Neffes

Identity

Neffes (INSEE 05092) is in Hautes-Alpes (05), part of CA Gap-Tallard-Durance. Population 804 (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/05092-neffes

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 15,622 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA PIZZ A BIBI). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE CHRISTINE). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING LES BONNETS · CAMPING LES GRAVIERES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × 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]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 749 (2012) → 804 (2023): 7.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 510 (1990) → 804 (2023): 57.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 416, of which 9.9 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Pelleautier): 1.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gap): 4.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Tallard): 5.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Gap): 5.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Neffes): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 33 days a year at or above 30 °C and 131 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the TALLARD weather station, 5.9 km away at 593 m; the village itself is at 754 m. ^[12]

The village sits 161 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at TALLARD, 5.9 km away at 593 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 161 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 757 mm of rain a year, spread over 79 days — about 9.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at TALLARD, 5.9 km away at 593 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05092/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05092/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05092/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05092/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05100
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05061
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05170
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05092
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024