Rochebrune

Identity

Rochebrune (INSEE 05121) is in Hautes-Alpes (05), part of CC Serre-Ponçon Val d'Avance. Population 195 (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/05121-rochebrune

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 15,840 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA PAILLOTE DES TROIS LACS · O 3 LACS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BAR LE PONT). ^[4]

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

1 × Swimming pool (PLAN D EAU DES 3 LACS). ^[3]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING DES GORGES DE LA BLANCHE · LES ECOLODGES DES TROIS LACS). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 171 (2012) → 195 (2023): 14 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 99 (1990) → 195 (2023): 97 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 176, of which 37.5 % second homes and 4.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Théus): 1.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Remollon): 1.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Espinasses): 4.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Espinasses): 4.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Rochebrune): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 40 days a year at or above 30 °C and 119 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the TALLARD weather station, 11.4 km away at 593 m; the village itself is at 643 m. ^[12]

The village sits 50 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at TALLARD, 11.4 km away at 593 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 50 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 757 mm of rain a year, spread over 79 days — about 9.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at TALLARD, 11.4 km away at 593 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05121/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05121/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05121/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05121/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05171
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05115
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05050
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05121
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024