Montgenèvre

Identity

Montgenèvre (INSEE 05085) is in Hautes-Alpes (05), part of CC du Briançonnais. Population 461 (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/05085-montgenevre

Vitality score

Vitality score 65.8/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)).

Better served than 99 % of the 17,925 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

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE ALEF · LA CABANE A SUCRE). ^[3,4]

4 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'ETOILE · LA CUISSE DE COCHON · LSLA). ^[3,4]

17 × Restaurant (GUSTACHIC · MAXIMIN EDMOND · LE GRAAL · LE CESAR · LES ANGES). ^[3,4]

8 × Café / bar (LE RELAX · O TOUR DE FRANCE · PIZZERIA DES ESCARTONS). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE LES ALBERTS). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE MONTGENEVRE MARIUS FAURE). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHARLES DHALLUIN, MÉDECIN · MELLIE FAURE, MÉDECIN · PIERRE-MICHEL DEPINOY, MÉDECIN · JEAN OLLIVIER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE SERRE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Cinema (CINEMA JEAN GABIN). ^[3]

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

5 × Hotel (HOTEL VALERIE · ANOVA HOTEL ET SPA · ALPIS COTTIA · CHALET SAINT BERNARD · HOTEL LE CHALET BLANC). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Library. ^[4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 530 (2012) → 461 (2023): -13 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 519 (1990) → 461 (2023): -11.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,774, of which 91.1 % second homes and 0.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Montgenèvre): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montgenèvre): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Montgenèvre): 0.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Montgenèvre): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Montgenèvre): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 0 days a year at or above 30 °C and 171 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the MONTGENEVRE weather station, 0.5 km away at 1,848 m; the village itself is at 1,856 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at BRIANCON, 7.8 km away at 1,324 m, over 10 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 532 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 753 mm of rain a year, spread over 97 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at MONTGENEVRE, 0.5 km away at 1,848 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05085/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05085/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05085/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05085/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05085
9. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024