Charols

Drôme · CA Montélimar Agglomération · INSEE 26078

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

Partly served 44/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Charols (INSEE 26078) is in Drôme (26), part of CA Montélimar Agglomération. Population 965 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/26078-charols

Vitality score

Vitality score 44/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 14,559 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	0.42	25	10.54
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	0.85	5	4.24

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (DOUCEURS & GOURMANDISES). ^[3]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MAGASIN PROXI). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CBMAG). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CHEZ FANNY). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Hairdresser (PRISCILLIACOIFF). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (CHATEAU LES OLIVIERS DE SALETTES). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), 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)	1	DOUCEURS & GOURMANDISES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	MAGASIN PROXI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	CBMAG	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	CHEZ FANNY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE CHAROLS	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	2	PRISCILLIACOIFF	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	CHATEAU LES OLIVIERS DE SALETTES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 265 2023: 965 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 821 (2012) → 965 (2023): 17.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 415 (1990) → 965 (2023): 132.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 445, of which 7.6 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 2.5 km NWGP — 2.6 km NW 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 (Charols): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Charols): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Cléon-d'Andran): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Cléon-d'Andran): 2.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Charols): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 50.2▸

Days at or below 0 °C 29.4

Muggy days a summer 4.4

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 50 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PUY-ST-MARTIN weather station, 3.4 km away at 211 m; the village itself is at 213 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at PUY-ST-MARTIN, 3.4 km away at 211 m, over 24 summers. ^[10]

An average of 904 mm of rain a year, spread over 86 days — about 10.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PUY-ST-MARTIN, 3.4 km away at 211 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26078/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26078/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26078/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26078/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26078
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26095
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
Jonzier-Épagny	74	183 km NE	942	44.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 54 % · humidity 71 %
Charancieu	38	115 km NE	738	45.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 19 % · humidity 86 %
Appeville-Annebault	27	620 km NW	1,004	31.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Grézac	17	468 km W	955	43.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Reipertswiller	67	519 km N	842	36.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %
Merceuil	21	262 km N	815	46.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Charancieu	38	115 km NE	738	45.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 19 % · humidity 86 %
Jonzier-Épagny	74	183 km NE	942	44.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 54 % · humidity 71 %
Merceuil	21	262 km N	815	46.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Grézac	17	468 km W	955	43.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Reipertswiller	67	519 km N	842	36.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %
Appeville-Annebault	27	620 km NW	1,004	31.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Charols'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
La Laupie	26	8.6 km W	789	47.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Mirabel-et-Blacons	26	17 km NE	1,198	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Monteils	30	83 km SW	692	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Piégros-la-Clastre	26	17 km NE	882	47.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Crozes-Hermitage	26	56 km N	660	40.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Pont-de-Barret	26	4.5 km E	657	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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