Vallouise-Pelvoux
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 59.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Vallouise-Pelvoux (INSEE 05101) is in Hautes-Alpes (05), part of CC du Pays des Ecrins. Population 1,138 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]
Commune nouvelle formed on 2017-01-01 from 1 former commune: Vallouise (05175). [3]
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 59.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 94 % of the 13,560 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 | 0.52 | 25 | 12.95 |
| Social | 0.89 | 20 | 17.77 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.63 | 10 | 6.29 |
| Public & culture | 0.51 | 5 | 2.56 |
| Population trend | 0.69 | 10 | 6.88 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [4,5]
3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'EDELWEISS · LE FOURNIL DU LAPIN BLANC). [4,5]
3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI · SARL VENSIR · SHERPA). [4,5]
1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR MONTAGNE). [4,5]
18 × Restaurant (SEMIOND AIME · LA P'TITE DALLE · LE TRUCK DE FOO'D · RESTAURANT LE GLACIER BLANC · LA TABLE DE NANY). [4,5]
3 × Café / bar (LES LAUZIERES). [5]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PELVOUX). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE VALLOUISE). [4]
4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANNE FLEURY-MATHIEU, MÉDECIN · MAELYS TIXIER, MÉDECIN · GUILLAUME BERGER, MÉDECIN · ÉNORA LOUAISIL, MÉDECIN). [4]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE CHRISTIAN FARDEAU). [4,5]
2 × Post office / agence postale (VALLOUISE AP · PELVOUX AP). [4]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VALLOUISE PELVOUX). [4]
1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DE SPORTS DE L ECOLE DU PARCHER). [4]
1 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE EVOLUTIFS). [4,5]
4 × Hotel (HOTEL ENGILBERGE · HOTEL RESTAURANT LES VALLOIS · HOTEL EDELWEISS · AUBERGE SAINT ANTOINE). [4,5]
2 × Campsite (HUTTOPIA VALLOUISE · CAMPING GCU 05 VALLOUISE). [4,5]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel, 2 × Campsite.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie). [5]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 3 | L'EDELWEISS · LE FOURNIL DU LAPIN BLANC | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 3 | PROXI · SARL VENSIR · SHERPA | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5] |
| Supermarket | 1 | CARREFOUR MONTAGNE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [5] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Restaurant | 18 | SEMIOND AIME · LA P'TITE DALLE · LE TRUCK DE FOO'D · RESTAURANT LE GLACIER BLANC · LA TABLE DE NANY | INSEE BPE 18 / INSEE SIRENE 24 [4,5] |
| Café / bar | 3 | LES LAUZIERES | INSEE SIRENE 3 [5] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PELVOUX | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE VALLOUISE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 4 | ANNE FLEURY-MATHIEU, MÉDECIN · MAELYS TIXIER, MÉDECIN · GUILLAUME BERGER, MÉDECIN · ÉNORA LOUAISIL, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 4 [4] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE CHRISTIAN FARDEAU | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 2 | VALLOUISE AP · PELVOUX AP | INSEE BPE 2 [4] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VALLOUISE PELVOUX | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | SALLE DE SPORTS DE L ECOLE DU PARCHER | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | COIFFURE EVOLUTIFS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Hotel | 4 | HOTEL ENGILBERGE · HOTEL RESTAURANT LES VALLOIS · HOTEL EDELWEISS · AUBERGE SAINT ANTOINE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [4,5] |
| Campsite | 2 | HUTTOPIA VALLOUISE · CAMPING GCU 05 VALLOUISE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [4,5] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 1,234 (2012) → 1,138 (2023): -7.8 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 958 (1990) → 1,138 (2023): 18.8 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,249, of which 71.5 % second homes and 3 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Vallouise-Pelvoux): 2.5 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Vallouise-Pelvoux): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Vallouise-Pelvoux): 3.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Vallouise-Pelvoux): 3.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Vallouise-Pelvoux): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 135 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the PELVOUX ST ANTOINE_NIVO weather station, 0.2 km away at 1,270 m; the village itself is at 1,243 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at VILLAR ST PANCRACE, 12.1 km away at 1,310 m, over 21 summers. [10]
That station sits 67 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 849 mm of rain a year, spread over 90 days — about 9.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at PELVOUX ST ANTOINE_NIVO, 0.2 km away at 1,270 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 — 05101/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE COG 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05101/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05101/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05101/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 05101
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mont-Dore | 63 | 299 km W | 1,163 | 62.3 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 % |
| Seyne | 04 | 59 km S | 1,379 | 55.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 93 % |
| Saint-Denis-d'Oléron | 17 | 627 km W | 1,358 | 53.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 0 % · humidity 21 % |
| La Chapelle-d'Abondance | 74 | 160 km N | 872 | 66.5 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Île-aux-Moines | 56 | 779 km NW | 630 | 64.1 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 % |
| Moliets-et-Maa | 40 | 634 km W | 1,299 | 66.6 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seyne | 04 | 59 km S | 1,379 | 55.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 93 % |
| La Chapelle-d'Abondance | 74 | 160 km N | 872 | 66.5 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mont-Dore | 63 | 299 km W | 1,163 | 62.3 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Denis-d'Oléron | 17 | 627 km W | 1,358 | 53.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 0 % · humidity 21 % |
| Moliets-et-Maa | 40 | 634 km W | 1,299 | 66.6 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 0 % |
| Île-aux-Moines | 56 | 779 km NW | 630 | 64.1 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 % |
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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 Vallouise-Pelvoux'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Praz-sur-Arly | 74 | 108 km N | 1,311 | 63.1 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montvalezan | 73 | 87 km N | 734 | 75.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lans-en-Vercors | 38 | 76 km W | 2,751 | 54.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Avanchers-Valmorel | 73 | 68 km N | 724 | 66 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bonnétage | 25 | 258 km N | 987 | 51.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Chaise-Dieu | 43 | 225 km W | 594 | 72.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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