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Nossage-et-Bénévent

Hautes-Alpes · CC du Sisteronais-Buëch · INSEE 05094

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 6.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Nossage-et-Bénévent (INSEE 05094) is in Hautes-Alpes (05), part of CC du Sisteronais-Buëch. Population 10 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/05094-nossage-et-benevent

Vitality score

Vitality score 6.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 178 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.5105
Housing mix0.0850.38

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 17 2023: 10 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 11 (2012) → 10 (2023): -9.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 10 (1990) → 10 (2023): 0 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 13, of which 46.2 % second homes and 15.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 3.4 km NE (Garde-Colombe)Bakery — 3.5 km NE (Garde-Colombe)Primary school — 3.9 km NE (Garde-Colombe)GP — 5.7 km E (Laragne-Montéglin)Pharmacy — 5.8 km E (Laragne-Montéglin)
Food shop — 3.4 km NEBakery — 3.5 km NEPrimary school — 3.9 km NEGP — 5.7 km EPharmacy — 5.8 km E 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 (Garde-Colombe): 3.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Garde-Colombe): 3.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Laragne-Montéglin): 5.7 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Laragne-Montéglin): 5.8 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Garde-Colombe): 3.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 42 days a year at or above 30 °C and 106 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the LARAGNE MONTEGLIN weather station, 3.7 km away at 565 m; the village itself is at 711 m. [10]

The village sits 146 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 LARAGNE MONTEGLIN, 3.7 km away at 565 m, over 29 summers. [10]

That station sits 146 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 799 mm of rain a year, spread over 78 days — about 10.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at LARAGNE MONTEGLIN, 3.7 km away at 565 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 — 05094/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05094/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05094/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05094/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05053
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05070
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Mérona39249 km N911.8No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Izon-la-Bruisse2614 km SW1211.8No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 %
Mazouau65453 km W131.1No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 43 % · humidity 71 %
La Haute-Beaume0529 km N72.9No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 24 % · humidity 100 %
Orret21374 km N120No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Ourdon65485 km W118.5No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 23 % · winter 22 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Izon-la-Bruisse2614 km SW1211.8No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 %
La Haute-Beaume0529 km N72.9No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 24 % · humidity 100 %
Mérona39249 km N911.8No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Orret21374 km N120No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Mazouau65453 km W131.1No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 43 % · humidity 71 %
Ourdon65485 km W118.5No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 23 % · winter 22 %

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