Lardiers

Identity

Lardiers (INSEE 04101) is in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04), part of CC Pays Forcalquier et Montagne de Lure. Population 143 (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/04101-lardiers

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 13,700 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

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

1 × Restaurant (CHEZ STAN). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE BISTROT DE LARDIERS). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LARDIERS). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 115 (2012) → 143 (2023): 24.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 99 (1990) → 143 (2023): 44.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 139, of which 33.1 % second homes and 7.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Banon): 7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Étienne-les-Orgues): 5.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Étienne-les-Orgues): 5.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Forcalquier): 12.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Ongles): 3.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 113 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the DAUPHIN weather station, 17 km away at 427 m; the village itself is at 776 m. ^[12]

The village sits 349 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 DAUPHIN, 17 km away at 427 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 349 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, 0.6 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 — 04101/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04101/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04101/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04101/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 04018
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 04178
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 04088
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 04141
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024