Boulc
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Few services 26.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 89 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Boulc (INSEE 26055) is in Drôme (26), part of CC du Diois. Population 154 (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 26.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 89 % of the 14,305 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 | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.01 | 5 | 0.03 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (AUBERGE LA TUNE DE LOURS). [4,3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PUBLIQUE BOULC). [4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
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
| 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 | 1 | AUBERGE LA TUNE DE LOURS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PUBLIQUE BOULC | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 129 (2012) → 154 (2023): 19.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 74 (1990) → 154 (2023): 108.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 151, of which 49.7 % second homes and 2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Glandage): 7.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Châtillon-en-Diois): 8.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Luc-en-Diois): 9.9 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Châtillon-en-Diois): 8.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Boulc): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 71 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the GLANDAGE_SAPC weather station, 4.9 km away at 1,007 m; the village itself is at 793 m. [12]
The village sits 214 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 LUS L CROIX HTE, 11.8 km away at 1,059 m, over 29 summers. [12]
That station sits 266 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 1,120 mm of rain a year, spread over 107 days — about 10.5 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at GLANDAGE_SAPC, 4.9 km away at 1,007 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 — 26055/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26055/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26055/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26055/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26142
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26086
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26167
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26055
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montclus | 30 | 101 km SW | 179 | 28.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 % |
| Dun-sur-Grandry | 58 | 304 km NW | 151 | 13.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Julien-en-Quint | 26 | 30 km NW | 171 | 22.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Julien-de-la-Nef | 30 | 168 km SW | 143 | 13.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 3 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 % |
| Tardinghen | 62 | 751 km N | 150 | 19.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 27 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Junien-la-Bregère | 23 | 328 km NW | 144 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Julien-en-Quint | 26 | 30 km NW | 171 | 22.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montclus | 30 | 101 km SW | 179 | 28.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Julien-de-la-Nef | 30 | 168 km SW | 143 | 13.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 3 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 % |
| Dun-sur-Grandry | 58 | 304 km NW | 151 | 13.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Junien-la-Bregère | 23 | 328 km NW | 144 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 % |
| Tardinghen | 62 | 751 km N | 150 | 19.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 27 % · 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 Boulc'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dun-sur-Grandry | 58 | 304 km NW | 151 | 13.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Darazac | 19 | 281 km W | 154 | 6.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Aleu | 09 | 396 km SW | 137 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Brinay | 58 | 300 km NW | 145 | 16 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Campestre-et-Luc | 30 | 187 km SW | 163 | 12.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montigny-sur-Canne | 58 | 294 km NW | 153 | 5.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
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