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Combovin

Drôme · CA Valence Romans Agglo · INSEE 26100

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 29.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Combovin (INSEE 26100) is in Drôme (26), part of CA Valence Romans Agglo. Population 476 (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/26100-combovin

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 17,882 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.9108.96
Housing mix0.7653.8

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 0 of 3
Lodging 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AUBERGE LES 3 RUISSEAUX). [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PUBLIQUE COMBOVIN). [3]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1AUBERGE LES 3 RUISSEAUXINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PUBLIQUE COMBOVININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 217 2023: 476 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 407 (2012) → 476 (2023): 17 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 341 (1990) → 476 (2023): 39.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 250, of which 12 % second homes and 9.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 3.1 km NE (Châteaudouble)Food shop — 4.7 km N (Châteaudouble)GP — 5.0 km W (Montvendre)Pharmacy — 5.4 km NW (Chabeuil)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.1 km NEFood shop — 4.7 km NGP — 5.0 km WPharmacy — 5.4 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 (Châteaudouble): 3.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Châteaudouble): 4.7 km to the north (straight line). [8]

GP (Montvendre): 5 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Chabeuil): 5.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Combovin): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the COMBOVIN weather station, 4.5 km away at 820 m; the village itself is at 359 m. [12]

The village sits 461 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 2 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at COMBOVIN, 4.5 km away at 820 m, over 27 summers. [12]

That station sits 461 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 1,142 mm of rain a year, spread over 106 days — about 10.8 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at COMBOVIN, 4.5 km away at 820 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 — 26100/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26100/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26100/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26100/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26081
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26212
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26064
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26100
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bouquelon27611 km NW47031.1Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Lengronne50666 km NW46726.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Chassy89357 km N47228.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Gotein-Libarrenx64513 km W47926.1Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 36 %
Sébécourt27558 km NW46131.2Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 77 %
Xirocourt54404 km N45629.3Few servicesno figures
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Chassy89357 km N47228.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Xirocourt54404 km N45629.3Few servicesno figures
Gotein-Libarrenx64513 km W47926.1Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 36 %
Sébécourt27558 km NW46131.2Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 77 %
Bouquelon27611 km NW47031.1Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Lengronne50666 km NW46726.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 76 % · 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 Combovin'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Chenay79429 km NW46123.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Marçay37450 km NW46527Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Lancé41440 km NW47127.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Cigogné37416 km NW46034.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Le Bourdet79469 km W56431.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Thouron87326 km NW56329Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %