Ancône

Drôme · CA Montélimar Agglomération · INSEE 26008

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

Few services 35.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ancône (INSEE 26008) is in Drôme (26), part of CA Montélimar Agglomération. Population 1,338 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/26008-ancone

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 12,432 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.99	10	9.88
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICERIE DE MELANIE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (INGRID · CHEZ BASTOS). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE JACQUES PREVERT). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ROBERT DESNOS). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALS ANCÔNE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (COTE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	L'EPICERIE DE MELANIE	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	2	INGRID · CHEZ BASTOS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE JACQUES PREVERT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ROBERT DESNOS	INSEE BPE 1 [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	ANCONE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALS ANCÔNE	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	COTE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 593 peak 2017: 1,341 2023: 1,338 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,234 (2012) → 1,338 (2023): 8.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 899 (1990) → 1,338 (2023): 48.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 646, of which 1.1 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 1.9 km WPharmacy — 1.9 km WGP — 2.5 km SE 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 (Rochemaure): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ancône): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montélimar): 2.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Rochemaure): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Ancône): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 44.6▸

Days at or below 0 °C 23.2

Muggy days a summer 2.7

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

Measured at the MONTELIMAR weather station, 0.5 km away at 73 m; the village itself is at 72 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at MONTELIMAR, 0.5 km away at 73 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 905 mm of rain a year, spread over 77 days — about 11.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTELIMAR, 0.5 km away at 73 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 — 26008/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26008/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26008/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26008/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07191
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26008
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
Leudeville	91	479 km N	1,562	31.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %
Cadillac-en-Fronsadais	33	405 km W	1,336	34.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Villiers-le-Bâcle	91	502 km N	1,031	31.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Maincy	77	467 km N	1,828	38.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Thiverval-Grignon	78	521 km NW	1,023	29.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Romain-au-Mont-d'Or	69	140 km N	1,247	35.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Romain-au-Mont-d'Or	69	140 km N	1,247	35.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 %
Cadillac-en-Fronsadais	33	405 km W	1,336	34.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Maincy	77	467 km N	1,828	38.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Leudeville	91	479 km N	1,562	31.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %
Villiers-le-Bâcle	91	502 km N	1,031	31.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Thiverval-Grignon	78	521 km NW	1,023	29.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Ancône'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
Clonas-sur-Varèze	38	93 km N	1,535	37.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Alban-du-Rhône	38	94 km N	965	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Eymeux	26	66 km NE	1,097	35	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Labégude	07	29 km W	1,397	44.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Marsanne	26	13 km NE	1,246	48.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Péret	34	154 km SW	1,137	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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