Aubenas-les-Alpes

Identity

Aubenas-les-Alpes (INSEE 04012) is in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04), part of CC Haute-Provence - Pays de Banon. Population 90 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/04012-aubenas-les-alpes

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 89 % of the 9,584 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

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (MISS VEGETAL). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 105 (2012) → 90 (2023): -14.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 51 (1990) → 90 (2023): 76.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 59, of which 27.1 % second homes and 5.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire): 3.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire): 3.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Mane): 7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Vachères): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 89 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the REILLANNE weather station, 6.9 km away at 455 m; the village itself is at 579 m. ^[11]

The village sits 124 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at DAUPHIN, 7.2 km away at 427 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 152 m below 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 773 mm of rain a year, spread over 70 days — about 11 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at REILLANNE, 6.9 km away at 455 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

8 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 513,175 € — 2,598 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is 2,214 € 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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04012/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04012/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04012/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04012/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 04192
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 04111
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 04227
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025