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Andancette

Drôme · CC Porte de Dromardèche · INSEE 26009

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

Partly served 47.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Andancette (INSEE 26009) is in Drôme (26), part of CC Porte de Dromardèche. Population 1,330 (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/26009-andancette

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 12,475 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.21255.27
Social0.782015.54
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.65106.5
Housing mix0.9754.84

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 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (A LA RENAISSANCE). [3,4]

3 × Restaurant (CHURRASQUEIRA LUSITANO · ARDROM · SABENA). [3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE CAFE DE LA GARE · BEFORE · LE HANGAR N7). [4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE CREUX DE LA THINE). [3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE ANDANCETTE). [3]

4 × Hairdresser (COIF'A DOM). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 2 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)2A LA RENAISSANCEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant3CHURRASQUEIRA LUSITANO · ARDROM · SABENAINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar3LE CAFE DE LA GARE · BEFORE · LE HANGAR N7INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE CREUX DE LA THINEINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1ANDANCETTE APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE ANDANCETTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser4COIF'A DOMINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 976 peak 2017: 1,339 2023: 1,330 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,306 (2012) → 1,330 (2023): 1.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,157 (1990) → 1,330 (2023): 15 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 685, of which 1.6 % second homes and 8.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 0.6 km SW (Andance)GP — 0.7 km SW (Andance)Pharmacy — 0.8 km SW (Andance)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 0.6 km SWGP — 0.7 km SWPharmacy — 0.8 km SW 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 (Andancette): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Andance): 0.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Andance): 0.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Andance): 0.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Andancette): 0 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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. [10]

Measured at the ALBON weather station, 1.7 km away at 153 m; the village itself is at 137 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at ALBON, 1.7 km away at 153 m, over 23 summers. [10]

An average of 777 mm of rain a year, spread over 93 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at ALBON, 1.7 km away at 153 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26009/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26009/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26009/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26009/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26009
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07009
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Marcel-lès-Annonay0715 km W1,35739Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Lapeyrouse-Mornay2617 km NE1,17837.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Durdat-Larequille03198 km NW1,28035.4Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Marcilly-le-Châtel4278 km NW1,40144.4Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Gahard35589 km NW1,52342Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Antonne-et-Trigonant24311 km W1,18535Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Marcel-lès-Annonay0715 km W1,35739Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Lapeyrouse-Mornay2617 km NE1,17837.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Marcilly-le-Châtel4278 km NW1,40144.4Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Durdat-Larequille03198 km NW1,28035.4Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Antonne-et-Trigonant24311 km W1,18535Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Gahard35589 km NW1,52342Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 91 % · 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 Andancette'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Jean-de-Galaure269.4 km SE1,25037.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Chanos-Curson2622 km SE1,19639.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Beausemblant263.5 km SE1,47538.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Chaveyriat01108 km N1,07840.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Lombers81264 km SW1,08048.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Usuge71163 km N1,20429.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %