Alixan

Drôme · CA Valence Romans Agglo · INSEE 26004

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

Served 65.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Alixan (INSEE 26004) is in Drôme (26), part of CA Valence Romans Agglo. Population 2,729 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/26004-alixan

Vitality score

Vitality score 65.7/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 7,733 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	0.52	25	13.03
Social	0.81	20	16.28
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.78

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 3 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE RELAIS DE LA POGNE · GOURMANDISE · LA P'TITE PATISSERIE DE FLO). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (AU MACHON). ^[3]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AU PANIER DE NOS REGIONS). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (LE CASH BIO). ^[3,4]

11 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT MIAM · CONCESSIONS GARES FRANCE VALENCE TGV · LES GOURMANDS DISENT · COMPTOIR 532 · SASU ROVAL GREEN). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE CONCORDE). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE ALBERT MERLE). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE ALBERT MERLE). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LEONOR TAVERNIERE, MÉDECIN · ROMAIN PEGAZ FIORNET, MÉDECIN · ROBERT LAURENT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE D ALIXAN). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE ROSE PAYRE). ^[3]

2 × Bank (AMUNDI ESR · LCL). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (INTUITIFS). ^[3,4]

3 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (HÔTEL B B VALENCE TGV ROMANS · IBIS STYLES ROMANS VALENCE TGV). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	LE RELAIS DE LA POGNE · GOURMANDISE · LA P'TITE PATISSERIE DE FLO	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	AU MACHON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	AU PANIER DE NOS REGIONS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	LE CASH BIO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	11	RESTAURANT MIAM · CONCESSIONS GARES FRANCE VALENCE TGV · LES GOURMANDS DISENT · COMPTOIR 532 · SASU ROVAL GREEN	INSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE CONCORDE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE ALBERT MERLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE ALBERT MERLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	LEONOR TAVERNIERE, MÉDECIN · ROMAIN PEGAZ FIORNET, MÉDECIN · ROBERT LAURENT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE D ALIXAN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	ALIXAN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE ROSE PAYRE	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	2	AMUNDI ESR · LCL	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	3	INTUITIFS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	3	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Hotel	2	HÔTEL B B VALENCE TGV ROMANS · IBIS STYLES ROMANS VALENCE TGV	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Friday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,149 2023: 2,729 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,452 (2012) → 2,729 (2023): 11.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,703 (1990) → 2,729 (2023): 60.2 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,185, of which 2.2 % second homes and 5.7 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Alixan): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Alixan): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Alixan): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Alixan): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Alixan): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 35.3

Days at or below 0 °C 36

Muggy days a summer 3.6

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 35 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-MARCEL-LES-V-INRAE weather station, 7.5 km away at 190 m; the village itself is at 184 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST-MARCEL-LES-V-INRAE, 7.5 km away at 190 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 854 mm of rain a year, spread over 90 days — about 9.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-MARCEL-LES-V-INRAE, 7.5 km away at 190 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26004/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2025-05— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/591e1011-f845-357a-9f59-56f325679088— “Comme chaque vendredi, nos producteurs locaux vous attendront dès 16h pour le traditionnel marché hebdomadaire.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26004/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26004/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26004/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26004
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
Chatte	38	28 km NE	2,518	60.7	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Nexon	87	310 km W	2,548	57.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Sartilly-Baie-Bocage	50	647 km NW	2,778	62.4	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %
Baraqueville	12	219 km W	3,173	51.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 72 % · humidity 71 %
Lalinde	24	338 km W	2,931	70.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Sarrola-Carcopino	2A	450 km SE	3,278	59.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chatte	38	28 km NE	2,518	60.7	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Baraqueville	12	219 km W	3,173	51.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 72 % · humidity 71 %
Nexon	87	310 km W	2,548	57.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Lalinde	24	338 km W	2,931	70.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Sarrola-Carcopino	2A	450 km SE	3,278	59.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Sartilly-Baie-Bocage	50	647 km NW	2,778	62.4	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Alixan'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
Lalinde	24	338 km W	2,931	70.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Le Fousseret	31	368 km SW	1,863	57.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Châteauneuf-sur-Isère	26	8.1 km NW	4,281	53.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Chatuzange-le-Goubet	26	6.2 km NE	6,523	59.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Just-Chaleyssin	38	68 km N	2,695	55.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Estrablin	38	61 km N	3,677	41.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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