Dauphin

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence · CC Haute-Provence - Pays de Banon · INSEE 04068

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

Few services 32.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Dauphin (INSEE 04068) is in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04), part of CC Haute-Provence - Pays de Banon. Population 838 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/04068-dauphin

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 15,346 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	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.73	10	7.25
Housing mix	0.56	5	2.81

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 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

3 × Restaurant (LE PIZZAIOLLO - GOLD TRUFFE FRANCE · FRED-SEVE BURGER · LE ZOFF). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE ET NATURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (AU TYLO SOLEIL CAMPING). ^[3,4]

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 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	3	LE PIZZAIOLLO - GOLD TRUFFE FRANCE · FRED-SEVE BURGER · LE ZOFF	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE DAUPHIN	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	1	COIFFURE ET NATURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	AU TYLO SOLEIL CAMPING	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 357 2023: 838 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 806 (2012) → 838 (2023): 4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 684 (1990) → 838 (2023): 22.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 516, of which 21.9 % second homes and 3.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 0.8 km NEPharmacy — 4.3 km NGP — 4.4 km NFood shop — 4.5 km N 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 (Saint-Maime): 0.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mane): 4.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mane): 4.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Mane): 4.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Dauphin): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 53.6▸

Days at or below 0 °C 87

Muggy days a summer 0.1

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 54 days a year at or above 30 °C and 87 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the DAUPHIN weather station, 1.8 km away at 427 m; the village itself is at 438 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at DAUPHIN, 1.8 km away at 427 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 691 mm of rain a year, spread over 66 days — about 10.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at DAUPHIN, 1.8 km away at 427 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04068/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04068/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04068/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04068/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 04188
INSEE BPE 2025 — 04111
INSEE BPE 2025 — 04068
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
Bassou	89	481 km N	869	31.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 30 % · humidity 86 %
Locquénolé	29	908 km NW	790	37.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 23 % · humidity 93 %
Ners	30	131 km W	830	42	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 11 % · humidity 64 %
Sommedieue	55	577 km N	944	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 72 %
Bazoches-lès-Bray	77	539 km N	878	32.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %
Louvemont	52	522 km N	694	27.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ners	30	131 km W	830	42	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 11 % · humidity 64 %
Bassou	89	481 km N	869	31.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 30 % · humidity 86 %
Louvemont	52	522 km N	694	27.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Bazoches-lès-Bray	77	539 km N	878	32.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %
Sommedieue	55	577 km N	944	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 72 %
Locquénolé	29	908 km NW	790	37.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 23 % · 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 Dauphin'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
Saignon	84	29 km W	912	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Pierrerue	04	7.6 km NE	529	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Salignac	04	33 km NE	678	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Beaurecueil	13	47 km SW	585	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Menglon	26	89 km N	539	25.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Upaix	05	47 km N	494	21.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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