Bellegarde-en-Diois
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Few services 25.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Bellegarde-en-Diois (INSEE 26047) is in Drôme (26), part of CC du Diois. Population 96 (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 25.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 95 % of the 10,230 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 | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.82 | 10 | 8.15 |
| Housing mix | 0.2 | 5 | 0.98 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE BELLEGARDE EN DIOIS). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE BELLEGARDE EN DIOIS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE 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
Population 74 (2012) → 96 (2023): 29.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 73 (1990) → 96 (2023): 31.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 92, of which 40.2 % second homes and 3.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Dizier-en-Diois): 4.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (La Motte-Chalancon): 6.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (La Motte-Chalancon): 7 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Rémuzat): 14.9 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Bellegarde-en-Diois): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the BELLEGARDE-EN-D weather station, 2.2 km away at 1,017 m; the village itself is at 850 m. [12]
The village sits 167 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. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at BELLEGARDE-EN-D, 2.2 km away at 1,017 m, over 21 summers. [12]
That station sits 167 m above 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 1,002 mm of rain a year, spread over 99 days — about 10.1 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at BELLEGARDE-EN-D, 2.2 km away at 1,017 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26047/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26047/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26047/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26047/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26300
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26215
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26264
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26047
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germs-sur-l'Oussouet | 65 | 462 km W | 99 | 18.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 95 % |
| Laborde | 65 | 445 km W | 83 | 22.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 % |
| Gabriac | 48 | 142 km W | 102 | 14.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 42 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Riols | 81 | 283 km W | 98 | 13.7 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Saint-Clément | 07 | 103 km NW | 90 | 11.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 % |
| Neuilly | 58 | 335 km NW | 107 | 13.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Clément | 07 | 103 km NW | 90 | 11.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gabriac | 48 | 142 km W | 102 | 14.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 42 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Riols | 81 | 283 km W | 98 | 13.7 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Neuilly | 58 | 335 km NW | 107 | 13.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 % |
| Laborde | 65 | 445 km W | 83 | 22.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 % |
| Germs-sur-l'Oussouet | 65 | 462 km W | 99 | 18.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 95 % |
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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 Bellegarde-en-Diois'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conand | 01 | 151 km N | 134 | 20.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Pressy-sous-Dondin | 71 | 227 km N | 101 | 12 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Isenay | 58 | 295 km NW | 94 | 5.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bellecombe-Tarendol | 26 | 22 km S | 77 | 12.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Teigny | 58 | 344 km NW | 115 | 15.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Grenois | 58 | 342 km NW | 93 | 5.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
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