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Autichamp

Drôme · CC du Val de Drôme en Biovallée · INSEE 26021

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 28.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Autichamp (INSEE 26021) is in Drôme (26), part of CC du Val de Drôme en Biovallée. Population 151 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/26021-autichamp

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 91 % of the 14,120 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 food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.79107.91
Housing mix0.7153.56

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AU 120). [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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]
Restaurant1AU 120INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE AUTICHAMPINSEE BPE 1 [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 postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 114 2023: 151 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 132 (2012) → 151 (2023): 14.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 117 (1990) → 151 (2023): 29.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 90, of which 14.4 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 5.0 km N (Chabrillan)Food shop — 5.1 km NE (Crest)GP — 6.5 km NW (Grane)Pharmacy — 6.5 km NW (Grane)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 5.0 km NFood shop — 5.1 km NEGP — 6.5 km NWPharmacy — 6.5 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 (Chabrillan): 5 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Crest): 5.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Grane): 6.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Grane): 6.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Autichamp): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [11]

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 33 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the DIVAJEU weather station, 5.4 km away at 175 m; the village itself is at 337 m. [12]

The village sits 162 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 6.06 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at DIVAJEU, 5.4 km away at 175 m, over 14 summers. [12]

That station sits 162 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]

An average of 906 mm of rain a year, spread over 88 days — about 10.3 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at DIVAJEU, 5.4 km away at 175 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26021/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26021/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26021/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26021/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26065
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26108
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26144
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26021
  12. 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
Corneillan32426 km W15528.8Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 57 % · humidity 29 %
Terjat03249 km NW18022Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Molas31363 km W16730.1Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 74 %
Montjoi82326 km W17224Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 74 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Arroumex82325 km W14526.9Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 54 % · humidity 64 %
Urbise42194 km NW11722.3Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 0 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Urbise42194 km NW11722.3Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 0 %
Terjat03249 km NW18022Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Arroumex82325 km W14526.9Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 54 % · humidity 64 %
Montjoi82326 km W17224Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 74 % · humidity 71 %
Molas31363 km W16730.1Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 74 %
Corneillan32426 km W15528.8Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 57 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Autichamp'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
Neuvy-le-Barrois18285 km NW14716.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Virac81243 km W25227Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Ols-et-Rinhodes12239 km W15812No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Joyeux01143 km N26231.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
La Roche-sur-Grane262.0 km W18921.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Choranche3854 km NE14416.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %