Niozelles

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence · CC Pays Forcalquier et Montagne de Lure · INSEE 04138

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

Few services 32.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Niozelles (INSEE 04138) is in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04), part of CC Pays Forcalquier et Montagne de Lure. Population 274 (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/04138-niozelles

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 85 % of the 17,590 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	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.39	5	1.94

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 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 2 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 (SARL AIRE RELAIS · RIBIERA GOLF · LE BUFFET DE MIMI). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (RIBIERA GOLF). ^[3]

1 × Campsite. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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	SARL AIRE RELAIS · RIBIERA GOLF · LE BUFFET DE MIMI	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE NIOZELLES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	RIBIERA GOLF	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Campsite	1		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: 125 2023: 274 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 272 (2012) → 274 (2023): 0.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 170 (1990) → 274 (2023): 61.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 219, of which 30.6 % second homes and 9.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.2 km EBakery — 4.3 km EGP — 4.8 km NWPharmacy — 5.4 km NW 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 (La Brillanne): 4.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Brillanne): 4.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Forcalquier): 4.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Forcalquier): 5.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Niozelles): 0.1 km to the north-west (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, 6.4 km away at 427 m; the village itself is at 439 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at DAUPHIN, 6.4 km away at 427 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 665 mm of rain a year, spread over 70 days — about 9.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LA BRILLANNE, 4 km away at 385 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 — 04138/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04138/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04138/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04138/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 04034
INSEE BPE 2025 — 04088
INSEE BPE 2025 — 04138
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
Labastide-du-Vert	46	370 km W	279	31.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 43 % · humidity 21 %
Montjoux	26	85 km NW	316	29	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Aubussargues	30	121 km W	333	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %
Salles	65	491 km W	258	25.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 32 %
Lournand	71	296 km N	322	24.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Vaux-sur-Eure	27	664 km NW	272	21.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montjoux	26	85 km NW	316	29	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Aubussargues	30	121 km W	333	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %
Lournand	71	296 km N	322	24.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Labastide-du-Vert	46	370 km W	279	31.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 43 % · humidity 21 %
Salles	65	491 km W	258	25.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 32 %
Vaux-sur-Eure	27	664 km NW	272	21.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 32 % · 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 Niozelles'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
Saint-Roman	26	90 km N	235	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pantaléon	84	50 km W	222	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Mérindol-les-Oliviers	26	66 km NW	208	16	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Barnave	26	89 km NW	217	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Pierrerue	04	2.2 km N	529	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Laval-d'Aix	26	92 km N	112	11.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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