of the 13,848 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 | 0.26 | 25 | 6.56 |
| Social | 0.39 | 20 | 7.77 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.88 | 10 | 8.78 |
| Housing mix | 0.35 | 5 | 1.73 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LUMIJA). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPICERIE ORIGINALE). [3,4]
3 × Restaurant (COTE FONTAINE · LA FONTAINE · LA COMPAGNIE). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE VENASQUE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (VENASQUE AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). [3]
2 × Hotel (LA GARRIGUE · HOTEL LES REMPARTS). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), 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) | 1 | LUMIJA | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | EPICERIE ORIGINALE | 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 | 3 | COTE FONTAINE · LA FONTAINE · LA COMPAGNIE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE VENASQUE | 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 | VENASQUE AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 2 | LA GARRIGUE · HOTEL LES REMPARTS | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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
Population 1,158 (2012) → 1,082 (2023): -6.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 785 (1990) → 1,082 (2023): 37.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 838, of which 32.7 % second homes and 4.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Venasque): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Venasque): 0 km to the south (straight line). [8]
GP (Malemort-du-Comtat): 2.7 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Saint-Didier): 2.9 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Venasque): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 52 days a year at or above 30 °C and 22 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the MURS weather station, 9 km away at 488 m; the village itself is at 269 m. [11]
The village sits 219 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 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at MURS, 9 km away at 488 m, over 18 summers. [11]
That station sits 219 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 73 days — about 10.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at VENASQUE, 4.8 km away at 520 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84143/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84143/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84143/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84143/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 84143
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 84070
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 84108
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camoël | 56 | 702 km NW | 1,183 | 34.9 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Guimaëc | 29 | 855 km NW | 982 | 43.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 95 % |
| Fréteval | 41 | 529 km NW | 1,063 | 36.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 15 % · winter 54 % |
| Mison | 04 | 64 km NE | 1,112 | 42.7 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Désaignes | 07 | 122 km NW | 1,151 | 43.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 % |
| Azur | 40 | 517 km W | 988 | 45 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 31 % · winter 68 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mison | 04 | 64 km NE | 1,112 | 42.7 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Désaignes | 07 | 122 km NW | 1,151 | 43.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 % |
| Azur | 40 | 517 km W | 988 | 45 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 31 % · winter 68 % |
| Fréteval | 41 | 529 km NW | 1,063 | 36.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 15 % · winter 54 % |
| Camoël | 56 | 702 km NW | 1,183 | 34.9 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Guimaëc | 29 | 855 km NW | 982 | 43.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 95 % |
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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 Venasque'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinsobres | 26 | 38 km N | 1,034 | 35.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Collet-de-Dèze | 48 | 102 km W | 684 | 52.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Montmeyan | 83 | 83 km SE | 596 | 56.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Garde-Adhémar | 26 | 54 km NW | 1,144 | 40.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vogüé | 07 | 85 km NW | 1,040 | 62.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Robiac-Rochessadoule | 30 | 90 km W | 832 | 42.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
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