Saint-Julien-en-Beauchêne

Identity

Saint-Julien-en-Beauchêne (INSEE 05146) is in Hautes-Alpes (05), part of CC Buëch-Dévoluy. Population 140 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/05146-saint-julien-en-beauchene

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 13,571 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

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LES GLACIERES · CHEZ MANU). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ST JULIEN EN BEAU CHENE AP). ^[3]

2 × Hotel (HÔTEL LES ALPINS · HÔTEL BERMOND). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 126 (2012) → 140 (2023): 11.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 120 (1990) → 140 (2023): 16.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 180, of which 45.6 % second homes and 11.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Glandage): 10.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lus-la-Croix-Haute): 5.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lus-la-Croix-Haute): 5.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Lus-la-Croix-Haute): 5.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Lus-la-Croix-Haute): 5.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 140 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LA FAURIE weather station, 6.6 km away at 825 m; the village itself is at 926 m. ^[10]

The village sits 101 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LA FAURIE, 6.6 km away at 825 m, over 27 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 101 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 957 mm of rain a year, spread over 95 days — about 10.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LA FAURIE, 6.6 km away at 825 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05146/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05146/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05146/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05146/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26142
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26168
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024