Mont-Dauphin

Identity

Mont-Dauphin (INSEE 05082) is in Hautes-Alpes (05), part of CC du Guillestrois et du Queyras. Population 162 (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/05082-mont-dauphin

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 14,666 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

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

1 × Restaurant (GLACIER DES MILLAURES). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MONTDAUPHIN RP). ^[3]

1 × Hotel. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 151 (2012) → 162 (2023): 7.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 73 (1990) → 162 (2023): 121.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 184, of which 53.8 % second homes and 3.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Eygliers): 0.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Guillestre): 1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Guillestre): 2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Guillestre): 2.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Eygliers): 1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 150 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST CREPIN weather station, 4.4 km away at 906 m; the village itself is at 1,047 m. ^[10]

The village sits 141 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 ST CREPIN, 4.4 km away at 906 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 141 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 766 mm of rain a year, spread over 81 days — about 9.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST CREPIN, 4.4 km away at 906 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05082/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05082/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05082/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05082/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05052
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05065
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024