Châteauvieux

Identity

Châteauvieux (INSEE 05037) is in Hautes-Alpes (05), part of CA Gap-Tallard-Durance. Population 545 (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/05037-chateauvieux

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 19 % of the 17,551 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

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 464 (2012) → 545 (2023): 17.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 332 (1990) → 545 (2023): 64.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 281, of which 9.3 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Tallard): 2.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Tallard): 2.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Tallard): 2.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Tallard): 2.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Tallard): 2.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 31 days a year at or above 30 °C and 134 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the TALLARD weather station, 3.9 km away at 593 m; the village itself is at 791 m. ^[9]

The village sits 198 m above 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at TALLARD, 3.9 km away at 593 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 198 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 757 mm of rain a year, spread over 79 days — about 9.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at TALLARD, 3.9 km away at 593 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

What property sold for

24 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 438,400 € — 2,963 € per m² of built surface. ^[10]

The median across Hautes-Alpes is 2,500 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[10]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05037/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05037/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05037/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05037/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05170
9. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
10. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025