Sainte-Colombe
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 11.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Sainte-Colombe (INSEE 05135) is in Hautes-Alpes (05), part of CC du Sisteronais-Buëch. Population 65 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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 11.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 52 % of the 6,785 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.03 | 5 | 0.14 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
1 × Hotel (LE CEANS). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING LES CATOYES). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [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 | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 1 | LE CEANS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING LES CATOYES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 62 (2012) → 65 (2023): 4.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 43 (1990) → 65 (2023): 51.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 74, of which 48.6 % second homes and 2.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Lachau): 6.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Orpierre): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Laragne-Montéglin): 12.5 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Laragne-Montéglin): 12.6 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Orpierre): 3.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 125 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the LARAGNE MONTEGLIN weather station, 10.7 km away at 565 m; the village itself is at 943 m. [11]
The village sits 378 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 LARAGNE MONTEGLIN, 10.7 km away at 565 m, over 29 summers. [11]
That station sits 378 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 799 mm of rain a year, spread over 78 days — about 10.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at LARAGNE MONTEGLIN, 10.7 km away at 565 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 — 05135/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05135/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05135/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05135/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26154
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 05097
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 05070
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Castellard-Mélan | 04 | 38 km E | 64 | 8.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 % |
| Uxelles | 39 | 258 km N | 63 | 11.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 36 % · humidity 100 % |
| Marsas | 65 | 459 km W | 64 | 12.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 % |
| Conat | 66 | 326 km SW | 65 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 % |
| Vissec | 30 | 182 km W | 68 | 10.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 1 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Pantaléon-de-Lapleau | 19 | 297 km NW | 63 | 5.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 32 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Castellard-Mélan | 04 | 38 km E | 64 | 8.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vissec | 30 | 182 km W | 68 | 10.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 1 % · humidity 86 % |
| Uxelles | 39 | 258 km N | 63 | 11.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 36 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Pantaléon-de-Lapleau | 19 | 297 km NW | 63 | 5.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 32 % |
| Conat | 66 | 326 km SW | 65 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 % |
| Marsas | 65 | 459 km W | 64 | 12.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 % |
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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 Sainte-Colombe'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sigottier | 05 | 19 km N | 82 | 10.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Hautes-Duyes | 04 | 41 km E | 53 | 14.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bestiac | 09 | 356 km SW | 35 | 12.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Miscon | 26 | 40 km N | 73 | 12.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Auribeau | 84 | 53 km S | 68 | 12.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Oze | 05 | 27 km NE | 103 | 12.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
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