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Sigottier

Hautes-Alpes · CC du Sisteronais-Buëch · INSEE 05167

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 10.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 33 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sigottier (INSEE 05167) is in Hautes-Alpes (05), part of CC du Sisteronais-Buëch. Population 82 (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/05167-sigottier

Vitality score

Vitality score 10.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 33 % of the 8,714 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.69106.88
Housing mix0.0850.42

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SIGOTTIER). [3]

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SIGOTTIERINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 81 peak 2017: 92 2023: 82 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 83 (2012) → 82 (2023): -1.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 69 (1990) → 82 (2023): 18.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 96, of which 45.8 % second homes and 13.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 3.5 km SE (Serres)Food shop — 3.5 km SE (Serres)Primary school — 3.5 km SE (Serres)Pharmacy — 3.5 km SE (Serres)GP — 3.6 km SE (Serres)
Bakery — 3.5 km SEFood shop — 3.5 km SEPrimary school — 3.5 km SEPharmacy — 3.5 km SEGP — 3.6 km SE 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 (Serres): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Serres): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Serres): 3.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Serres): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Serres): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 35 days a year at or above 30 °C and 132 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the LE SAIX weather station, 10.1 km away at 801 m; the village itself is at 752 m. [9]

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

Humidity measured at LA FAURIE, 13.3 km away at 825 m, over 27 summers. [9]

That station sits 73 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]

An average of 878 mm of rain a year, spread over 86 days — about 10.2 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at SERRES, 4 km away at 652 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05167/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05167/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05167/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05167/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05166
  9. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Christophe-d'Allier43163 km W832.2No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Chalaux58349 km NW897.7No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Rieussec34263 km SW8213.6No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Josat43185 km NW844.5No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Empury58353 km NW726.5No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Espagnac-Sainte-Eulalie46306 km W9713.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Christophe-d'Allier43163 km W832.2No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Josat43185 km NW844.5No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Rieussec34263 km SW8213.6No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Espagnac-Sainte-Eulalie46306 km W9713.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 %
Chalaux58349 km NW897.7No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Empury58353 km NW726.5No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Sigottier'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Sainte-Colombe0519 km S6511.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Montclus054.5 km S5417.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Val-Maravel2618 km NW559.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Oze0511 km NE10312.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Le Bersac056.7 km SE14615No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Le Saix0511 km E12621.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %