Dévoluy
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 78.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 100 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Dévoluy (INSEE 05139) is in Hautes-Alpes (05), part of CC Buëch-Dévoluy. Population 932 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [2]
Commune nouvelle formed on 2013-01-01 from 3 former communes: Agnières-en-Dévoluy (05002), La Cluse (05042), Saint-Disdier (05138). [3]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 78.1/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 100 % of the 14,777 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 | 0.83 | 25 | 20.65 |
| Social | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Education | 0.86 | 10 | 8.65 |
| Health | 0.75 | 10 | 7.48 |
| Public & culture | 0.91 | 5 | 4.54 |
| Population trend | 0.5 | 10 | 5.03 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [4,5]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA TARTINE DOREE). [4,5]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LE COMPTOIR DU DEVOLUY). [4,5]
4 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SHERPA · ALP'SAVEURS). [4,5]
1 × Supermarket (TENZING). [4,5]
27 × Restaurant (LA MADRAGUE · LE RENDEZ VOUS · SARL DU JAS). [4,5]
11 × Café / bar (LE DAHU · LA BONNE ADRESSE · O' BAR O' MOUNTAIN · LA TABLE DU YETI · LE REFUGE). [5]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DEVOLUY ST ETIENNE). [4]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (OLIVIER ATTANE, MÉDECIN · AMAELLE MARTIN, MÉDECIN). [4]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU DEVOLUY). [4,5]
3 × Post office / agence postale (LA JOUE DU LOUP AP · SUPER DEVOLUY AP · LA POSTE). [4]
2 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SUPERDÉVOLUY OFFICE DE TOURISME MAISON D'ACCUEIL · MÉDIATHÈQUE DU DÉVOLUY). [4]
1 × Cinema (LA TANIERE). [4]
1 × Gym / sports hall (CENTRE SPORTIF DU DEVOLUY). [4]
1 × Hairdresser. [4,5]
2 × Hotel (BAR HOTEL RESTAURANT LA NEYRETTE · CHALETS DE L'ECRIN DES NEIGES). [4,5]
1 × Campsite (MAIRIE). [4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Supermarket, 6 × Restaurant, 2 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). [4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | LA TARTINE DOREE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | LE COMPTOIR DU DEVOLUY | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 4 | SHERPA · ALP'SAVEURS | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [4,5] |
| Supermarket | 1 | TENZING | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [5] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Restaurant | 27 | LA MADRAGUE · LE RENDEZ VOUS · SARL DU JAS | INSEE BPE 27 / INSEE SIRENE 33 [4,5] |
| Café / bar | 11 | LE DAHU · LA BONNE ADRESSE · O' BAR O' MOUNTAIN · LA TABLE DU YETI · LE REFUGE | INSEE SIRENE 11 [5] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DEVOLUY ST ETIENNE | INSEE BPE 2 [4] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 2 | OLIVIER ATTANE, MÉDECIN · AMAELLE MARTIN, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [4] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DU DEVOLUY | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 3 | LA JOUE DU LOUP AP · SUPER DEVOLUY AP · LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 3 [4] |
| Library | 2 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SUPERDÉVOLUY OFFICE DE TOURISME MAISON D'ACCUEIL · MÉDIATHÈQUE DU DÉVOLUY | INSEE BPE 2 [4] |
| Cinema | 1 | LA TANIERE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | CENTRE SPORTIF DU DEVOLUY | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,5] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Hotel | 2 | BAR HOTEL RESTAURANT LA NEYRETTE · CHALETS DE L'ECRIN DES NEIGES | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [4,5] |
| Campsite | 1 | MAIRIE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Friday (seasonal). [6]
Trajectory
Population 1,013 (2012) → 932 (2023): -8 % over 10 years. [7,1]
Population 929 (1990) → 932 (2023): 0.3 % over 30 years. [8,1]
Dwellings (2023): 4,662, of which 87.8 % second homes and 1.6 % vacant. [9]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Dévoluy): 1.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Food shop (Dévoluy): 0.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
GP (Dévoluy): 4.3 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Dévoluy): 4.2 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Dévoluy): 0.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 154 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the St Etienne en Devoluy weather station, 0.7 km away at 1,281 m; the village itself is at 1,272 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at GAP, 16.2 km away at 885 m, over 21 summers. [11]
That station sits 387 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 1,060 mm of rain a year, spread over 100 days — about 10.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at St Etienne en Devoluy, 0.7 km away at 1,281 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. [6]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05139/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE COG 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2022-04— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/0ebd09bf-e210-31e8-afb2-67c48681a655— “Tous les vendredis matins de l'été, baladez-vous sur le marché de Saint Etienne en Dévoluy !”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05139/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05139/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05139/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 05139
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mont-Dore | 63 | 265 km NW | 1,163 | 62.3 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 % |
| Risoul | 05 | 55 km E | 664 | 80.7 | Well served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Valloire | 73 | 65 km NE | 1,064 | 63.5 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 % |
| Serra-di-Ferro | 2A | 402 km SE | 727 | 69.2 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 7 % |
| Cauterets | 65 | 526 km W | 829 | 71.5 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 0 % |
| Allos | 04 | 74 km SE | 812 | 67.3 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Risoul | 05 | 55 km E | 664 | 80.7 | Well served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Valloire | 73 | 65 km NE | 1,064 | 63.5 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 % |
| Allos | 04 | 74 km SE | 812 | 67.3 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mont-Dore | 63 | 265 km NW | 1,163 | 62.3 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 % |
| Serra-di-Ferro | 2A | 402 km SE | 727 | 69.2 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 7 % |
| Cauterets | 65 | 526 km W | 829 | 71.5 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 0 % |
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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 Dévoluy'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Châtel | 74 | 189 km N | 1,174 | 63.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint François Longchamp | 73 | 86 km N | 433 | 65.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Val-Cenis | 73 | 95 km NE | 2,112 | 79 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mouthe | 25 | 226 km N | 1,037 | 54.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte | 38 | 59 km NW | 1,162 | 42.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bois-d'Amont | 39 | 206 km N | 1,738 | 42.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
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