Bourg-lès-Valence
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 66.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Bourg-lès-Valence (INSEE 26058) is in Drôme (26), part of CA Valence Romans Agglo. Population 19,992 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Grands centres urbains (level 1). [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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 66.7/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 64 % of the 1,205 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 | 0.67 | 25 | 16.72 |
| Social | 0.83 | 20 | 16.67 |
| Education | 0.68 | 10 | 6.75 |
| Health | 0.49 | 10 | 4.88 |
| Public & culture | 0.17 | 5 | 0.85 |
| Population trend | 0.6 | 10 | 5.97 |
| Housing mix | 0.98 | 5 | 4.89 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
15 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SAVEURS DES CHABANNERIES · LA COMPAGNIE DES GOURMANDS · LA BAGUETTE DE CYRANO · EURL MOINS VINCENT). [3,4]
6 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE TEKHIL · GDV GESTION DES VIANDES · BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE BAHIER · BOUCHERIE ROUSSON BLV · BOUCHERIE SAUTIER). [3,4]
8 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SARL BAMBOU · LOZANO NICOLAS GERALD · SPAR SUPERMARCHE · EPICERIE DU QUAI). [3,4]
3 × Supermarket (BOURG DISTRIBUTION · LIDL · INTERMARCHE). [3,4]
38 × Restaurant (LE JEAN JAURES · GEORGES · BA 1). [3,4]
9 × Café / bar (LA CASA-BAR · BAR LE CYRANO). [4]
6 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE ARMAILLER · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB LES CHIROUZES · ECOLE MATERNELLE MOULIN D'ALBON · ECOLE MATERNELLE JEAN MOULIN · ECOLE MATERNELLE CHONY). [3]
9 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB L ARMAILLER · ECOLE PRIMAIRE GERMAIN FRAISSE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE GILBERT PESTRE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MOULIN D'ALBON · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ROBERT MONNET). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE GERARD GAUD). [3]
4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LUDMILA MOURIER, MÉDECIN · NICOLA SCHNATMANN, MÉDECIN · JEAN-LUC DENIS, MÉDECIN · ALAIN VERDIE, MÉDECIN). [3]
7 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE ROCAS · PHARMACIE DE LA MAIRIE · PHARMACIE DU VALENTIN · SELARL PHARMACIE ROBERT · PHARMACIE CHONY). [3,4]
2 × Post office / agence postale (BOURG LES VALENCE RP · LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE BOURG LES VALENCE MÉDIATHÈQUE LA PASSERELLE). [3]
4 × Gym / sports hall (HALL DES SPORTS DES 3 SOURCES · GYMNASE COTE SAINT PIERRE · GYMNASE DU VALENTIN · COSEC). [3]
9 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL DAUPHINE VIVARAIS · CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE · CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL SUD RHONE AL · SOCIETE GENERALE · BANQUE POPULAIRE AUVERGNE RHONE ALPES). [3]
21 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE DE L'ALLET · GVC · BOUCLES D' OR). [3,4]
3 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
6 × Hotel (HÔTEL KYRIAD VALENCE NORD · QUICK PALACE · KYRIAD DIRECT · HÔTEL B B VALENCE NORD · NOEMYS VALENCE NORD). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 4 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 11 × Restaurant, 3 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 15 | SAVEURS DES CHABANNERIES · LA COMPAGNIE DES GOURMANDS · LA BAGUETTE DE CYRANO · EURL MOINS VINCENT | INSEE BPE 15 / INSEE SIRENE 19 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 6 | BOUCHERIE TEKHIL · GDV GESTION DES VIANDES · BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE BAHIER · BOUCHERIE ROUSSON BLV · BOUCHERIE SAUTIER | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 8 | SARL BAMBOU · LOZANO NICOLAS GERALD · SPAR SUPERMARCHE · EPICERIE DU QUAI | INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 3 | BOURG DISTRIBUTION · LIDL · INTERMARCHE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 38 | LE JEAN JAURES · GEORGES · BA 1 | INSEE BPE 38 / INSEE SIRENE 65 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 9 | LA CASA-BAR · BAR LE CYRANO | INSEE SIRENE 9 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 6 | ECOLE MATERNELLE ARMAILLER · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB LES CHIROUZES · ECOLE MATERNELLE MOULIN D'ALBON · ECOLE MATERNELLE JEAN MOULIN · ECOLE MATERNELLE CHONY | INSEE BPE 6 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 9 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB L ARMAILLER · ECOLE PRIMAIRE GERMAIN FRAISSE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE GILBERT PESTRE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MOULIN D'ALBON · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ROBERT MONNET | INSEE BPE 9 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE GERARD GAUD | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 4 | LUDMILA MOURIER, MÉDECIN · NICOLA SCHNATMANN, MÉDECIN · JEAN-LUC DENIS, MÉDECIN · ALAIN VERDIE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 7 | PHARMACIE ROCAS · PHARMACIE DE LA MAIRIE · PHARMACIE DU VALENTIN · SELARL PHARMACIE ROBERT · PHARMACIE CHONY | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 2 | BOURG LES VALENCE RP · LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE DE BOURG LES VALENCE MÉDIATHÈQUE LA PASSERELLE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 4 | HALL DES SPORTS DES 3 SOURCES · GYMNASE COTE SAINT PIERRE · GYMNASE DU VALENTIN · COSEC | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 9 | CAISSE REGIONALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL DAUPHINE VIVARAIS · CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE · CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL SUD RHONE AL · SOCIETE GENERALE · BANQUE POPULAIRE AUVERGNE RHONE ALPES | INSEE BPE 9 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 21 | COIFFURE DE L'ALLET · GVC · BOUCLES D' OR | INSEE BPE 21 / INSEE SIRENE 32 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 3 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 6 | HÔTEL KYRIAD VALENCE NORD · QUICK PALACE · KYRIAD DIRECT · HÔTEL B B VALENCE NORD · NOEMYS VALENCE NORD | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 15 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Wednesday, Sunday. [5,6]
Trajectory
Population 19,305 (2012) → 19,992 (2023): 3.6 % over 10 years. [7,1]
Population 18,230 (1990) → 19,992 (2023): 9.7 % over 30 years. [8,1]
Dwellings (2023): 10,187, of which 1.1 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. [9]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Bourg-lès-Valence): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Food shop (Bourg-lès-Valence): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). [10]
GP (Bourg-lès-Valence): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Bourg-lès-Valence): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Bourg-lès-Valence): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 40 days a year at or above 30 °C and 30 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the ST-MARCEL-LES-V-INRAE weather station, 4.7 km away at 190 m; the village itself is at 114 m. [11]
The village sits 76 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-MARCEL-LES-V-INRAE, 4.7 km away at 190 m, over 30 summers. [11]
That station sits 76 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 854 mm of rain a year, spread over 90 days — about 9.5 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at ST-MARCEL-LES-V-INRAE, 4.7 km away at 190 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5,6]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26058/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2024-04— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/475496f9-ddad-3d03-ad57-8616071987f6— “Marché du dimanche de Bourg-lès-Valence.”(unverified)
- DATAtourisme 2024-04— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/d82b5a1d-9858-3cc8-b7c3-9c993984da89— “Marché du mercredi de Bourg-lès-Valence.”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26058/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26058/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26058/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26058
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gentilly | 94 | 472 km NW | 19,963 | 67.6 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 % |
| Ronchin | 59 | 644 km N | 19,787 | 54.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 % |
| Bruges | 33 | 434 km W | 20,020 | 61 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Grande-Synthe | 59 | 702 km N | 20,239 | 60.1 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 % |
| Mitry-Mory | 77 | 481 km N | 20,456 | 68 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Celle-Saint-Cloud | 78 | 482 km NW | 20,460 | 59.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruges | 33 | 434 km W | 20,020 | 61 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Gentilly | 94 | 472 km NW | 19,963 | 67.6 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 % |
| Mitry-Mory | 77 | 481 km N | 20,456 | 68 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Celle-Saint-Cloud | 78 | 482 km NW | 20,460 | 59.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 % |
| Ronchin | 59 | 644 km N | 19,787 | 54.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 % |
| Grande-Synthe | 59 | 702 km N | 20,239 | 60.1 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 80 % · 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 Bourg-lès-Valence'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruges | 33 | 434 km W | 20,020 | 61 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Fons | 69 | 85 km N | 19,285 | 67.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Tassin-la-Demi-Lune | 69 | 91 km N | 23,200 | 66.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Eysines | 33 | 437 km W | 24,825 | 71.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Bouscat | 33 | 433 km W | 25,081 | 69.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Blagnac | 31 | 314 km SW | 27,604 | 71.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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