La Fare-en-Champsaur

Hautes-Alpes · CC Champsaur-Valgaudemar · INSEE 05054

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

Partly served 50.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Fare-en-Champsaur (INSEE 05054) is in Hautes-Alpes (05), part of CC Champsaur-Valgaudemar. Population 482 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 50.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 17,875 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.64	10	6.42
Housing mix	0.56	5	2.8

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 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 0 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE DU CHAMPSAUR / BC). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (O BARAK). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE ROND POINT). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES BARRAQUES (LA FARE EN...). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA FARE EN CHAMPSAUR AP). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (VALERIE COIFFURE · PEREZ ANGELINE). ^[3,4]

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

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE DU CHAMPSAUR / BC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	INTERMARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	O BARAK	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE ROND POINT	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES BARRAQUES (LA FARE EN...	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	LA FARE EN CHAMPSAUR AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	2	VALERIE COIFFURE · PEREZ ANGELINE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 354 2023: 482 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 470 (2012) → 482 (2023): 2.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 422 (1990) → 482 (2023): 14.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 309, of which 22 % second homes and 17.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.9 km NE 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 (Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Fare-en-Champsaur): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur): 0.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (La Fare-en-Champsaur): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.1

Days at or below 0 °C 115.7▸

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 116 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-BONNET CHAMPSAUR weather station, 0.9 km away at 1,005 m; the village itself is at 970 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at GAP, 10.9 km away at 885 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 85 m below 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 1,087 mm of rain a year, spread over 97 days — about 11.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-BONNET CHAMPSAUR, 0.9 km away at 1,005 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 — 05054/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05054/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05054/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05054/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 05132
INSEE BPE 2025 — 05054
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
Noyers-sur-Jabron	04	60 km S	525	48.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Ciron	36	433 km NW	520	38.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 4 % · humidity 79 %
Le Ribay	53	644 km NW	463	40.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Toutry	21	348 km NW	402	46.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 15 % · humidity 93 %
Villeny	41	467 km NW	487	39.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 19 % · humidity 86 %
Châteaudouble	83	124 km S	476	51	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Noyers-sur-Jabron	04	60 km S	525	48.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Châteaudouble	83	124 km S	476	51	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Toutry	21	348 km NW	402	46.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 15 % · humidity 93 %
Ciron	36	433 km NW	520	38.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 4 % · humidity 79 %
Villeny	41	467 km NW	487	39.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 19 % · humidity 86 %
Le Ribay	53	644 km NW	463	40.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %

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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 La Fare-en-Champsaur'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
Laffrey	38	45 km NW	466	52.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Angel	19	315 km W	702	55.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Ferréol-des-Côtes	63	208 km NW	548	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Les Vigneaux	05	41 km NE	510	37.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Priest-la-Prugne	42	231 km NW	402	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Sirod	39	229 km N	543	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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