Orpierre

Hautes-Alpes · CC du Sisteronais-Buëch · INSEE 05097

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 33.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Orpierre (INSEE 05097) is in Hautes-Alpes (05), part of CC du Sisteronais-Buëch. Population 316 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 33.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 82 % of the 17,916 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.44	10	4.43
Housing mix	0.09	5	0.47

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (BOULANGERIE D'ORPIERRE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (RESTAURANT LE PORTAIL · LE QZ). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ORPIERRE). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ORPIERRE ECOLE D'ORPIERRE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DES PRINCES D'ORANGE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	BOULANGERIE D'ORPIERRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	2	RESTAURANT LE PORTAIL · LE QZ	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ORPIERRE	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	1	ORPIERRE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ORPIERRE ECOLE D'ORPIERRE	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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DES PRINCES D'ORANGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 258 peak 2017: 352 2023: 316 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 327 (2012) → 316 (2023): -3.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 335 (1990) → 316 (2023): -5.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 358, of which 45.3 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 6.8 km NEGP — 10.1 km EPharmacy — 10.2 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): 6.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Orpierre): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Laragne-Montéglin): 10.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Laragne-Montéglin): 10.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 43.2

Days at or below 0 °C 103.7▸

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 43 days a year at or above 30 °C and 104 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LARAGNE MONTEGLIN weather station, 8.1 km away at 565 m; the village itself is at 689 m. ^[11]

The village sits 124 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LARAGNE MONTEGLIN, 8.1 km away at 565 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 124 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 799 mm of rain a year, spread over 78 days — about 10.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LARAGNE MONTEGLIN, 8.1 km away at 565 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05097/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05097/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05097/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05097/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 05053
INSEE BPE 2025 — 05097
INSEE BPE 2025 — 05070
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
Arbas	31	412 km W	285	37.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 23 %
Ribaute	11	280 km SW	262	36.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 0 % · humidity 14 %
Moussages	15	275 km NW	247	29.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Ceilhes-et-Rocozels	34	214 km W	242	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 %
Arcens	07	126 km NW	346	21.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Les Martys	11	289 km W	309	45.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Arcens	07	126 km NW	346	21.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Ceilhes-et-Rocozels	34	214 km W	242	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 %
Moussages	15	275 km NW	247	29.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Ribaute	11	280 km SW	262	36.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 0 % · humidity 14 %
Les Martys	11	289 km W	309	45.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Arbas	31	412 km W	285	37.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 23 %

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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 Orpierre'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
Ongles	04	32 km S	358	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Trescléoux	05	4.7 km N	296	35.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Revest-des-Brousses	04	38 km S	267	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Limans	04	37 km S	385	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Rémuzat	26	29 km W	318	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Mirabeau	04	42 km SE	522	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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