Malijai

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence · CA Provence-Alpes-Agglomération · INSEE 04108

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 52.6/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Malijai (INSEE 04108) is in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04), part of CA Provence-Alpes-Agglomération. Population 2,020 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/04108-malijai

Vitality score

Vitality score 52.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 78 % of the 9,564 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	0.47	25	11.74
Social	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.69	10	6.86
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.59

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 0 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (UNE PART DE REVE · LE FILS DU BOULANGER · LA BAGUETTE MAGIQUE). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHARCUTERIE AUZET · LE ROI DU BOUDIN). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant (PIZZ'ALDO). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE NAPOLEON). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE MALIJAI). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MALIJAI). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (VERONIQUE TARDIEU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE BIBAL). ^[3,4]

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

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

2 × Hairdresser (EVOLU'TIF). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	UNE PART DE REVE · LE FILS DU BOULANGER · LA BAGUETTE MAGIQUE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	CHARCUTERIE AUZET · LE ROI DU BOUDIN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	1	PIZZ'ALDO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	LE NAPOLEON	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE MALIJAI	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MALIJAI	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	VERONIQUE TARDIEU, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE BIBAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MALIJAI	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2	EVOLU'TIF	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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

1968: 996 2023: 2,020 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,976 (2012) → 2,020 (2023): 2.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,703 (1990) → 2,020 (2023): 18.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,037, of which 4.1 % second homes and 11.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 0.5 km NE 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 (Malijai): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Malijai): 0.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Malijai): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Malijai): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Malijai): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 48.9▸

Days at or below 0 °C 50.5

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 49 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ST AUBAN weather station, 3.7 km away at 458 m; the village itself is at 428 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at ST AUBAN, 3.7 km away at 458 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 704 mm of rain a year, spread over 73 days — about 9.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ST AUBAN, 3.7 km away at 458 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04108/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04108/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04108/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04108/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 04108
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
Peschadoires	63	281 km NW	2,104	48.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Loué	72	648 km NW	2,156	54.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Perrignier	74	253 km N	1,905	55.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Crouy-sur-Ourcq	77	605 km N	1,811	53.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
La Couture-Boussey	27	645 km NW	2,295	49.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Septfonds	82	352 km W	2,261	55.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Perrignier	74	253 km N	1,905	55.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Peschadoires	63	281 km NW	2,104	48.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Septfonds	82	352 km W	2,261	55.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 %
Crouy-sur-Ourcq	77	605 km N	1,811	53.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
La Couture-Boussey	27	645 km NW	2,295	49.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Loué	72	648 km NW	2,156	54.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Malijai'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
Grillon	84	96 km NW	1,690	45.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Peyruis	04	7.5 km W	2,798	55.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Vesseaux	07	143 km NW	2,069	59	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Aups	83	49 km S	2,192	69.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Sablet	84	83 km W	1,436	49.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Les Mées	04	4.7 km W	4,099	50.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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