La Bégude-de-Mazenc

Drôme · CC Dieulefit-Bourdeaux · INSEE 26045

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

Served 61.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Bégude-de-Mazenc (INSEE 26045) is in Drôme (26), part of CC Dieulefit-Bourdeaux. Population 1,779 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/26045-la-begude-de-mazenc

Vitality score

Vitality score 61.9/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 10,382 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	0.55	25	13.81
Social	0.7	20	14.09
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.74	5	3.69

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 1 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) (LE CHANT DU PAIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE TRAITEUR CHAR). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA FABULEUSE BOUTIQUE · AU JARDIN DES SAVEURS). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (UEXPRESS). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (JM TRAITEUR · MAXX DINERS ET EVENTS · B FOOD). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (CAMPING MUNICIPAL EMILE LOUBET). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE FREDERIC PARADIS). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ALBAN PINAY, MÉDECIN · ELISE GERARD, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE FABRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE COMMUNALE LA BÉGUDE-DE-MAZENC). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (ABSOLUT COIFFURE · LE SALON MS). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT LE JABRON). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LE CHANT DU PAIN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE TRAITEUR CHAR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	LA FABULEUSE BOUTIQUE · AU JARDIN DES SAVEURS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	UEXPRESS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	JM TRAITEUR · MAXX DINERS ET EVENTS · B FOOD	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	CAMPING MUNICIPAL EMILE LOUBET	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE FREDERIC PARADIS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	ALBAN PINAY, MÉDECIN · ELISE GERARD, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE FABRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE COMMUNALE LA BÉGUDE-DE-MAZENC	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	3	ABSOLUT COIFFURE · LE SALON MS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	HOTEL RESTAURANT LE JABRON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

Weekly market: Tuesday 7h à 12H30 Place Emile Loubet. ^[5,6]

Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.

Trajectory

1968: 980 2023: 1,779 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,589 (2012) → 1,779 (2023): 12 % over 10 years. ^[7,1]

Population 1,053 (1990) → 1,779 (2023): 68.9 % over 30 years. ^[8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 992, of which 13.1 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 1.1 km W 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 (La Bégude-de-Mazenc): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Food shop (La Bégude-de-Mazenc): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

GP (La Bégude-de-Mazenc): 1.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (La Bégude-de-Mazenc): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (La Bégude-de-Mazenc): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 50.2▸

Days at or below 0 °C 29.4

Muggy days a summer 4.4

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 50 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PUY-ST-MARTIN weather station, 8.7 km away at 211 m; the village itself is at 225 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PUY-ST-MARTIN, 8.7 km away at 211 m, over 24 summers. ^[11]

An average of 904 mm of rain a year, spread over 86 days — about 10.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PUY-ST-MARTIN, 8.7 km away at 211 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 — 26045/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— http://www.la-begude-de-mazenc.fr/— “Le marché Hebdomadaire se tient chaque mardi de 7h à 12H30 sur la Place Emile Loubet.”
DATAtourisme 2020-12— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/96a1abba-5fbb-3f33-ab46-cc0a9f5422db— “Marché hebdomadaire du Mardi.”
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26045/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26045/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26045/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26045
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
Lalbenque	46	270 km W	1,899	64	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Pleine-Fougères	35	666 km NW	2,002	54.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Lombez	32	343 km W	2,233	66.9	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Satillieu	07	72 km N	1,534	56.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Julien-Chapteuil	43	88 km NW	2,019	56.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 9 % · humidity 71 %
La Roche-des-Arnauds	05	81 km E	1,685	56	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 34 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Satillieu	07	72 km N	1,534	56.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 %
La Roche-des-Arnauds	05	81 km E	1,685	56	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 34 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Julien-Chapteuil	43	88 km NW	2,019	56.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 9 % · humidity 71 %
Lalbenque	46	270 km W	1,899	64	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Lombez	32	343 km W	2,233	66.9	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Pleine-Fougères	35	666 km NW	2,002	54.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · 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 La Bégude-de-Mazenc'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
Taulignan	26	12 km S	1,627	54.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Eygalières	13	87 km S	1,773	57.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Alba-la-Romaine	07	27 km W	1,533	64.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Lachapelle-sous-Aubenas	07	45 km W	1,911	53.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Vogüé	07	41 km W	1,040	62.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Paul-le-Jeune	07	66 km W	968	70.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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