Forest-Saint-Julien
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 14.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 19 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Forest-Saint-Julien (INSEE 05056) is in Hautes-Alpes (05), part of CC Champsaur-Valgaudemar. Population 353 (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 14.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 19 % of the 18,024 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.5 | 5 | 2.51 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
1 × Hairdresser (CATH'TIFF). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).
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, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| 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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 1 | CATH'TIFF | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| 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
Population 293 (2012) → 353 (2023): 20.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 178 (1990) → 353 (2023): 98.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 229, of which 24.9 % second homes and 10.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Chabottes): 2.9 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Laurent-du-Cros): 1.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Ancelle): 5.7 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Ancelle): 6 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Saint-Laurent-du-Cros): 2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 114 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the ST JEAN-ST-NICOLAS weather station, 7.2 km away at 1,210 m; the village itself is at 1,161 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ST JEAN-ST-NICOLAS, 7.2 km away at 1,210 m, over 21 summers. [11]
An average of 1,047 mm of rain a year, spread over 89 days — about 11.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at ANCELLE, 6 km away at 1,354 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05056/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05056/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05056/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05056/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 05029
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 05148
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 05004
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontaine-la-Louvet | 27 | 664 km NW | 351 | 13.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 3 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Hilaire-Cusson-la-Valmitte | 42 | 184 km NW | 340 | 13 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 61 % · humidity 57 % |
| Bréchamps | 28 | 570 km NW | 362 | 13.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 1 % · humidity 93 % |
| Casanova | 2B | 361 km SE | 384 | 14.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 % |
| Asnières | 27 | 668 km NW | 335 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 3 % · humidity 93 % |
| Breux-sur-Avre | 27 | 599 km NW | 326 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 20 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Hilaire-Cusson-la-Valmitte | 42 | 184 km NW | 340 | 13 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 61 % · humidity 57 % |
| Casanova | 2B | 361 km SE | 384 | 14.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bréchamps | 28 | 570 km NW | 362 | 13.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 1 % · humidity 93 % |
| Breux-sur-Avre | 27 | 599 km NW | 326 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 20 % |
| Fontaine-la-Louvet | 27 | 664 km NW | 351 | 13.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 3 % · humidity 93 % |
| Asnières | 27 | 668 km NW | 335 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 3 % · 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 Forest-Saint-Julien'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 Table | 73 | 94 km N | 445 | 14.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Laviron | 25 | 293 km N | 356 | 11.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sainte-Marie-du-Mont | 38 | 87 km N | 243 | 15.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Baume | 74 | 187 km N | 320 | 15.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chapois | 39 | 246 km N | 219 | 10 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cernay-l'Église | 25 | 297 km N | 319 | 15.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
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