La Roche-de-Rame

Hautes-Alpes · CC du Pays des Ecrins · INSEE 05122

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 51.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 89 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Roche-de-Rame (INSEE 05122) is in Hautes-Alpes (05), part of CC du Pays des Ecrins. Population 904 (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/05122-la-roche-de-rame

Vitality score

Vitality score 51.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 89 % of the 14,935 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.91	20	18.15
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.79	10	7.88
Housing mix	0.62	5	3.12

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR EXPRESS). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (PIZZA SONNY · LES CHARENCHETTES · MICKY BAR). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE CHALET DU LAC · CHALET DU LAC). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE A ROCHE DE RAME). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA ROCHE DE RAME AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE LA ROCHE-DE-RAME). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (LAC DE LA ROCHE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE VERGER). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR EXPRESS	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	3	PIZZA SONNY · LES CHARENCHETTES · MICKY BAR	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE CHALET DU LAC · CHALET DU LAC	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE A ROCHE DE RAME	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA ROCHE DE RAME AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE LA ROCHE-DE-RAME	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	1	LAC DE LA ROCHE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LE VERGER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 601 2023: 904 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 848 (2012) → 904 (2023): 6.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 702 (1990) → 904 (2023): 28.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 585, of which 18.8 % second homes and 11.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 2.2 km SWGP — 5.5 km NPharmacy — 5.5 km N Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Champcella): 2.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Roche-de-Rame): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (L'Argentière-la-Bessée): 5.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (L'Argentière-la-Bessée): 5.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (La Roche-de-Rame): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 29

Days at or below 0 °C 135.1▸

Muggy days a summer 0

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 135 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST CREPIN weather station, 5.3 km away at 906 m; the village itself is at 949 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ST CREPIN, 5.3 km away at 906 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

An average of 886 mm of rain a year, spread over 96 days — about 9.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHAMPCELLA, 2.5 km away at 1,100 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05122/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05122/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05122/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05122/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 05031
INSEE BPE 2025 — 05122
INSEE BPE 2025 — 05006
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
Bertholène	12	304 km W	1,043	35.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Coaraze	06	114 km SE	827	44.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 %
Lussault-sur-Loire	37	526 km NW	886	39.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Dixmont	89	443 km NW	887	42.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 4 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Remèze	07	169 km W	847	44.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Lesperon	40	616 km W	1,043	25.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 0 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Coaraze	06	114 km SE	827	44.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Remèze	07	169 km W	847	44.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Bertholène	12	304 km W	1,043	35.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Dixmont	89	443 km NW	887	42.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 4 % · humidity 93 %
Lussault-sur-Loire	37	526 km NW	886	39.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Lesperon	40	616 km W	1,043	25.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 0 % · humidity 43 %

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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 La Roche-de-Rame'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
Le Brusquet	04	69 km S	965	45.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Pelleautier	05	52 km SW	863	46.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Neffes	05	52 km SW	804	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Crépin	05	5.3 km SE	718	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Thoard	04	75 km SW	744	58.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Eygliers	05	8.8 km S	882	50.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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