Les Thuiles

Identity

Les Thuiles (INSEE 04220) is in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04), part of CC Vallée de l'Ubaye - Serre-Ponçon. Population 361 (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/04220-les-thuiles

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 18,032 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 × Restaurant (LE BISTROT · MAREL). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE FERNAND GILLY (LES THUILES)). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (L'OR DU COMMUN). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING CARAVANING LE FONTARACHE). ^[3,4]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 371 (2012) → 361 (2023): -2.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 274 (1990) → 361 (2023): 31.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 373, of which 49.1 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Uvernet-Fours): 3.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Pons): 2.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Uvernet-Fours): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Uvernet-Fours): 3.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Les Thuiles): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 171 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BARCELONNETTE weather station, 7.8 km away at 1,155 m; the village itself is at 1,109 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at BARCELONNETTE, 7.8 km away at 1,155 m, over 27 summers. ^[11]

An average of 684 mm of rain a year, spread over 82 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BARCELONNETTE, 7.8 km away at 1,155 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04220/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04220/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04220/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04220/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 04226
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 04195
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 04220
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024