Saint-Chaffrey
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 55.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Chaffrey (INSEE 05133) is in Hautes-Alpes (05), part of CC du Briançonnais. Population 1,494 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/05133-saint-chaffrey
Vitality score
Vitality score 55.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 88 % of the 11,660 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 | 0.56 | 25 | 14.12 |
| Social | 0.99 | 20 | 19.89 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.2 | 10 | 1.97 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.55 | 10 | 5.49 |
| 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]
3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE FLAYOL · SNOOPIES · LE PALET D'OR). [3,4]
5 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (FANEDISTRIB · SOC COMMERCIALE ETS PUY ET FILS · LA PETITE CHAUMIERE · JLGS · LE DAHU GOURMAND). [3,4]
27 × Restaurant (RELAIS DE RATIER · PIZZA MOZZA · AU GOUT DU BON · SOCIETE D'EXPLOITATION LE LOUP BLANC · RESTAU THAI). [3,4]
9 × Café / bar (CLUB VSB · THE SISTER'S PUB · L'ELIXIR · LE 100 BY D4F · LE ROOFTOP LA COQUILLE). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE SAINT-CHAFFREY). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE 1350). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-CHAFFREY MAIRIE). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (ESCAPADE COIFFURE). [3,4]
2 × Hotel (HOTEL PLEIN SUD · LE REFUGE DU GRAND HÔTEL). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 5 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 3 | BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE FLAYOL · SNOOPIES · LE PALET D'OR | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 5 | FANEDISTRIB · SOC COMMERCIALE ETS PUY ET FILS · LA PETITE CHAUMIERE · JLGS · LE DAHU GOURMAND | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [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 | 27 | RELAIS DE RATIER · PIZZA MOZZA · AU GOUT DU BON · SOCIETE D'EXPLOITATION LE LOUP BLANC · RESTAU THAI | INSEE BPE 27 / INSEE SIRENE 30 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 9 | CLUB VSB · THE SISTER'S PUB · L'ELIXIR · LE 100 BY D4F · LE ROOFTOP LA COQUILLE | INSEE SIRENE 9 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE SAINT-CHAFFREY | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE 1350 | 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 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-CHAFFREY MAIRIE | 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 | 1 | ESCAPADE COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 2 | HOTEL PLEIN SUD · LE REFUGE DU GRAND HÔTEL | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 17 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]
Trajectory
Population 1,663 (2012) → 1,494 (2023): -10.2 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 1,424 (1990) → 1,494 (2023): 4.9 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 3,623, of which 78.5 % second homes and 1.8 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Chaffrey): 1.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Saint-Chaffrey): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Briançon): 3.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Saint-Chaffrey): 1.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Chaffrey): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 135 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the BRIANCON weather station, 3 km away at 1,324 m; the village itself is at 1,358 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at BRIANCON, 3 km away at 1,324 m, over 10 summers. [11]
An average of 739 mm of rain a year, spread over 88 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at BRIANCON, 3 km away at 1,324 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 — 05133/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2026-09— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/9abaead7-0d13-3333-838f-f485d9573f44— “Marché hebdomadaire de Chantemerle - Hiver”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05133/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05133/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05133/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 05133
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 05023
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat | 06 | 149 km SE | 1,531 | 54.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 % |
| Guéthary | 64 | 676 km W | 1,306 | 49.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 % |
| Collioure | 66 | 389 km SW | 2,756 | 64.3 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 % |
| Lancieux | 22 | 782 km NW | 1,611 | 52.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Vernet | 03 | 278 km NW | 1,919 | 44.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Pin | 77 | 537 km NW | 1,530 | 45.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat | 06 | 149 km SE | 1,531 | 54.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 % |
| Le Vernet | 03 | 278 km NW | 1,919 | 44.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 % |
| Collioure | 66 | 389 km SW | 2,756 | 64.3 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 % |
| Le Pin | 77 | 537 km NW | 1,530 | 45.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Guéthary | 64 | 676 km W | 1,306 | 49.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 % |
| Lancieux | 22 | 782 km NW | 1,611 | 52.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
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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-Chaffrey'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernex | 74 | 160 km N | 1,472 | 53.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Gets | 74 | 137 km N | 1,227 | 67.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Praz-sur-Arly | 74 | 101 km N | 1,311 | 63.1 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cordon | 74 | 110 km N | 998 | 55.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Aussois | 73 | 35 km N | 676 | 65.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Megève | 74 | 104 km N | 2,893 | 69.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
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