Saint-Crépin

Identity

Saint-Crépin (INSEE 05136) is in Hautes-Alpes (05), part of CC du Guillestrois et du Queyras. Population 718 (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/05136-saint-crepin

Vitality score

Vitality score 45.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 85 % of the 16,277 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA TAVERNE DE PAPY · LES TABLES DE GASPARD). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (AU COMPTOIR DEGRE 5). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT CREPIN AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-CRÉPIN). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LA CABANE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Campsite.

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 653 (2012) → 718 (2023): 10 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 533 (1990) → 718 (2023): 34.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 661, of which 43 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Eygliers): 3.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Eygliers): 3.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Guillestre): 6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Guillestre): 6.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Crépin): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

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, 0.6 km away at 906 m; the village itself is at 931 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ST CREPIN, 0.6 km away at 906 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

An average of 766 mm of rain a year, spread over 81 days — about 9.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST CREPIN, 0.6 km away at 906 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

45 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 220,000 € — 2,560 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

12 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 105,000 € — 1,602 € per m². ^[12]

The median across Hautes-Alpes is 2,500 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05136/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05136/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05136/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05136/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05052
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05065
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05136
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025