Mison

Identity

Mison (INSEE 04123) is in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04), part of CC du Sisteronais-Buëch. Population 1,112 (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/04123-mison

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 13,702 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA MISONETTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (A LA FERME DU VAL DURANCE). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (PIZZAS DES ALPES · LE SEVAN · MCDONALD'S). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (MISON AP). ^[3]

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

2 × Hairdresser (INSTINCT'TIF · CUP OF TIF). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,045 (2012) → 1,112 (2023): 6.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 764 (1990) → 1,112 (2023): 45.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 737, of which 19 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Mison): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Val Buëch-Méouge): 4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sisteron): 5.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Laragne-Montéglin): 6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Mison): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 48 days a year at or above 30 °C and 107 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SISTERON weather station, 6.6 km away at 500 m; the village itself is at 613 m. ^[12]

The village sits 113 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 SISTERON, 6.6 km away at 500 m, over 26 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 113 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 934 mm of rain a year, spread over 82 days — about 11.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MISON, 3.8 km away at 560 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 — 04123/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04123/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04123/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04123/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 04123
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05118
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 04209
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05070
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024