Crots

Identity

Crots (INSEE 05045) is in Hautes-Alpes (05), part of CC Serre-Ponçon. Population 1,195 (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/05045-crots

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 13,242 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL SAVINOIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA FERME EMBRUNAISE). ^[3]

8 × Restaurant (FROMAGES ET GOURMANDISES · PETIT YANN · LES CHABRIERS · NIKKY BEACH · LE BUS). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE CROTS). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (SITE DES EAUX DOUCES). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (L'EMERAUDE · LEANDRO). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (LES BARTAVELLES). ^[3,4]

3 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA GARENNE · CAMPING LA PINEDE · CAMPING MANU). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 985 (2012) → 1,195 (2023): 21.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 670 (1990) → 1,195 (2023): 78.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 892, of which 33.7 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

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

Food shop (Baratier): 1.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Baratier): 2.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Embrun): 3.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

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

Climate

An average of 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 83 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the EMBRUN weather station, 5.1 km away at 873 m; the village itself is at 800 m. ^[11]

The village sits 73 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 EMBRUN, 5.1 km away at 873 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 73 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 739 mm of rain a year, spread over 85 days — about 8.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at EMBRUN, 5.1 km away at 873 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05045/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05045/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05045/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05045/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05045
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05012
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05046
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024