Mirabeau

Identity

Mirabeau (INSEE 04122) is in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04), part of CA Provence-Alpes-Agglomération. Population 522 (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/04122-mirabeau

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 67 % of the 17,706 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (L'ESTANQUET · LE BISTROT DE MIRABEAU). ^[4]

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

2 × Hairdresser (MILY UNE COUPE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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 500 (2012) → 522 (2023): 4.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 323 (1990) → 522 (2023): 61.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 318, of which 20.1 % second homes and 2.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Mallemoisson): 3.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Malijai): 4.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Barras): 3.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Malijai): 5.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Mirabeau): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 44 days a year at or above 30 °C and 105 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the DIGNE LES BAINS weather station, 7.7 km away at 554 m; the village itself is at 616 m. ^[12]

The village sits 62 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 DIGNE LES BAINS, 7.7 km away at 554 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 62 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 693 mm of rain a year, spread over 75 days — about 9.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at DIGNE LES BAINS, 7.7 km away at 554 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04122/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04122/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04122/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04122/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 04110
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 04108
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 04021
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 04122
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024