Bras-d'Asse
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 53.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Bras-d'Asse (INSEE 04031) is in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04), part of CA Provence-Alpes-Agglomération. Population 571 (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/04031-bras-d-asse
Vitality score
Vitality score 53.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 95 % of the 17,324 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0.95 | 20 | 19 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.61 | 5 | 3.06 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE PANIER DE LAURA). [3,4]
3 × Restaurant (LO GOU LA RENYON · LA CREPERIE D'ORE). [3,4]
3 × Café / bar (BAR L'ETAPE). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE BRAS D'ASS). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Hotel (AUBERGE DE MARIE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, 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] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | LE PANIER DE LAURA | 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 | LO GOU LA RENYON · LA CREPERIE D'ORE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 3 | BAR L'ETAPE | INSEE SIRENE 3 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE BRAS D'ASS | 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 | LA POSTE | 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 | 1 | AUBERGE DE MARIE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 560 (2012) → 571 (2023): 2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 378 (1990) → 571 (2023): 51.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 412, of which 19.4 % second homes and 12.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Puimoisson): 6.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Bras-d'Asse): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Estoublon): 3.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Moustiers-Sainte-Marie): 11.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Bras-d'Asse): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 51 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the ST JURS weather station, 6.6 km away at 867 m; the village itself is at 481 m. [12]
The village sits 386 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]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at VALENSOLE, 13.8 km away at 600 m, over 30 summers. [12]
That station sits 119 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]
An average of 809 mm of rain a year, spread over 78 days — about 10.4 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at ST JURS, 6.6 km away at 867 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 — 04031/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04031/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04031/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04031/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 04157
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 04031
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 04084
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 04135
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vero | 2A | 308 km SE | 640 | 50.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 % |
| Rustrel | 84 | 51 km W | 672 | 46.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 16 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pailhès | 09 | 388 km W | 511 | 49.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 54 % · humidity 50 % |
| Piffonds | 89 | 514 km NW | 582 | 37.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 % |
| Jussy-le-Chaudrier | 18 | 434 km NW | 579 | 38 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 % |
| Albaret-Sainte-Marie | 48 | 252 km NW | 559 | 42.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rustrel | 84 | 51 km W | 672 | 46.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 16 % · humidity 93 % |
| Albaret-Sainte-Marie | 48 | 252 km NW | 559 | 42.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 0 % |
| Vero | 2A | 308 km SE | 640 | 50.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 % |
| Pailhès | 09 | 388 km W | 511 | 49.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 54 % · humidity 50 % |
| Jussy-le-Chaudrier | 18 | 434 km NW | 579 | 38 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 % |
| Piffonds | 89 | 514 km NW | 582 | 37.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Bras-d'Asse'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richerenches | 84 | 108 km NW | 591 | 50.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Omessa | 2B | 303 km SE | 595 | 48.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Allemagne-en-Provence | 04 | 19 km SW | 544 | 45.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Robiac-Rochessadoule | 30 | 168 km W | 832 | 42.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Montmeyan | 83 | 31 km S | 596 | 56.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Martin-de-Brômes | 04 | 23 km SW | 625 | 43.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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