Barles

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence · CA Provence-Alpes-Agglomération · INSEE 04020

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 26.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Barles (INSEE 04020) is in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04), part of CA Provence-Alpes-Agglomération. Population 118 (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 26.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 12,024 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.63	10	6.35
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 0 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

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

2 × Restaurant (PIZZA DEL SUD · LE CERCLE DU BARLATAN). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	2	PIZZA DEL SUD · LE CERCLE DU BARLATAN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE BARLES	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	BARLES AP	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 100 peak 2007: 148 2023: 118 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 147 (2012) → 118 (2023): -19.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 104 (1990) → 118 (2023): 13.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 133, of which 55.6 % second homes and 2.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.7 km NEFood shop — 11.9 km SEGP — 12.0 km NEPharmacy — 12.2 km NE Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Auzet): 4.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Javie): 11.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Seyne): 12 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Seyne): 12.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Barles): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.2

Days at or below 0 °C 120.8▸

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 121 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SEYNE-COL MAURE weather station, 12.3 km away at 1,347 m; the village itself is at 984 m. ^[12]

The village sits 363 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. ^[12]

An average of 965 mm of rain a year, spread over 93 days — about 10.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BEAUJEU, 7.8 km away at 1,050 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04020/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04020/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04020/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04020/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 04017
INSEE BPE 2025 — 04097
INSEE BPE 2025 — 04205
INSEE BPE 2025 — 04020
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
Entraunes	06	39 km E	124	22.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 9 %
Laubert	48	212 km W	102	20.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 89 %
Veyreau	12	237 km W	124	22.8	Few services	no figures
San-Lorenzo	2B	321 km SE	138	34.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 15 % · winter 0 %
Tox	2B	340 km SE	96	10.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 0 %
Asco	2B	301 km SE	116	21.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Entraunes	06	39 km E	124	22.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 9 %
Laubert	48	212 km W	102	20.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 89 %
Veyreau	12	237 km W	124	22.8	Few services	no figures
Asco	2B	301 km SE	116	21.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 0 %
San-Lorenzo	2B	321 km SE	138	34.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 15 % · winter 0 %
Tox	2B	340 km SE	96	10.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 0 %

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