Thorame-Haute
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 29.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Thorame-Haute (INSEE 04219) is in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04), part of CC Alpes-Provence-Verdon "Sources de lumière". Population 247 (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/04219-thorame-haute
Vitality score
Vitality score 29.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 83 % of the 17,181 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.7 | 10 | 6.99 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPICERIE THORAMIENNE). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE THORAME HAUTE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (THORAME HAUTE AP). [3]
1 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT AU BON ACCUEIL). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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 | EPICERIE THORAMIENNE | 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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE THORAME HAUTE | 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 | THORAME HAUTE 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 | 1 | HOTEL RESTAURANT AU BON ACCUEIL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 232 (2012) → 247 (2023): 6.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 206 (1990) → 247 (2023): 19.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 485, of which 67.6 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Thorame-Haute): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Thorame-Haute): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Colmars): 10.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Colmars): 10.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Thorame-Haute): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 88 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the MEAILLES_SAPC weather station, 9.4 km away at 1,090 m; the village itself is at 1,144 m. [10]
The village sits 54 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 LA MURE-ARGENS, 13.6 km away at 920 m, over 19 summers. [10]
That station sits 224 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 1,032 mm of rain a year, spread over 98 days — about 10.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at THORAME HAUTE, 0.6 km away at 1,155 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
38 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 91,128 € — 1,381 € per m² of built surface. [11]
10 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 101,825 € — 1,065 € per m². [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
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04219/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04219/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04219/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04219/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 04219
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 04061
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brusque | 12 | 291 km W | 258 | 30.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 8 % · humidity 93 % |
| Les Salles-sur-Verdon | 83 | 45 km SW | 236 | 49.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fos | 31 | 489 km W | 248 | 12.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 % |
| Quinéville | 50 | 848 km NW | 258 | 25.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 8 % · humidity 93 % |
| Diane-Capelle | 57 | 516 km N | 253 | 17.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Llagonne | 66 | 399 km SW | 230 | 33.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Salles-sur-Verdon | 83 | 45 km SW | 236 | 49.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 % |
| Brusque | 12 | 291 km W | 258 | 30.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 8 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Llagonne | 66 | 399 km SW | 230 | 33.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fos | 31 | 489 km W | 248 | 12.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 % |
| Diane-Capelle | 57 | 516 km N | 253 | 17.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Quinéville | 50 | 848 km NW | 258 | 25.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 8 % · 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 Thorame-Haute'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diane-Capelle | 57 | 516 km N | 253 | 17.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vielle-Aure | 65 | 522 km W | 315 | 44 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Martin-de-Lenne | 12 | 289 km W | 340 | 28.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Guchen | 65 | 520 km W | 301 | 35.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Hattigny | 57 | 505 km N | 235 | 26.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Niderhoff | 57 | 506 km N | 279 | 21.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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