Vaumeilh

Identity

Vaumeilh (INSEE 04233) is in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04), part of CC du Sisteronais-Buëch. Population 270 (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/04233-vaumeilh

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 17,588 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]

1 × Restaurant (JUVIA). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE VAUMEILH). ^[3]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 265 (2012) → 270 (2023): 1.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 170 (1990) → 270 (2023): 58.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 194, of which 28.9 % second homes and 4.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Le Poët): 4.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sisteron): 6.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sisteron): 7.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (La Motte-du-Caire): 8.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Vaumeilh): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 41 days a year at or above 30 °C and 131 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LA MOTTE DU CAIRE weather station, 7.2 km away at 665 m; the village itself is at 597 m. ^[12]

The village sits 68 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 LA MOTTE DU CAIRE, 7.2 km away at 665 m, over 18 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 68 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 814 mm of rain a year, spread over 84 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LA MOTTE DU CAIRE, 7.2 km away at 665 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 — 04233/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04233/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04233/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04233/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05103
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 04209
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 04134
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 04233
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024