Chabottes

Identity

Chabottes (INSEE 05029) is in Hautes-Alpes (05), part of CC Champsaur-Valgaudemar. Population 964 (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/05029-chabottes

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 85 % of the 14,556 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (TOURTONS DU CHAMPSAUR · LA BOULANGE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (DAVIN SC). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA PETITE FABRIQUE · J.L. PIZZAS). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN-YVES DUSSERRE). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE CHABOTTES LE CHABOTTÉ). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (AUX MAINS D'ARGENT BY WENDY · L'HAIR D'UN REVE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (LES SITTELLES). ^[3,4]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 785 (2012) → 964 (2023): 22.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 518 (1990) → 964 (2023): 86.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 700, of which 34.7 % second homes and 4.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Chabottes): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chabottes): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Ancelle): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ancelle): 3.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Chabottes): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 97 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST JEAN-ST-NICOLAS weather station, 4.3 km away at 1,210 m; the village itself is at 1,058 m. ^[10]

The village sits 152 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 ST JEAN-ST-NICOLAS, 4.3 km away at 1,210 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 152 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 1,047 mm of rain a year, spread over 89 days — about 11.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ANCELLE, 3.7 km away at 1,354 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05029/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05029/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05029/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05029/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05029
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05004
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024