Solaure en Diois
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 33.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Solaure en Diois (INSEE 26001) is in Drôme (26), part of CC du Diois. Population 456 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]
Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 1 former commune: Molières-Glandaz (26187). [3]
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 33.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 71 % of the 17,933 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 | 0.75 | 20 | 14.97 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.97 | 10 | 9.66 |
| Housing mix | 0.7 | 5 | 3.49 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [4,5]
2 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT L'ABC). [4,5]
1 × Café / bar. [5]
2 × Hairdresser (KABUCOIFF). [4,5]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Primary school (élémentaire).
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [4,5]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [5] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Restaurant | 2 | RESTAURANT L'ABC | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [5] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 2 | KABUCOIFF | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 465 (2012) → 456 (2023): -1.9 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 311 (1990) → 456 (2023): 46.6 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 272, of which 15.1 % second homes and 2.9 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Die): 5.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Die): 4.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Die): 4.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Die): 5.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Die): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 55 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ST ROMAN-DIOIS weather station, 2.9 km away at 545 m; the village itself is at 443 m. [10]
The village sits 102 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 6.06 °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 ST ROMAN-DIOIS, 2.9 km away at 545 m, over 22 summers. [10]
That station sits 102 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 824 mm of rain a year, spread over 89 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ST ROMAN-DIOIS, 2.9 km away at 545 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 — 26001/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE COG 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26001/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26001/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26001/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26113
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Condac | 16 | 430 km W | 456 | 29.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 % |
| Rochessauve | 07 | 61 km W | 495 | 33.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fabras | 07 | 88 km W | 467 | 30.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Yrieix-sous-Aixe | 87 | 361 km W | 449 | 31.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 42 % · humidity 71 % |
| Le Neufbourg | 50 | 653 km NW | 397 | 28.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Pierre | 39 | 210 km N | 383 | 33.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochessauve | 07 | 61 km W | 495 | 33.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fabras | 07 | 88 km W | 467 | 30.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Pierre | 39 | 210 km N | 383 | 33.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Yrieix-sous-Aixe | 87 | 361 km W | 449 | 31.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 42 % · humidity 71 % |
| Condac | 16 | 430 km W | 456 | 29.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 % |
| Le Neufbourg | 50 | 653 km NW | 397 | 28.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 74 % · 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 Solaure en Diois'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-Roman | 26 | 3.5 km SE | 235 | 23 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pierrelongue | 26 | 54 km S | 231 | 26 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Estève-Janson | 13 | 114 km S | 357 | 26.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Menglon | 26 | 7.3 km SE | 539 | 25.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sillans-la-Cascade | 83 | 142 km SE | 787 | 43.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Pantaléon | 84 | 94 km S | 222 | 29.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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