Chantemerle-les-Blés

Drôme · CA Arche Agglo · INSEE 26072

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

Few services 38.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chantemerle-les-Blés (INSEE 26072) is in Drôme (26), part of CA Arche Agglo. Population 1,343 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/26072-chantemerle-les-bles

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 12,404 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.71

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PETIT VILLAGE). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (ROY'HOMEBURGER · ROTISSERIE DU COIRON · SARL LE CAFE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PUBLIQUE CHANTEMERLE LES BLES). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHANTEMERLE LES BLES AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE CHANTEMERLE-LES-BLÉS). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE COMMUNALE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING CHANTE MERLE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE PETIT VILLAGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	4	ROY'HOMEBURGER · ROTISSERIE DU COIRON · SARL LE CAFE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PUBLIQUE CHANTEMERLE LES BLES	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	CHANTEMERLE LES BLES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE CHANTEMERLE-LES-BLÉS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE COMMUNALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING CHANTE MERLE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 610 2023: 1,343 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,170 (2012) → 1,343 (2023): 14.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 732 (1990) → 1,343 (2023): 83.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 556, of which 2.9 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 4.5 km SFood shop — 5.3 km SWPharmacy — 5.8 km E 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 (Chantemerle-les-Blés): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Tain-l'Hermitage): 5.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mercurol-Veaunes): 4.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse): 5.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Chantemerle-les-Blés): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 37

Days at or below 0 °C 52.2

Muggy days a summer 1.9

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 37 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MARSAZ weather station, 3.2 km away at 213 m; the village itself is at 194 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at MARSAZ, 3.2 km away at 213 m, over 24 summers. ^[12]

An average of 872 mm of rain a year, spread over 94 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MARSAZ, 3.2 km away at 213 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 — 26072/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26072/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26072/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26072/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26072
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26347
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26179
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26301
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
Chabournay	86	401 km NW	1,274	32.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Agnin	38	26 km N	1,245	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Le Luart	72	466 km NW	1,460	35.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Louplande	72	487 km NW	1,505	37.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Fillé	72	479 km NW	1,562	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Barbières	26	26 km SE	1,143	32.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Agnin	38	26 km N	1,245	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Barbières	26	26 km SE	1,143	32.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Chabournay	86	401 km NW	1,274	32.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Le Luart	72	466 km NW	1,460	35.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Fillé	72	479 km NW	1,562	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Louplande	72	487 km NW	1,505	37.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 95 % · 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 Chantemerle-les-Blés'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
Sassenay	71	191 km N	1,612	32.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Charpey	26	24 km SE	1,547	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Virignin	01	93 km NE	1,144	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Margès	26	12 km E	1,067	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Toulaud	07	25 km S	1,687	30.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Victor-sur-Rhins	42	110 km NW	1,141	44.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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