Authon
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 12.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Authon (INSEE 04016) is in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04), part of CC du Sisteronais-Buëch. Population 57 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 12.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 61 % of the 5,756 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.15 | 5 | 0.76 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 50 (2012) → 57 (2023): 14 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 38 (1990) → 57 (2023): 50 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 59, of which 42.4 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Thoard): 10 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Thoard): 9.7 km to the south (straight line). [8]
GP (La Motte-du-Caire): 14.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (La Motte-du-Caire): 14.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Thoard): 9.9 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 161 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the THOARD weather station, 10.2 km away at 732 m; the village itself is at 1,141 m. [10]
The village sits 409 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at LA MOTTE DU CAIRE, 12.5 km away at 665 m, over 18 summers. [10]
That station sits 476 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 972 mm of rain a year, spread over 87 days — about 11.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at THOARD, 10.2 km away at 732 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 — 04016/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04016/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04016/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04016/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 04217
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 04134
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desges | 43 | 229 km NW | 57 | 4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 3 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chaulhac | 48 | 240 km W | 58 | 2.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 0 % |
| Saint-Aquilin-de-Corbion | 61 | 651 km NW | 60 | 3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Tailhac | 43 | 229 km NW | 59 | 5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 14 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Rochette-du-Buis | 26 | 56 km W | 56 | 5.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 18 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Austremoine | 43 | 239 km NW | 58 | 3.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 11 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Rochette-du-Buis | 26 | 56 km W | 56 | 5.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 18 % · humidity 100 % |
| Desges | 43 | 229 km NW | 57 | 4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 3 % · humidity 100 % |
| Tailhac | 43 | 229 km NW | 59 | 5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 14 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Austremoine | 43 | 239 km NW | 58 | 3.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 11 % |
| Chaulhac | 48 | 240 km W | 58 | 2.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 0 % |
| Saint-Aquilin-de-Corbion | 61 | 651 km NW | 60 | 3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Authon'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Châteauneuf-d'Entraunes | 06 | 58 km E | 62 | 5.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Castellard-Mélan | 04 | 5.6 km S | 64 | 8.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Blieux | 04 | 45 km SE | 60 | 8.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sauze | 06 | 59 km E | 67 | 9.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Salette-Fallavaux | 38 | 68 km N | 81 | 12.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vergons | 04 | 52 km SE | 118 | 14.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
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