Les Orres
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 65.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 99 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Les Orres (INSEE 05098) is in Hautes-Alpes (05), part of CC Serre-Ponçon. Population 510 (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/05098-les-orres
Vitality score
Vitality score 65.4/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 99 % of the 17,754 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 | 0.54 | 25 | 13.54 |
| Social | 0.98 | 20 | 19.5 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Public & culture | 0.75 | 5 | 3.74 |
| Population trend | 0.62 | 10 | 6.21 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SAVEURS DE MONTAGNE). [4]
5 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LES CARLINES · COTE TERROIR · HUIT A HUIT · SARIC · TOUT EN DOUCEURS). [4,3]
1 × Supermarket (SHERPA ALIMENTATION). [4,3]
1 × Cheese shop (fromagerie) (LA FROMAGERIE DU COIN). [3]
26 × Restaurant (L'OREE DES PISTES · LES FONTAINES · A.B.L · LE HORS PISTE). [4,3]
3 × Café / bar (A CASA MARC). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LE MELEZET). [4]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (STEPHANE MEGARNI, MÉDECIN). [4]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES ORRES). [4,3]
2 × Post office / agence postale (LES ORRES PRAMOUTON AP · LES ORRES AP). [4]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DES ORRES). [4]
1 × Cinema (L UBAC). [4]
3 × Hotel (HOTEL LES TRAPPEURS (COTE VACANCE) · ALPIN D'HOME · HOTEL LA PORTETTE). [4,3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 3 × Restaurant, 2 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | SAVEURS DE MONTAGNE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 5 | LES CARLINES · COTE TERROIR · HUIT A HUIT · SARIC · TOUT EN DOUCEURS | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,3] |
| Supermarket | 1 | SHERPA ALIMENTATION | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 1 | LA FROMAGERIE DU COIN | INSEE SIRENE 1 [3] |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Restaurant | 26 | L'OREE DES PISTES · LES FONTAINES · A.B.L · LE HORS PISTE | INSEE BPE 26 / INSEE SIRENE 30 [4,3] |
| Café / bar | 3 | A CASA MARC | INSEE SIRENE 3 [3] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE LE MELEZET | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | STEPHANE MEGARNI, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DES ORRES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 2 | LES ORRES PRAMOUTON AP · LES ORRES AP | INSEE BPE 2 [4] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE DES ORRES | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Cinema | 1 | L UBAC | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Hotel | 3 | HOTEL LES TRAPPEURS (COTE VACANCE) · ALPIN D'HOME · HOTEL LA PORTETTE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 20 [4,3] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 506 (2012) → 510 (2023): 0.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 455 (1990) → 510 (2023): 12.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 3,469, of which 91.3 % second homes and 0.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Baratier): 5.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Les Orres): 2.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Les Orres): 2.4 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Les Orres): 2.4 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Les Orres): 1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 138 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the LES ORRES weather station, 0.9 km away at 1,457 m; the village itself is at 1,482 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at PARPAILLON-NIVOSE, 7.1 km away at 2,545 m, over 13 summers. [10]
That station sits 1,063 m above 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 883 mm of rain a year, spread over 91 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at LES ORRES, 0.9 km away at 1,457 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05098/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05098/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05098/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05098/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 05012
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 05098
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vars | 05 | 14 km NE | 588 | 70.7 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 % |
| Risoul | 05 | 16 km NE | 664 | 80.7 | Well served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Portes-en-Ré | 17 | 657 km W | 577 | 67.2 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 0 % |
| Chamrousse | 38 | 85 km NW | 453 | 68.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe | 73 | 144 km N | 463 | 67.2 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 % |
| Uvernet-Fours | 04 | 18 km S | 499 | 69.6 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vars | 05 | 14 km NE | 588 | 70.7 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 % |
| Risoul | 05 | 16 km NE | 664 | 80.7 | Well served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 % |
| Uvernet-Fours | 04 | 18 km S | 499 | 69.6 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chamrousse | 38 | 85 km NW | 453 | 68.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe | 73 | 144 km N | 463 | 67.2 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Portes-en-Ré | 17 | 657 km W | 577 | 67.2 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 0 % |
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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 Les Orres'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamrousse | 38 | 85 km NW | 453 | 68.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Allos | 04 | 31 km S | 812 | 67.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Valmeinier | 73 | 75 km N | 593 | 61.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Valloire | 73 | 73 km N | 1,064 | 63.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ancelle | 05 | 30 km NW | 1,017 | 62 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Chapelle-d'Abondance | 74 | 199 km N | 872 | 66.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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