La Saulce

Hautes-Alpes · CA Gap-Tallard-Durance · INSEE 05162

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 57.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Saulce (INSEE 05162) is in Hautes-Alpes (05), part of CA Gap-Tallard-Durance. Population 1,369 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/05162-la-saulce

Vitality score

Vitality score 57.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 12,263 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.63	20	12.58
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.56

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 0 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CLEMENT · PICADA). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA TABLE DE VINCENT / LES AGAPES DU SUD-OUEST / LES DELICES DE CHARLES ET PIERRE · VIVAL). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (GIROLAMO PIZZ · DCEC · LE QG DE LA SAULCE · SAVEURS ET TRADITIONS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FABIEN PORET, MÉDECIN · RACHEL TOURRES DE RIVOYRE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA SAULCE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE LA SAULCE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (A LA POINTE DES CISEAUX PAR LAURENCE · GUENA'ELLE ET LUI). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	CLEMENT · PICADA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	LA TABLE DE VINCENT / LES AGAPES DU SUD-OUEST / LES DELICES DE CHARLES ET PIERRE · VIVAL	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	4	GIROLAMO PIZZ · DCEC · LE QG DE LA SAULCE · SAVEURS ET TRADITIONS	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LA SAULCE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	FABIEN PORET, MÉDECIN · RACHEL TOURRES DE RIVOYRE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LA SAULCE	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	MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE LA SAULCE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	A LA POINTE DES CISEAUX PAR LAURENCE · GUENA'ELLE ET LUI	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 565 peak 2017: 1,555 2023: 1,369 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,319 (2012) → 1,369 (2023): 3.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 632 (1990) → 1,369 (2023): 116.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 687, of which 4.4 % second homes and 12.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (La Saulce): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Saulce): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Saulce): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (La Saulce): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (La Saulce): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 43.8

Days at or below 0 °C 115.9▸

Muggy days a summer 0

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 44 days a year at or above 30 °C and 116 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the TALLARD weather station, 3.6 km away at 593 m; the village itself is at 587 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at TALLARD, 3.6 km away at 593 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 757 mm of rain a year, spread over 79 days — about 9.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at TALLARD, 3.6 km away at 593 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05162/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05162/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05162/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05162/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 05162
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
Folembray	02	605 km N	1,355	43.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Choisy-en-Brie	77	527 km NW	1,354	54.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 4 % · humidity 93 %
Martinvast	50	817 km NW	1,348	48.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Étreux	02	644 km N	1,436	49	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 8 % · winter 28 %
Reignac-sur-Indre	37	503 km NW	1,288	53.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 7 % · humidity 86 %
Beaurevoir	02	652 km N	1,281	43.9	Partly served	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Reignac-sur-Indre	37	503 km NW	1,288	53.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 7 % · humidity 86 %
Choisy-en-Brie	77	527 km NW	1,354	54.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 4 % · humidity 93 %
Folembray	02	605 km N	1,355	43.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Étreux	02	644 km N	1,436	49	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 8 % · winter 28 %
Beaurevoir	02	652 km N	1,281	43.9	Partly served	no figures
Martinvast	50	817 km NW	1,348	48.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · 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 La Saulce'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
Saint-Étienne-les-Orgues	04	46 km SW	1,286	47.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Tallard	05	5.8 km NE	2,292	74.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Serres	05	23 km W	1,298	56	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Mison	04	21 km SW	1,112	42.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Cruis	04	43 km S	655	54.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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