La Faurie

Hautes-Alpes · CC Buëch-Dévoluy · INSEE 05055

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 28.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Faurie (INSEE 05055) is in Hautes-Alpes (05), part of CC Buëch-Dévoluy. Population 287 (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 28.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 17,752 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.78	10	7.81
Housing mix	0.17	5	0.83

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DU BÔCHAINE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (TAUPE CHEF). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LA FAURIE	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 FAURIE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DU BÔCHAINE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	TAUPE CHEF	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 250 peak 2017: 325 2023: 287 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 305 (2012) → 287 (2023): -5.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 224 (1990) → 287 (2023): 28.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 283, of which 41.7 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 5.1 km SGP — 5.1 km SPharmacy — 5.1 km SBakery — 5.2 km S 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 (Aspres-sur-Buëch): 5.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Aspres-sur-Buëch): 5.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Aspres-sur-Buëch): 5.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Aspres-sur-Buëch): 5.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (La Faurie): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.8

Days at or below 0 °C 128.7▸

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 129 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LA FAURIE weather station, 0.9 km away at 825 m; the village itself is at 837 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at LA FAURIE, 0.9 km away at 825 m, over 27 summers. ^[10]

An average of 957 mm of rain a year, spread over 95 days — about 10.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LA FAURIE, 0.9 km away at 825 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 — 05055/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05055/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05055/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05055/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 05010
INSEE BPE 2025 — 05055
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
Villeneuve-d'Allier	43	198 km W	280	27.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 %
Vandenesse	58	303 km NW	287	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 8 % · humidity 86 %
Vimenet	12	224 km W	248	28.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 %
Joucas	84	81 km SW	348	29.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Étienne-d'Albagnan	34	257 km SW	302	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 %
Llauro	66	329 km SW	311	29	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 29 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Joucas	84	81 km SW	348	29.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Villeneuve-d'Allier	43	198 km W	280	27.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 %
Vimenet	12	224 km W	248	28.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Étienne-d'Albagnan	34	257 km SW	302	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 %
Vandenesse	58	303 km NW	287	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 8 % · humidity 86 %
Llauro	66	329 km SW	311	29	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Faurie'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
La Beaume	05	8.3 km W	153	18.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-d'Argençon	05	6.1 km SW	150	18.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Lachau	26	38 km S	218	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Clément-sur-Durance	05	67 km E	343	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Montmaur	05	11 km E	532	43.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Séderon	26	44 km S	237	49.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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