Valserres

Hautes-Alpes · CC Serre-Ponçon Val d'Avance · INSEE 05176

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Partly served 41.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Valserres (INSEE 05176) is in Hautes-Alpes (05), part of CC Serre-Ponçon Val d'Avance. Population 289 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/05176-valserres

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 17,765 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.59	5	2.96

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (ALPES PORTAGE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE VALSERRES). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VALSERRES AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VALSERRES). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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	1	ALPES PORTAGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE VALSERRES	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	VALSERRES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VALSERRES	INSEE BPE 1 [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	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: 212 2023: 289 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 239 (2012) → 289 (2023): 20.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 164 (1990) → 289 (2023): 76.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 201, of which 20.4 % second homes and 14.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.8 km SEBakery — 5.8 km SEPharmacy — 6.3 km SWGP — 6.4 km SW 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 (Théus): 5.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Remollon): 4.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Tallard): 6.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Tallard): 6.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Valserres): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 38

Days at or below 0 °C 124.2▸

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 38 days a year at or above 30 °C and 124 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the TALLARD weather station, 8.3 km away at 593 m; the village itself is at 687 m. ^[12]

The village sits 94 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at TALLARD, 8.3 km away at 593 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 94 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 757 mm of rain a year, spread over 79 days — about 9.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at TALLARD, 8.3 km away at 593 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05176/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05176/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05176/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05176/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 05171
INSEE BPE 2025 — 05115
INSEE BPE 2025 — 05170
INSEE BPE 2025 — 05176
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
Saint-Nazaire-de-Ladarez	34	267 km SW	327	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 0 % · humidity 43 %
Siradan	65	474 km W	287	35.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 0 %
Trescléoux	05	36 km SW	296	35.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Tournissan	11	319 km SW	292	32.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 0 % · humidity 29 %
Bessais-le-Fromental	18	363 km NW	289	30.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 20 % · humidity 43 %
Les Albres	12	313 km W	346	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 11 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Trescléoux	05	36 km SW	296	35.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Nazaire-de-Ladarez	34	267 km SW	327	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 0 % · humidity 43 %
Les Albres	12	313 km W	346	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 11 %
Tournissan	11	319 km SW	292	32.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 0 % · humidity 29 %
Bessais-le-Fromental	18	363 km NW	289	30.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 20 % · humidity 43 %
Siradan	65	474 km W	287	35.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · 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 Valserres'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
La Bâtie-Montsaléon	05	30 km W	304	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Thèze	04	25 km SW	268	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Remollon	05	4.0 km SE	469	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
La Robine-sur-Galabre	04	36 km S	301	14.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Rochebrune	05	5.3 km SE	195	38.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Cruis	04	53 km SW	655	54.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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