Albon

Drôme · CC Porte de Dromardèche · INSEE 26002

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

Partly served 47.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Albon (INSEE 26002) is in Drôme (26), part of CC Porte de Dromardèche. Population 1,942 (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/26002-albon

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 9,808 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.76	10	7.59
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 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 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (DID EVENEMENTIEL · AL'BON PAIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AUX MILLE ET UN COMMERCES). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT BAR DES AILES · LA POULE NOIRE · LRA). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LOUISE MICHEL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE PIERRE MENDES FRANCE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF ESPACE PIERRE MENDES FRANCE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LE BOUDOIR). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (BW GOLF D'ALBON). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DU DOMAINE DE SENAUD). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	DID EVENEMENTIEL · AL'BON PAIN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	AUX MILLE ET UN COMMERCES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	3	RESTAURANT BAR DES AILES · LA POULE NOIRE · LRA	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LOUISE MICHEL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 2 [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	ALBON AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE PIERRE MENDES FRANCE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF ESPACE PIERRE MENDES FRANCE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	LE BOUDOIR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	BW GOLF D'ALBON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DU DOMAINE DE SENAUD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,206 2023: 1,942 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,732 (2012) → 1,942 (2023): 12.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,543 (1990) → 1,942 (2023): 25.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 931, of which 3.4 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 4.1 km NEPharmacy — 4.1 km W 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 (Albon): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Albon): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Anneyron): 4.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Andance): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Albon): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 40.8

Days at or below 0 °C 47.7

Muggy days a summer 1.6

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 41 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ALBON weather station, 2.4 km away at 153 m; the village itself is at 180 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ALBON, 2.4 km away at 153 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

An average of 777 mm of rain a year, spread over 93 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ALBON, 2.4 km away at 153 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 — 26002/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26002/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26002/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26002/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26002
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26010
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07009
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-Hilaire-de-la-Côte	38	41 km NE	1,600	45.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Sornay	71	156 km N	1,960	42	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Foissiat	01	128 km N	2,034	48.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 80 %
Marcellaz-Albanais	74	114 km NE	2,058	51.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 35 % · humidity 86 %
Nohic	82	310 km SW	1,388	43.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Bardos	64	520 km W	1,905	54.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 74 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Hilaire-de-la-Côte	38	41 km NE	1,600	45.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Marcellaz-Albanais	74	114 km NE	2,058	51.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 35 % · humidity 86 %
Foissiat	01	128 km N	2,034	48.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 80 %
Sornay	71	156 km N	1,960	42	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Nohic	82	310 km SW	1,388	43.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Bardos	64	520 km W	1,905	54.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 74 %

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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 Albon'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
Branges	71	158 km N	2,386	43.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Vinezac	07	89 km SW	1,378	43.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Eurre	26	55 km S	1,431	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Chanos-Curson	26	21 km S	1,196	39.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Cadalen	81	275 km SW	1,547	44.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Lattier	38	33 km SE	1,486	36.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

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