Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 47.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 99 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye (INSEE 04193) is in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04), part of CC Vallée de l'Ubaye - Serre-Ponçon. Population 215 (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/04193-saint-paul-sur-ubaye
Vitality score
Vitality score 47.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 99 % of the 16,431 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 | 0.42 | 25 | 10.54 |
| Social | 0.81 | 20 | 16.3 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.59 | 10 | 5.86 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CHEZ BOURILLON). [3,4]
6 × Restaurant (PAPOUNI · RESTAURANT L'UBAIA · LE CHAMBEYRON · REFUGE DU CHAMBEYRON · O'RANCH). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (LA RENARDIERE). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE EMILE SIGNORET). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT PAUL SUR UBAYE AP). [3]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | CHEZ BOURILLON | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 6 | PAPOUNI · RESTAURANT L'UBAIA · LE CHAMBEYRON · REFUGE DU CHAMBEYRON · O'RANCH | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | LA RENARDIERE | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE EMILE SIGNORET | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 1 | SAINT PAUL SUR UBAYE AP | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING | 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
Population 214 (2012) → 215 (2023): 0.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 198 (1990) → 215 (2023): 8.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 411, of which 72 % second homes and 3.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye): 4.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]
GP (Vars): 8.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Jausiers): 10.6 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 154 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the ST PAUL weather station, 11.4 km away at 1,908 m; the village itself is at 1,465 m. [11]
The village sits 443 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at BARCELONNETTE, 15.2 km away at 1,155 m, over 27 summers. [11]
That station sits 310 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 931 mm of rain a year, spread over 100 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at ST PAUL, 11.4 km away at 1,908 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 — 04193/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04193/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04193/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04193/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 04193
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 05177
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 04096
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belvédère-Campomoro | 2A | 362 km SE | 213 | 39 | Few services | no figures |
| Sentein | 09 | 500 km W | 175 | 30.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 0 % |
| Ustou | 09 | 481 km W | 281 | 44.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 43 % |
| Les Moussières | 39 | 212 km N | 174 | 34.4 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chambon-sur-Lac | 63 | 325 km NW | 407 | 53.7 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 % |
| Eppe-Sauvage | 59 | 653 km N | 237 | 50.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Moussières | 39 | 212 km N | 174 | 34.4 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chambon-sur-Lac | 63 | 325 km NW | 407 | 53.7 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 % |
| Belvédère-Campomoro | 2A | 362 km SE | 213 | 39 | Few services | no figures |
| Ustou | 09 | 481 km W | 281 | 44.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 43 % |
| Sentein | 09 | 500 km W | 175 | 30.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 0 % |
| Eppe-Sauvage | 59 | 653 km N | 237 | 50.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 0 % · 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 Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Morte | 38 | 91 km NW | 143 | 43.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Château-Ville-Vieille | 05 | 27 km N | 298 | 33.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sainte-Eulalie | 07 | 205 km W | 209 | 53.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ceillac | 05 | 17 km N | 265 | 49.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint François Longchamp | 73 | 104 km N | 433 | 65.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Matemale | 66 | 430 km SW | 274 | 44.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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