Méolans-Revel

Identity

Méolans-Revel (INSEE 04161) is in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04), part of CC Vallée de l'Ubaye - Serre-Ponçon. Population 321 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/04161-meolans-revel

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 17,933 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]

3 × Restaurant (L'ESPERE · OKAPI COOKING). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MÉOLANS-REVEL). ^[3]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING LE RIOCLAR · DOMAINE DE L'UBAYE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 333 (2012) → 321 (2023): -3.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 227 (1990) → 321 (2023): 41.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 449, of which 56.8 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Uvernet-Fours): 7.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Pons): 7.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Lauzet-Ubaye): 7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Uvernet-Fours): 8.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Méolans-Revel): 1.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 125 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SEYNE-COL MAURE weather station, 12.6 km away at 1,347 m; the village itself is at 1,045 m. ^[12]

The village sits 302 m below 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 BARCELONNETTE, 12.7 km away at 1,155 m, over 27 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 110 m above 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 1,018 mm of rain a year, spread over 102 days — about 10 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SEYNE-COL MAURE, 12.6 km away at 1,347 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 — 04161/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04161/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04161/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04161/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 04226
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 04195
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 04102
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 04161
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024