Aiguilles

Identity

Aiguilles (INSEE 05003) is in Hautes-Alpes (05), part of CC du Guillestrois et du Queyras. Population 369 (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/05003-aiguilles

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 96 % of the 18,051 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. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICERIE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (PIZZA DU CLAIR DE LUNE · YAK A PASSER). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (L'ARRACHE CLOUS LE COMPTOIR DE L'EBENISTE). ^[4]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FIONA LATTO, MÉDECIN · PIERRE MORDACQ, MÉDECIN · FLORA CLAUSIER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE D AIGUILLES). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'AIGUILLES). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (MARIONSTYLS). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL LES BALCONS DE COMBE ROUSSET). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING GCU 05 AIGUILLES · CAMPING LE GOURET). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 449 (2012) → 369 (2023): -17.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 377 (1990) → 369 (2023): -2.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 583, of which 69.8 % second homes and 1.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Château-Ville-Vieille): 4.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Aiguilles): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Aiguilles): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Aiguilles): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Aiguilles): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 181 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the RISTOLAS weather station, 9.3 km away at 1,670 m; the village itself is at 1,471 m. ^[10]

The village sits 199 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. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at RISTOLAS, 9.3 km away at 1,670 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 199 m above 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 826 mm of rain a year, spread over 99 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ABRIES, 4.9 km away at 1,560 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05003/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05003/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05003/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05003/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05038
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05003
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024