Risoul
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Well served 80.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 100 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Risoul (INSEE 05119) is in Hautes-Alpes (05), part of CC du Guillestrois et du Queyras. Population 664 (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/05119-risoul
Vitality score
Vitality score 80.7/100 — Well served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 100 % of the 16,648 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 | 0.94 | 25 | 23.4 |
| Social | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.81 | 10 | 8.07 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.76 | 10 | 7.62 |
| 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]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE RISOUL · LE DELI'SCHUSS). [3,4]
3 × Butcher (boucherie) (L'ESTIVE · SARL FEUILLASSIER SYLVAIN). [3,4]
5 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SPAR · SIMOND · TOUT EN DOUCEURS · LE PETIT MARCHE SAVOYARD · LA FERME DE CHAGNE). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR MONTAGNE). [3,4]
25 × Restaurant (2500 LE PANORAMIQUE · LE GRIZZLI · LE TETRAS · CHEZ PEPE VICTOR · L'EX-TRAD). [3,4]
10 × Café / bar (LA CH'TI B. · L'HOMME DE PIERRE · LA GROTTE DU YETI · ANAPURNA). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LE BREZOUNET). [3]
4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (KAMEL CHIKHI, MÉDECIN · ANNE-MARIE CHAREST, MÉDECIN · LIONEL BAJOLLE, MÉDECIN · CAROLINE NICAISE-BERGERE, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA FORET BLANCHE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (RISOUL 1850 AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE RISOUL). [3]
1 × Cinema (CINEMA DE LA FORET BLANCHE). [3]
4 × Hotel (AUBERGE LE ROCHASSON · SNOW CHILL · HOTEL LA BONNE AUBERGE · HOTEL LE CHARDON BLEU). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). [3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | LE FOURNIL DE RISOUL · LE DELI'SCHUSS | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 3 | L'ESTIVE · SARL FEUILLASSIER SYLVAIN | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 5 | SPAR · SIMOND · TOUT EN DOUCEURS · LE PETIT MARCHE SAVOYARD · LA FERME DE CHAGNE | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 1 | CARREFOUR MONTAGNE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 25 | 2500 LE PANORAMIQUE · LE GRIZZLI · LE TETRAS · CHEZ PEPE VICTOR · L'EX-TRAD | INSEE BPE 25 / INSEE SIRENE 37 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 10 | LA CH'TI B. · L'HOMME DE PIERRE · LA GROTTE DU YETI · ANAPURNA | INSEE SIRENE 10 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE LE BREZOUNET | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 4 | KAMEL CHIKHI, MÉDECIN · ANNE-MARIE CHAREST, MÉDECIN · LIONEL BAJOLLE, MÉDECIN · CAROLINE NICAISE-BERGERE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE LA FORET BLANCHE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | RISOUL 1850 AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE RISOUL | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | CINEMA DE LA FORET BLANCHE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 4 | AUBERGE LE ROCHASSON · SNOW CHILL · HOTEL LA BONNE AUBERGE · HOTEL LE CHARDON BLEU | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE 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
Population 665 (2012) → 664 (2023): -0.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 526 (1990) → 664 (2023): 26.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 4,207, of which 91.7 % second homes and 0.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Guillestre): 1.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Risoul): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). [9]
GP (Guillestre): 1.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Guillestre): 1.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Risoul): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 155 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ST CREPIN weather station, 6.9 km away at 906 m; the village itself is at 1,105 m. [10]
The village sits 199 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 ST CREPIN, 6.9 km away at 906 m, over 18 summers. [10]
That station sits 199 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 766 mm of rain a year, spread over 81 days — about 9.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ST CREPIN, 6.9 km away at 906 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 — 05119/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05119/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05119/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05119/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 05065
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 05119
- 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 | 7.4 km SE | 588 | 70.7 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Portes-en-Ré | 17 | 659 km W | 577 | 67.2 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 0 % |
| Hauteluce | 73 | 123 km N | 734 | 74.7 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 % |
| Allos | 04 | 45 km S | 812 | 67.3 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montvalezan | 73 | 108 km N | 734 | 75.5 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cauterets | 65 | 576 km W | 829 | 71.5 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vars | 05 | 7.4 km SE | 588 | 70.7 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Allos | 04 | 45 km S | 812 | 67.3 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montvalezan | 73 | 108 km N | 734 | 75.5 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 % |
| Hauteluce | 73 | 123 km N | 734 | 74.7 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cauterets | 65 | 576 km W | 829 | 71.5 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 0 % |
| Les Portes-en-Ré | 17 | 659 km W | 577 | 67.2 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · 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 Risoul'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jausiers | 04 | 27 km S | 1,146 | 46.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sigoyer | 05 | 56 km W | 741 | 44.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
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