Ceillac

Hautes-Alpes · CC du Guillestrois et du Queyras · INSEE 05026

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 49.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ceillac (INSEE 05026) is in Hautes-Alpes (05), part of CC du Guillestrois et du Queyras. Population 265 (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/05026-ceillac

Vitality score

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

Confidence: high.

Better served than 98 % of the 17,484 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	0.5	25	12.47
Social	0.81	20	16.3
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.42	10	4.17
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 2 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

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

6 × Restaurant (L'ETAPE GOURMANDE · LE PIED JAUNE · ZLM · LE MATEFAIM). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CEILLAC). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (LA CASCADE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LES MOUETTES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		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	6	L'ETAPE GOURMANDE · LE PIED JAUNE · ZLM · LE MATEFAIM	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE CEILLAC	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	CEILLAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CEILLAC	INSEE BPE 1 [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	LA CASCADE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LES MOUETTES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 208 peak 2012: 298 2023: 265 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 298 (2012) → 265 (2023): -11.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 289 (1990) → 265 (2023): -8.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 815, of which 81.3 % second homes and 2.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 9.9 km WPharmacy — 9.9 km W Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Ceillac): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ceillac): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Guillestre): 9.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Guillestre): 9.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Ceillac): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 0.5▸

Days at or below 0 °C 158.6▸

Muggy days a summer 0

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 159 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CEILLAC weather station, 0.4 km away at 1,665 m; the village itself is at 1,644 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at ARVIEUX LA CHALP, 13 km away at 1,690 m, over 11 summers. ^[10]

An average of 800 mm of rain a year, spread over 92 days — about 8.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CEILLAC, 0.4 km away at 1,665 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05026/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05026/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05026/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05026/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 05026
INSEE BPE 2025 — 05065
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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
Saint-Jean-d'Arves	73	72 km NW	273	58.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Arvieux	05	11 km N	340	48.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Lélex	01	193 km N	241	47.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 26 % · humidity 100 %
Matemale	66	441 km SW	274	44.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Gresse-en-Vercors	38	99 km W	351	53.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %
Bessans	73	75 km N	341	62.3	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Arvieux	05	11 km N	340	48.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jean-d'Arves	73	72 km NW	273	58.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Bessans	73	75 km N	341	62.3	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %
Gresse-en-Vercors	38	99 km W	351	53.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %
Lélex	01	193 km N	241	47.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 26 % · humidity 100 %
Matemale	66	441 km SW	274	44.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Ceillac'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
Arvieux	05	11 km N	340	48.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Matemale	66	441 km SW	274	44.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Vaujany	38	77 km NW	357	49.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
La Grave	05	56 km NW	479	49.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Formiguères	66	440 km SW	494	56.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye	04	17 km S	215	47.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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