Chamaret

Drôme · CC Enclave des Papes - Pays de Grignan · INSEE 26070

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 38.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chamaret (INSEE 26070) is in Drôme (26), part of CC Enclave des Papes - Pays de Grignan. Population 542 (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/26070-chamaret

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 17,568 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	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.69	10	6.91
Housing mix	0.52	5	2.6

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (COUSINES CUISINE · ID SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DE L'AVENUE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHAMARET AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (LA CHAMARADE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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	2	COUSINES CUISINE · ID SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CAFE DE L'AVENUE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	1	CHAMARET AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	LA CHAMARADE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Friday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 312 peak 2012: 556 2023: 542 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 556 (2012) → 542 (2023): -2.5 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 455 (1990) → 542 (2023): 19.1 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 391, of which 24 % second homes and 7.9 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 1.5 km EFood shop — 2.7 km NBakery — 3.1 km NEPharmacy — 3.3 km NE 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 (Grignan): 3.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Grignan): 2.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Colonzelle): 1.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Grignan): 3.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Chamaret): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 59.5▸

Days at or below 0 °C 29.3

Muggy days a summer 2.4

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 60 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MONTSEGUR-S-LAU weather station, 4.4 km away at 146 m; the village itself is at 182 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at MONTSEGUR-S-LAU, 4.4 km away at 146 m, over 28 summers. ^[12]

An average of 781 mm of rain a year, spread over 72 days — about 10.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MONTSEGUR-S-LAU, 4.4 km away at 146 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26070/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2023-06— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/b2abf79b-ddce-3df3-bd7d-e7a8e7074744— “Vendredi : Marché hebdomadaire.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26070/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26070/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26070/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26146
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26099
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26070
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
Rutali	2B	414 km SE	531	42.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Angiens	76	678 km NW	513	34.1	Few services	no figures
Jussy-le-Chaudrier	18	339 km NW	579	38	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Curzon	85	534 km NW	481	37.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 3 % · winter 96 %
Villeny	41	432 km NW	487	39.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Thiéfosse	88	422 km N	593	33	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 27 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Jussy-le-Chaudrier	18	339 km NW	579	38	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Rutali	2B	414 km SE	531	42.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Thiéfosse	88	422 km N	593	33	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 27 % · humidity 93 %
Villeny	41	432 km NW	487	39.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Curzon	85	534 km NW	481	37.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 3 % · winter 96 %
Angiens	76	678 km NW	513	34.1	Few services	no figures

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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 Chamaret'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
Travaillan	84	24 km S	708	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-de-Brômes	04	110 km SE	625	43.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Gravières	07	63 km W	508	35.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Ponsas	26	85 km N	523	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Victor-de-Malcap	30	55 km W	819	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Colonzelle	26	1.5 km E	524	29.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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