Château-Ville-Vieille

Identity

Château-Ville-Vieille (INSEE 05038) is in Hautes-Alpes (05), part of CC du Guillestrois et du Queyras. Population 298 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/05038-chateau-ville-vieille

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 85 % of the 17,809 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PAIN DES CIMES 1400). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SAS MONNET ET FILS · JENAIS). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (IL VIANDANTE · CHALET LA VIE SAUVAGE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (GALAXIE DE STYLES). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Hotel (HOTEL LE GUILAZUR). ^[3,4]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 339 (2012) → 298 (2023): -12.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 271 (1990) → 298 (2023): 10 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 490, of which 66.1 % second homes and 2.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Château-Ville-Vieille): 2.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Château-Ville-Vieille): 1.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Aiguilles): 6.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Aiguilles): 6.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Arvieux): 4.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 148 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ARVIEUX LA CHALP weather station, 5.1 km away at 1,690 m; the village itself is at 1,360 m. ^[11]

The village sits 330 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ARVIEUX LA CHALP, 5.1 km away at 1,690 m, over 11 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 330 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 703 mm of rain a year, spread over 85 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHATEAU-VILLE-VIEILLE, 1.4 km away at 1,355 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05038/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05038/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05038/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05038/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05038
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05003
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05007
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024