Ballons
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 12.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Ballons (INSEE 26022) is in Drôme (26), part of CC des Baronnies en Drôme Provençale. Population 88 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 12.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 51 % of the 9,350 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.19 | 5 | 0.93 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING LA LAVANDE BLEUE). [4,3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Restaurant | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING LA LAVANDE BLEUE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 79 (2012) → 88 (2023): 11.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 46 (1990) → 88 (2023): 91.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 91, of which 40.7 % second homes and 3.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Lachau): 2.6 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Vers-sur-Méouge): 6.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Séderon): 10.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Laragne-Montéglin): 15.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Éourres): 6.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [12]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 133 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]
Measured at the SEDERON weather station, 10.1 km away at 804 m; the village itself is at 820 m. [13]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [13]
Humidity measured at SEDERON, 10.1 km away at 804 m, over 24 summers. [13]
An average of 1,014 mm of rain a year, spread over 87 days — about 11.7 mm on a day it rains. [13]
Rainfall measured at SEDERON, 10.1 km away at 804 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26022/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26022/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26022/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26022/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26154
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26372
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26340
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 05070
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 05047
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mouron-sur-Yonne | 58 | 358 km NW | 88 | 3.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 15 % · humidity 86 % |
| Rabou | 05 | 47 km NE | 89 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 % |
| Neuffontaines | 58 | 373 km NW | 87 | 3.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Agnan-sur-Sarthe | 61 | 628 km NW | 87 | 6.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Avrée | 58 | 317 km NW | 83 | 5.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Avit-Rivière | 24 | 381 km W | 91 | 8.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 50 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rabou | 05 | 47 km NE | 89 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 % |
| Avrée | 58 | 317 km NW | 83 | 5.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Mouron-sur-Yonne | 58 | 358 km NW | 88 | 3.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 15 % · humidity 86 % |
| Neuffontaines | 58 | 373 km NW | 87 | 3.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Avit-Rivière | 24 | 381 km W | 91 | 8.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 50 % |
| Saint-Agnan-sur-Sarthe | 61 | 628 km NW | 87 | 6.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 0 % · 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 Ballons'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montfroc | 26 | 9.0 km S | 100 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Eygalayes | 26 | 3.4 km SW | 89 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Tartonne | 04 | 63 km E | 127 | 7.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Laborel | 26 | 5.6 km NW | 116 | 8.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Hautes-Duyes | 04 | 42 km E | 53 | 14.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Piarre | 05 | 25 km N | 82 | 23.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
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