Cruis

Identity

Cruis (INSEE 04065) is in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04), part of CC Pays Forcalquier et Montagne de Lure. Population 655 (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/04065-cruis

Vitality score

Vitality score 54.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 95 % of the 16,732 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (FLEUR DE VANILLE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DE L'ABBAYE DE CRUIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BAR DES ALPES DE PROVENCE). ^[4]

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

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

1 × Hotel (AUBERGE DE L'ABBAYE DE CRUIS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 637 (2012) → 655 (2023): 2.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 408 (1990) → 655 (2023): 60.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 496, of which 20 % second homes and 10.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Mallefougasse-Augès): 4.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Étienne-les-Orgues): 4.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Étienne-les-Orgues): 4.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Les Mées): 11.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Cruis): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 42 days a year at or above 30 °C and 120 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BEVONS weather station, 11.8 km away at 520 m; the village itself is at 709 m. ^[12]

The village sits 189 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST AUBAN, 12.2 km away at 458 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 251 m below 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 1,022 mm of rain a year, spread over 82 days — about 12.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LARDIERS, 9.9 km away at 747 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04065/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04065/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04065/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04065/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 04109
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 04178
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 04116
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 04065
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024