Curnier

Identity

Curnier (INSEE 26112) is in Drôme (26), part of CC des Baronnies en Drôme Provençale. Population 206 (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/26112-curnier

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 95 % of the 16,113 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]

1 × Restaurant (LE COQUELICOT). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (BAR RESTAURANT DE CURNIER). ^[4]

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

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LES RAMIERES). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 192 (2012) → 206 (2023): 7.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 179 (1990) → 206 (2023): 15.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 156, of which 25 % second homes and 9.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Les Pilles): 2.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Condorcet): 3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Nyons): 8.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Sainte-Jalle): 6.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Curnier): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 43 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the BESIGNAN weather station, 9.8 km away at 556 m; the village itself is at 329 m. ^[13]

The village sits 227 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at BESIGNAN, 9.8 km away at 556 m, over 30 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 227 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 773 mm of rain a year, spread over 79 days — about 9.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at BESIGNAN, 9.8 km away at 556 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26112/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26112/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26112/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26112/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26238
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26103
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26220
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26306
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26112
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024