Les Vigneaux

Hautes-Alpes · CC du Pays des Ecrins · INSEE 05180

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

Few services 37.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Vigneaux (INSEE 05180) is in Hautes-Alpes (05), part of CC du Pays des Ecrins. Population 510 (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/05180-les-vigneaux

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 79 % of the 17,754 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.97	10	9.74
Housing mix	0.11	5	0.55

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DES ECRINS). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA PIZZAIOLA · BAR DU RIF). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES VIGNEAUX). ^[3]

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

2 × Campsite (CAMPING LES VAUDOIS · CAMPING LE COUROUNBA). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE FOURNIL DES ECRINS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	LA PIZZAIOLA · BAR DU RIF	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES VIGNEAUX	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	LES VIGNEAUX AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2	CAMPING LES VAUDOIS · CAMPING LE COUROUNBA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 208 peak 2017: 534 2023: 510 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 491 (2012) → 510 (2023): 3.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 346 (1990) → 510 (2023): 47.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 465, of which 44.5 % second homes and 1.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 0.5 km WGP — 3.1 km SEFood shop — 3.2 km SEPharmacy — 3.2 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 (Les Vigneaux): 0.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (L'Argentière-la-Bessée): 3.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (L'Argentière-la-Bessée): 3.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (L'Argentière-la-Bessée): 3.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Les Vigneaux): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.5

Days at or below 0 °C 125.4▸

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 125 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PELVOUX weather station, 6.5 km away at 1,270 m; the village itself is at 1,104 m. ^[10]

The village sits 166 m below 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 VILLAR ST PANCRACE, 10 km away at 1,310 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 206 m above 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 945 mm of rain a year, spread over 91 days — about 10.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PUY-ST-VINCENT, 3.9 km away at 1,388 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 — 05180/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05180/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05180/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05180/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 05180
INSEE BPE 2025 — 05006
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
Payzac	07	194 km W	539	37	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Moux-en-Morvan	58	320 km NW	538	36.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 0 %
Hermé	77	474 km NW	647	34	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Vittefleur	76	711 km NW	642	32.7	Few services	no figures
Bellefontaine	39	196 km N	494	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Tavera	2A	366 km SE	453	44.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Payzac	07	194 km W	539	37	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Bellefontaine	39	196 km N	494	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Moux-en-Morvan	58	320 km NW	538	36.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 0 %
Tavera	2A	366 km SE	453	44.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 %
Hermé	77	474 km NW	647	34	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Vittefleur	76	711 km NW	642	32.7	Few services	no figures

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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 Les Vigneaux'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
Puy-Saint-Pierre	05	9.9 km NE	518	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sauveur	05	31 km S	481	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Villaroger	73	89 km N	355	23.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Valbonnais	38	51 km W	520	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
La Motte-Saint-Martin	38	66 km W	448	27.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
La Fare-en-Champsaur	05	41 km SW	482	50.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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