Chantemerle-lès-Grignan

Identity

Chantemerle-lès-Grignan (INSEE 26073) is in Drôme (26), part of CC Enclave des Papes - Pays de Grignan. Population 246 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/26073-chantemerle-les-grignan

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 65 % of the 17,149 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.

Services

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LA BARTAVELLE · L'EVIDENCE). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (MAS DE FANNY). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 242 (2012) → 246 (2023): 1.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 180 (1990) → 246 (2023): 36.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 202, of which 33.7 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Valaurie): 2.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Grignan): 5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Valaurie): 2.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Grignan): 6.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Roussas): 3.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 56 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTSEGUR-S-LAU weather station, 5.1 km away at 146 m; the village itself is at 210 m. ^[11]

The village sits 64 m above 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 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MONTSEGUR-S-LAU, 5.1 km away at 146 m, over 28 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 64 m below 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 781 mm of rain a year, spread over 72 days — about 10.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTSEGUR-S-LAU, 5.1 km away at 146 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

20 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 268,000 € — 2,658 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Drôme is 2,174 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26073/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26073/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26073/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26073/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26360
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26146
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26284
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025