Le Sauze-du-Lac
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 23.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Le Sauze-du-Lac (INSEE 05163) is in Hautes-Alpes (05), part of CC Serre-Ponçon. Population 159 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 23.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 79 % of the 14,517 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 | 0.49 | 20 | 9.82 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
4 × Restaurant (SNACK PORT SAINT PIERRE PLAGE · SERRE-PONCON PLAGE, LA PAILLOTE DU LAC · LA DEMOISELLE). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (LA PALATRIERE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Campsite.
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, 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 | 4 | SNACK PORT SAINT PIERRE PLAGE · SERRE-PONCON PLAGE, LA PAILLOTE DU LAC · LA DEMOISELLE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | LA PALATRIERE | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 139 (2012) → 159 (2023): 14.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 72 (1990) → 159 (2023): 120.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 160, of which 55.6 % second homes and 2.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Ubaye-Serre-Ponçon): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Ubaye-Serre-Ponçon): 2.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Espinasses): 6.8 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Espinasses): 6.8 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Ubaye-Serre-Ponçon): 2.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 107 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the EMBRUN weather station, 18.5 km away at 873 m; the village itself is at 1,026 m. [10]
The village sits 153 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 EMBRUN, 18.5 km away at 873 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 153 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 1,047 mm of rain a year, spread over 89 days — about 11.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ANCELLE, 18.3 km away at 1,354 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05163/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05163/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05163/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05163/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 04033
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 05050
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orlu | 09 | 407 km SW | 157 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 % |
| Llo | 66 | 410 km SW | 153 | 18 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lavatoggio | 2B | 296 km SE | 154 | 14.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 % |
| Guchan | 65 | 513 km W | 151 | 15.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Chapelle-sur-Dun | 76 | 727 km NW | 162 | 11.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lachapelle-sous-Chanéac | 07 | 165 km W | 158 | 13.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 27 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lachapelle-sous-Chanéac | 07 | 165 km W | 158 | 13.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 27 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lavatoggio | 2B | 296 km SE | 154 | 14.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 % |
| Orlu | 09 | 407 km SW | 157 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 % |
| Llo | 66 | 410 km SW | 153 | 18 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Guchan | 65 | 513 km W | 151 | 15.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Chapelle-sur-Dun | 76 | 727 km NW | 162 | 11.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · 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 Le Sauze-du-Lac'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guchan | 65 | 513 km W | 151 | 15.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bazus-Aure | 65 | 512 km W | 147 | 10 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Roque-Esclapon | 83 | 88 km S | 261 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lavars | 38 | 66 km NW | 172 | 21.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Prébois | 38 | 60 km NW | 170 | 19.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montsalier | 04 | 76 km SW | 167 | 14.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
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