Chauvac-Laux-Montaux
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 3.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 5 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Chauvac-Laux-Montaux (INSEE 26091) is in Drôme (26), part of CC des Baronnies en Drôme Provençale. Population 43 (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 3.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 5 % of the 3,790 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 | 0.31 | 10 | 3.11 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| 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 44 (2012) → 43 (2023): -2.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 53 (1990) → 43 (2023): -18.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 64, of which 59.4 % second homes and 1.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Rosans): 8.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Auban-sur-l'Ouvèze): 9.6 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Rosans): 8.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Rosans): 8.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Rosans): 9.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 111 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ST-AUBAN-SUR-OUVEZE weather station, 9.7 km away at 625 m; the village itself is at 861 m. [10]
The village sits 236 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ST-AUBAN-SUR-OUVEZE, 9.7 km away at 625 m, over 23 summers. [10]
That station sits 236 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 845 mm of rain a year, spread over 80 days — about 10.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at MONTAUBAN-S-OUV, 6.3 km away at 689 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 — 26091/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26091/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26091/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26091/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 05126
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26292
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ourde | 65 | 428 km W | 43 | 10.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 31 % |
| Sallagriffon | 06 | 120 km SE | 47 | 5.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gincla | 11 | 311 km SW | 46 | 5.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 1 % · humidity 86 % |
| Champlin | 58 | 363 km NW | 45 | 4.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vieux-Port | 27 | 679 km NW | 47 | 7.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Montguers | 26 | 6.3 km SW | 39 | 3.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montguers | 26 | 6.3 km SW | 39 | 3.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sallagriffon | 06 | 120 km SE | 47 | 5.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gincla | 11 | 311 km SW | 46 | 5.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 1 % · humidity 86 % |
| Champlin | 58 | 363 km NW | 45 | 4.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ourde | 65 | 428 km W | 43 | 10.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 31 % |
| Vieux-Port | 27 | 679 km NW | 47 | 7.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
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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 Chauvac-Laux-Montaux'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lemps | 26 | 9.2 km W | 40 | 5.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vaychis | 09 | 348 km SW | 36 | 10.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Auvare | 06 | 116 km E | 52 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Bourguet | 83 | 99 km SE | 42 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chassignolles | 43 | 200 km NW | 64 | 1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Brette | 26 | 34 km NW | 29 | 6.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
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