Charpey

Identity

Charpey (INSEE 26079) is in Drôme (26), part of CA Valence Romans Agglo. Population 1,547 (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/26079-charpey

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 21 % of the 11,392 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

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

2 × Restaurant (LES CROQUANTS DU PETIT MARMITON). ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PUBLIQUE CHARPEY). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHARPEY ESS AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE COMMUNALE CHARPEY). ^[4]

2 × Hairdresser (SKUPIEN PEGGY · ELODIE COIFFURE A DOMICILE). ^[4,3]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,274 (2012) → 1,547 (2023): 21.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 806 (1990) → 1,547 (2023): 91.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 666, of which 3.6 % second homes and 4.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Barbières): 4.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bésayes): 2.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montélier): 4.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bésayes): 2.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Charpey): 0.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 33 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ROCHEFORT-SAMSON_SAPC weather station, 8 km away at 368 m; the village itself is at 293 m. ^[12]

The village sits 75 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ROCHEFORT-SAMSON_SAPC, 8 km away at 368 m, over 17 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 75 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,016 mm of rain a year, spread over 101 days — about 10.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ROCHEFORT-SAMSON_SAPC, 8 km away at 368 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26079/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26079/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26079/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26079/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26049
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26197
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26079
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024