Allex
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 59.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 89 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Allex (INSEE 26006) is in Drôme (26), part of CC du Val de Drôme en Biovallée. Population 2,698 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/26006-allex
Vitality score
Vitality score 59.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 89 % of the 7,791 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 | 0.34 | 25 | 8.55 |
| Social | 0.66 | 20 | 13.11 |
| Education | 0.78 | 10 | 7.77 |
| Health | 0.51 | 10 | 5.13 |
| Public & culture | 0.2 | 5 | 0.98 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.93 | 5 | 4.66 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'ARTISAN VOTO · SARL ELIAF). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL). [3,4]
5 × Restaurant (LA BOCCA · WINAUD-TUMBACH JESSY · L'AGRICANTINE · GALLETA & BISCOTTO · L'AUBERGE D'ALLEX). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (AU GALOP D'ADA). [4]
3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT MAURICE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE HORS CONTRAT ANNE DE GUIGNE). [3]
1 × Collège (ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANNE-LAURE GESLIN, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE COMTE, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy. [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (ALLEX BURALISTE RP). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE). [3]
4 × Hairdresser (SALON VIRGINIE MACE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire), 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | L'ARTISAN VOTO · SARL ELIAF | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | VIVAL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 | 5 | LA BOCCA · WINAUD-TUMBACH JESSY · L'AGRICANTINE · GALLETA & BISCOTTO · L'AUBERGE D'ALLEX | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | AU GALOP D'ADA | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 3 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT MAURICE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE HORS CONTRAT ANNE DE GUIGNE | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 2 | ANNE-LAURE GESLIN, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE COMTE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | ALLEX BURALISTE RP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | SALLE POLYVALENTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 4 | SALON VIRGINIE MACE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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
A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]
Trajectory
Population 2,474 (2012) → 2,698 (2023): 9.1 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 1,704 (1990) → 2,698 (2023): 58.3 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,223, of which 3.4 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Allex): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Allex): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Allex): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Grane): 3.8 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Allex): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 40 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the ETOILE weather station, 6.3 km away at 145 m; the village itself is at 165 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ETOILE, 6.3 km away at 145 m, over 30 summers. [11]
An average of 884 mm of rain a year, spread over 86 days — about 10.3 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at ETOILE, 6.3 km away at 145 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
110 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 298,800 € — 2,013 € per m² of built surface. [12]
14 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 120,920 € — 1,061 € per m². [12]
The median across Drôme is 2,174 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. [12]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26006/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2024-10— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/2f473275-9c69-34e8-b0ac-2796c6256f49— “Marché de producteurs”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26006/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26006/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26006/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26006
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26144
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadillac-sur-Garonne | 33 | 414 km W | 2,670 | 61.5 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 29 % |
| Charleval | 13 | 119 km S | 2,640 | 56.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montboucher-sur-Jabron | 26 | 25 km S | 2,592 | 55.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Quentin-de-Baron | 33 | 411 km W | 2,713 | 49.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 % |
| Les Landes-Genusson | 85 | 527 km NW | 2,638 | 50.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 38 % · winter 92 % |
| Étrelles | 35 | 594 km NW | 2,703 | 64.7 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montboucher-sur-Jabron | 26 | 25 km S | 2,592 | 55.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Charleval | 13 | 119 km S | 2,640 | 56.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Quentin-de-Baron | 33 | 411 km W | 2,713 | 49.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 % |
| Cadillac-sur-Garonne | 33 | 414 km W | 2,670 | 61.5 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 29 % |
| Les Landes-Genusson | 85 | 527 km NW | 2,638 | 50.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 38 % · winter 92 % |
| Étrelles | 35 | 594 km NW | 2,703 | 64.7 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 100 % · 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 Allex'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chomérac | 07 | 21 km W | 3,183 | 43.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lavilledieu | 07 | 42 km SW | 2,264 | 49.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Aucamville | 82 | 313 km W | 1,562 | 50 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Chavanay | 42 | 74 km N | 2,884 | 72.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Pierre-de-Bœuf | 42 | 70 km N | 1,712 | 54.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villeneuve-de-Berg | 07 | 40 km SW | 3,031 | 55.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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