Allan

Drôme · CA Montélimar Agglomération · INSEE 26005

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

Partly served 50.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Allan (INSEE 26005) is in Drôme (26), part of CA Montélimar Agglomération. Population 1,980 (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/26005-allan

Vitality score

Vitality score 50.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 9,693 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	0.68	20	13.63
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.61

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (INTER NOUGAT). ^[3,4]

7 × Restaurant (AUTOGRILL COTE FRANCE · SUR LA PAILLE · AUTOGRILL FFH AUTOROUTES · KINGS PIZZA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE LAURETTE). ^[4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (HANSIANE MAZEYRAT, MÉDECIN · GREGORY COLOMBET, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE COMMUNALE ALLAN). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	INTER NOUGAT	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	7	AUTOGRILL COTE FRANCE · SUR LA PAILLE · AUTOGRILL FFH AUTOROUTES · KINGS PIZZA	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CAFE LAURETTE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	HANSIANE MAZEYRAT, MÉDECIN · GREGORY COLOMBET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [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	ALLAN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE COMMUNALE ALLAN	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 662 2023: 1,980 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,612 (2012) → 1,980 (2023): 22.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,249 (1990) → 1,980 (2023): 58.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 918, of which 3.9 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP Bakery — 1.8 km NFood shop — 3.0 km SWPharmacy — 4.7 km NW 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 (Allan): 1.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Malataverne): 3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Allan): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Montélimar): 4.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Allan): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 46.6▸

Days at or below 0 °C 42.6

Muggy days a summer 3

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 47 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTBOUCHER-S-J weather station, 6 km away at 136 m; the village itself is at 149 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MONTBOUCHER-S-J, 6 km away at 136 m, over 26 summers. ^[11]

An average of 899 mm of rain a year, spread over 77 days — about 11.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTBOUCHER-S-J, 6 km away at 136 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 — 26005/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26005/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26005/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26005/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26005
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26169
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26198
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
Guengat	29	795 km NW	1,846	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe	87	324 km NW	1,743	43.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Thénac	17	446 km W	1,748	39.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %
Saubrigues	40	497 km W	1,659	49.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 76 % · humidity 0 %
Luant	36	353 km NW	1,604	44.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Bouëxic	35	643 km NW	1,537	39.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe	87	324 km NW	1,743	43.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Luant	36	353 km NW	1,604	44.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Thénac	17	446 km W	1,748	39.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %
Saubrigues	40	497 km W	1,659	49.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 76 % · humidity 0 %
La Chapelle-Bouëxic	35	643 km NW	1,537	39.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Guengat	29	795 km NW	1,846	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %

Sort and compare these on the full list →

…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 Allan'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
Lachapelle-sous-Aubenas	07	34 km W	1,911	53.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Mercurol-Veaunes	26	65 km N	2,816	43.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Méounes-lès-Montrieux	83	165 km SE	2,277	63.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Chanos-Curson	26	63 km N	1,196	39.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Castelnau-de-Lévis	81	224 km W	1,603	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Puyloubier	13	129 km SE	1,768	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

Commune website · Wikipedia (en) ·Wikipedia (fr) · INSEE dossier complet · OpenStreetMap · Web search · Map

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/26005-allan