La Baume-d'Hostun
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Partly served 41.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Baume-d'Hostun (INSEE 26034) is in Drôme (26), part of CA Valence Romans Agglo. Population 592 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 41.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 82 % of the 17,156 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 | 0.48 | 20 | 9.5 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.5 | 10 | 4.97 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.88 | 5 | 4.38 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
3 × Restaurant (AUTOGRILL COTE FRANCE · STATION-SERVICE ESSO ROYANS EN VERCORS · STATION-SERVICE ESSO PORTE DE LA DROME). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE VICTOR BOIRON). [3]
5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (OLIVIER BEGUERY, MÉDECIN · EMILIE RAOUL, MÉDECIN · MARC DELBOS, MÉDECIN · CAROLINE LABROUSSE, MÉDECIN · FRANÇOIS CREPIN, MÉDECIN). [3]
2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 3 | AUTOGRILL COTE FRANCE · STATION-SERVICE ESSO ROYANS EN VERCORS · STATION-SERVICE ESSO PORTE DE LA DROME | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE VICTOR BOIRON | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 5 | OLIVIER BEGUERY, MÉDECIN · EMILIE RAOUL, MÉDECIN · MARC DELBOS, MÉDECIN · CAROLINE LABROUSSE, MÉDECIN · FRANÇOIS CREPIN, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 5 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 2 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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
A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]
Trajectory
Population 561 (2012) → 592 (2023): 5.5 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 324 (1990) → 592 (2023): 82.7 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 257, of which 6.2 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Nazaire-en-Royans): 1.7 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Saint-Nazaire-en-Royans): 1.7 km to the east (straight line). [9]
GP (La Baume-d'Hostun): 1.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Saint-Nazaire-en-Royans): 1.7 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (La Baume-d'Hostun): 0 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 40 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the ST-JEAN-EN-ROYA weather station, 7.4 km away at 308 m; the village itself is at 220 m. [11]
The village sits 88 m below 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ST-JEAN-EN-ROYA, 7.4 km away at 308 m, over 24 summers. [11]
That station sits 88 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 1,120 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 10 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at ST-JEAN-EN-ROYA, 7.4 km away at 308 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 — 26034/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2024-05— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/088ad5f3-838f-3d1e-a43f-6bc97e05d491— “Marché hebdomaire”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26034/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26034/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26034/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26320
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26034
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruley | 54 | 409 km N | 611 | 31.5 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 % |
| Montrond-le-Château | 25 | 241 km N | 558 | 35.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 31 % · humidity 79 % |
| Ebblinghem | 59 | 665 km N | 660 | 35.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 % |
| Lannepax | 32 | 421 km W | 528 | 27.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 29 % |
| Sames | 64 | 536 km W | 709 | 40.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 72 % |
| Darois | 21 | 260 km N | 493 | 40.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 58 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montrond-le-Château | 25 | 241 km N | 558 | 35.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 31 % · humidity 79 % |
| Darois | 21 | 260 km N | 493 | 40.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 58 % · humidity 79 % |
| Bruley | 54 | 409 km N | 611 | 31.5 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 % |
| Lannepax | 32 | 421 km W | 528 | 27.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 29 % |
| Sames | 64 | 536 km W | 709 | 40.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 72 % |
| Ebblinghem | 59 | 665 km N | 660 | 35.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 % |
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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 La Baume-d'Hostun'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Cirq | 82 | 304 km W | 558 | 31.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sainte-Eulalie-en-Royans | 26 | 9.0 km E | 538 | 32.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Triors | 26 | 9.9 km NW | 633 | 32.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bazens | 47 | 390 km W | 494 | 27.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lamillarié | 81 | 278 km SW | 517 | 32.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Vincelles | 71 | 178 km N | 467 | 29.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
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