La Chaudière
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 12.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Chaudière (INSEE 26090) is in Drôme (26), part of CC du Crestois et de Pays de Saillans Coeur de Drôme. Population 25 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 12.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 75 % of the 1,434 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.1 | 5 | 0.5 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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) | 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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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
Population 20 (2012) → 25 (2023): 25 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 13 (1990) → 25 (2023): 92.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 20, of which 45 % second homes and 0 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Bourdeaux): 7.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Mornans): 7 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Saillans): 7.5 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Saillans): 7.4 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Bourdeaux): 8.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 84 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the ST SAUVEUR EN DIOIS weather station, 7.3 km away at 338 m; the village itself is at 871 m. [11]
The village sits 533 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 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at BOURDEAUX, 8.2 km away at 432 m, over 22 summers. [11]
That station sits 439 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 858 mm of rain a year, spread over 83 days — about 10.3 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at ST SAUVEUR EN DIOIS, 7.3 km away at 338 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26090/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26090/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26090/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26090/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26056
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26214
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26289
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roussieux | 26 | 39 km SE | 24 | 12.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 % |
| Valleroy | 52 | 343 km N | 24 | 3.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 % |
| Mont-de-Galié | 31 | 409 km SW | 24 | 1.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 % |
| Betoncourt-sur-Mance | 70 | 358 km N | 25 | 0.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 % |
| Étoile-Saint-Cyrice | 05 | 48 km SE | 23 | 4.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 % |
| Neuville-en-Beaumont | 50 | 736 km NW | 27 | 1.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 11 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roussieux | 26 | 39 km SE | 24 | 12.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 % |
| Étoile-Saint-Cyrice | 05 | 48 km SE | 23 | 4.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 % |
| Valleroy | 52 | 343 km N | 24 | 3.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 % |
| Betoncourt-sur-Mance | 70 | 358 km N | 25 | 0.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 % |
| Mont-de-Galié | 31 | 409 km SW | 24 | 1.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 % |
| Neuville-en-Beaumont | 50 | 736 km NW | 27 | 1.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 11 % · 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 La Chaudière'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sor | 09 | 388 km SW | 29 | 7.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Chauvirey-le-Vieil | 70 | 353 km N | 24 | 2.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Jouancy | 89 | 351 km N | 29 | 11.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Thoissia | 39 | 200 km N | 34 | 10.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Recologne | 70 | 331 km N | 30 | 8.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Félix-de-l'Héras | 34 | 177 km SW | 33 | 7.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
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