Vitrolles

Hautes-Alpes · CA Gap-Tallard-Durance · INSEE 05184

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

Few services 22.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vitrolles (INSEE 05184) is in Hautes-Alpes (05), part of CA Gap-Tallard-Durance. Population 221 (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/05184-vitrolles

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 16,569 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
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 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (AUBERGE PIC DE CRIGNE). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	AUBERGE PIC DE CRIGNE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	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: 182 2023: 221 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 204 (2012) → 221 (2023): 8.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 134 (1990) → 221 (2023): 64.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 142, of which 20.4 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 2.8 km SBakery — 3.1 km NWPrimary school — 3.1 km SGP — 4.8 km EPharmacy — 4.8 km E 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 (Barcillonnette): 3.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Monêtier-Allemont): 2.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Saulce): 4.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (La Saulce): 4.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Monêtier-Allemont): 3.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 37.3

Days at or below 0 °C 93.4

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 37 days a year at or above 30 °C and 93 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the VITROLLES weather station, 0.5 km away at 595 m; the village itself is at 621 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at TALLARD, 7.8 km away at 593 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 756 mm of rain a year, spread over 78 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VITROLLES, 0.5 km away at 595 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05184/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05184/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05184/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05184/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 05013
INSEE BPE 2025 — 05078
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
Pouligny-Saint-Martin	36	386 km NW	235	16.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 41 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Martin-du-Lac	71	253 km NW	234	17.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Bessuéjouls	12	256 km W	222	17.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Sennevières	37	481 km NW	226	17.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 38 % · humidity 79 %
Chatain	86	470 km NW	240	13.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 23 % · humidity 86 %
Sarragachies	32	487 km W	217	15	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 12 % · humidity 21 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Martin-du-Lac	71	253 km NW	234	17.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Bessuéjouls	12	256 km W	222	17.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Pouligny-Saint-Martin	36	386 km NW	235	16.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 41 % · humidity 86 %
Chatain	86	470 km NW	240	13.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 23 % · humidity 86 %
Sennevières	37	481 km NW	226	17.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 38 % · humidity 79 %
Sarragachies	32	487 km W	217	15	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 12 % · humidity 21 %

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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 Vitrolles'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-Arcons-d'Allier	43	203 km W	189	8.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Aubazat	43	214 km NW	175	18.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Étienne-Cantalès	15	301 km W	127	5.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Ponet-et-Saint-Auban	26	65 km NW	141	13.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Blassac	43	218 km NW	126	7.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Antonin-sur-Bayon	13	104 km S	126	13.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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