Rambaud

Identity

Rambaud (INSEE 05113) is in Hautes-Alpes (05), part of CC Serre-Ponçon Val d'Avance. Population 423 (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/05113-rambaud

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 17,939 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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 364 (2012) → 423 (2023): 16.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 294 (1990) → 423 (2023): 43.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 204, of which 8.3 % second homes and 2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (La Rochette): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gap): 3.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Gap): 3.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Gap): 3.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Rambaud): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 78 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the GAP weather station, 5.5 km away at 885 m; the village itself is at 941 m. ^[11]

The village sits 56 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 GAP, 5.5 km away at 885 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 56 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 873 mm of rain a year, spread over 85 days — about 10.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at GAP, 5.5 km away at 885 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05113/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05113/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05113/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05113/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05124
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05061
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05113
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024