Abriès-Ristolas

Identity

Abriès-Ristolas (INSEE 05001) is in Hautes-Alpes (05), part of CC du Guillestrois et du Queyras. Population 374 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2019-01-01 from 1 former commune: Ristolas (05120). ^[3]

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/05001-abries-ristolas

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 95 % of the 18,059 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[4,5]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[4,5]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (POIVRE ET SEL). ^[4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SHERPA · VIVAL). ^[4,5]

3 × Restaurant (LE RETOUR D'EST · L'ADRETSSE RESTAURANT). ^[4,5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE ABRIES). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ABRIES AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D' ABRIÈS). ^[4]

1 × Hotel (LE CHALET DE LANZA). ^[4,5]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING QUEYRAS CARAVANEIGE). ^[4,5]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 404 (2012) → 374 (2023): -7.4 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 369 (1990) → 374 (2023): 1.4 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 890, of which 75.2 % second homes and 2.1 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Château-Ville-Vieille): 9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Abriès-Ristolas): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Aiguilles): 5 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Aiguilles): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Abriès-Ristolas): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 189 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the RISTOLAS weather station, 5.5 km away at 1,670 m; the village itself is at 1,546 m. ^[12]

The village sits 124 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 RISTOLAS, 5.5 km away at 1,670 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 124 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 826 mm of rain a year, spread over 99 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ABRIES, 0.3 km away at 1,560 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 — 05001/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE COG 2026
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05001/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05001/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05001/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05038
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05001
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05003
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024