Villars

Identity

Villars (INSEE 84145) is in Vaucluse (84), part of CC Pays d'Apt-Luberon. Population 783 (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/84145-villars

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 15,744 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

7 × Restaurant (LA TABLE DE PABLO · AUBERGE DU VILLARSOIS · LA FONTAINE MAISON MEDITERRANEE). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 794 (2012) → 783 (2023): -1.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 625 (1990) → 783 (2023): 25.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 594, of which 28.5 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt): 2.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt): 2.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt): 2.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt): 2.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Villars): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 48 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST SATURNIN LES APT weather station, 2.8 km away at 322 m; the village itself is at 309 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at APT, 3.9 km away at 222 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 87 m below 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 689 mm of rain a year, spread over 68 days — about 10.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VILLARS, 1.7 km away at 325 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

49 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 278,500 € — 2,851 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Vaucluse is 2,599 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[11]

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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84145/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84145/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84145/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84145/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 84118
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 84145
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025