Sigonce

Identity

Sigonce (INSEE 04206) is in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04), part of CC Pays Forcalquier et Montagne de Lure. Population 419 (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/04206-sigonce

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 17,969 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'AMANDIER). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JOSÉ PUENTEDURA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 399 (2012) → 419 (2023): 5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 279 (1990) → 419 (2023): 50.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 354, of which 32.2 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Forcalquier): 6.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Forcalquier): 5.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Sigonce): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Forcalquier): 6.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Sigonce): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 49 days a year at or above 30 °C and 91 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the DAUPHIN weather station, 11.3 km away at 427 m; the village itself is at 490 m. ^[10]

The village sits 63 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at DAUPHIN, 11.3 km away at 427 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 63 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 811 mm of rain a year, spread over 76 days — about 10.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at FORCALQUIER, 5.9 km away at 535 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

31 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 175,545 € — 1,974 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is 2,214 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04206/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04206/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04206/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04206/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 04088
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 04206
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025