Jarjayes

Hautes-Alpes · CA Gap-Tallard-Durance · INSEE 05068

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

Few services 32.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Jarjayes (INSEE 05068) is in Hautes-Alpes (05), part of CA Gap-Tallard-Durance. Population 465 (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/05068-jarjayes

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 17,947 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.99	10	9.9
Housing mix	0.71	5	3.54

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 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA PIZZA'YE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE JARJAYES). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 3 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	1	LA PIZZA'YE	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 JARJAYES	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE JARJAYES	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 196 2023: 465 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 418 (2012) → 465 (2023): 11.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 312 (1990) → 465 (2023): 49 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 268, of which 14.6 % second homes and 9.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 5.1 km NWGP — 5.4 km NWBakery — 5.5 km NWPharmacy — 5.7 km NW 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 (Gap): 5.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gap): 5.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Gap): 5.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Gap): 5.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Jarjayes): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.7

Days at or below 0 °C 77

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 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 77 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the GAP weather station, 8.4 km away at 885 m; the village itself is at 937 m. ^[10]

The village sits 52 m above 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. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at GAP, 8.4 km away at 885 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 52 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 873 mm of rain a year, spread over 85 days — about 10.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at GAP, 8.4 km away at 885 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 — 05068/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05068/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05068/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05068/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 05061
INSEE BPE 2025 — 05068
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
Saint-Angel	63	299 km NW	467	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Motz	73	159 km N	482	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 74 %
Bongheat	63	251 km NW	465	33	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Vergezac	43	197 km W	470	29.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 %
Jouvençon	71	244 km N	461	29	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 57 %
Préfontaines	45	479 km NW	428	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Motz	73	159 km N	482	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 74 %
Vergezac	43	197 km W	470	29.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 %
Jouvençon	71	244 km N	461	29	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 57 %
Bongheat	63	251 km NW	465	33	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Angel	63	299 km NW	467	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Préfontaines	45	479 km NW	428	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 65 % · 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 Jarjayes'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
Roussennac	12	306 km W	618	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Égleny	89	424 km NW	457	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Chassy	89	429 km NW	472	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Soucy	73	110 km N	437	25.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Montgardin	05	11 km NE	481	40.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
La Romaine	70	337 km N	520	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

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