Saint-André-d'Embrun
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 40.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-André-d'Embrun (INSEE 05128) is in Hautes-Alpes (05), part of CC Serre-Ponçon. Population 705 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 40.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 76 % of the 16,384 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 | 0.43 | 20 | 8.65 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.22 | 5 | 1.1 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PERLIMPINPAINS). [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (LE PRA ROND · BASSAUDIER). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE ST ANDRE EMBRUN). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (ST ANDRE D EMBRUN AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-ANDRÉ D'EMBRUN). [3]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | PERLIMPINPAINS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 2 | LE PRA ROND · BASSAUDIER | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE ST ANDRE EMBRUN | 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 | ST ANDRE D EMBRUN AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-ANDRÉ D'EMBRUN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 631 (2012) → 705 (2023): 11.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 417 (1990) → 705 (2023): 69.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 539, of which 39 % second homes and 1.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-André-d'Embrun): 1.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Châteauroux-les-Alpes): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (Embrun): 3.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Embrun): 3.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Saint-André-d'Embrun): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 102 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the EMBRUN weather station, 2.7 km away at 873 m; the village itself is at 971 m. [11]
The village sits 98 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 EMBRUN, 2.7 km away at 873 m, over 30 summers. [11]
That station sits 98 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 739 mm of rain a year, spread over 85 days — about 8.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at EMBRUN, 2.7 km away at 873 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 — 05128/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05128/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05128/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05128/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 05128
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 05036
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 05046
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaulieu | 07 | 184 km W | 544 | 37.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 45 % · humidity 71 % |
| Riols | 34 | 322 km W | 708 | 38.2 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 % |
| Payzac | 07 | 190 km W | 539 | 37 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Meyrals | 24 | 433 km W | 715 | 44.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pont-de-Labeaume | 07 | 178 km W | 567 | 34.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 7 % · humidity 79 % |
| Azur | 40 | 631 km W | 988 | 45 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 24 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pont-de-Labeaume | 07 | 178 km W | 567 | 34.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 7 % · humidity 79 % |
| Beaulieu | 07 | 184 km W | 544 | 37.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 45 % · humidity 71 % |
| Payzac | 07 | 190 km W | 539 | 37 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Riols | 34 | 322 km W | 708 | 38.2 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 % |
| Meyrals | 24 | 433 km W | 715 | 44.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 % |
| Azur | 40 | 631 km W | 988 | 45 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 24 % |
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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 Saint-André-d'Embrun'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chalencon | 07 | 158 km W | 328 | 36.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Thoiry | 73 | 118 km N | 456 | 39.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Martin-de-la-Porte | 73 | 73 km N | 698 | 35.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Ménil | 88 | 370 km N | 970 | 42.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Les Clefs | 74 | 143 km N | 714 | 29.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Marmanhac | 15 | 323 km W | 667 | 33.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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