Curbans

Identity

Curbans (INSEE 04066) is in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04), part of CA Gap-Tallard-Durance. Population 575 (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/04066-curbans

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 17,327 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (ECHANGES PAYSANS HAUTES ALPES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DU LAC). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 483 (2012) → 575 (2023): 19 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 241 (1990) → 575 (2023): 138.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 300, of which 9 % second homes and 11.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (La Saulce): 1.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Curbans): 0.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Saulce): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (La Saulce): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Curbans): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 44 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the TURRIERS weather station, 11.1 km away at 1,020 m; the village itself is at 613 m. ^[10]

The village sits 407 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LA MOTTE DU CAIRE, 11.2 km away at 665 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 52 m above 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 799 mm of rain a year, spread over 82 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LA MOTTE, 7.9 km away at 750 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

19 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 288,400 € — 2,487 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is 2,214 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[11]

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 — 04066/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04066/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04066/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04066/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05162
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 04066
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025