Donzère
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 56.5/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Donzère (INSEE 26116) is in Drôme (26), part of CC Drôme Sud Provence. Population 6,008 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/26116-donzere
Vitality score
Vitality score 56.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 65 % of the 3,925 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 | 0.47 | 25 | 11.83 |
| Social | 0.7 | 20 | 14.09 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.31 | 10 | 3.07 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.91 | 10 | 9.09 |
| Housing mix | 0.98 | 5 | 4.89 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE FLORIT). [3,4]
2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE AMEZIANE · PASSIOUN E TRADICIOUN). [3,4]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CODISUD · CALAO 71). [3,4]
4 × Supermarket (SUPER U · CALAO 70 · CALAO 170 · CALAO 249). [3,4]
6 × Restaurant (LE MONDE DES PIZZAS · LE KIOSQUE A PIZZA · SKYT · BABACAN). [3,4]
4 × Café / bar (BISTROT GAGNANT · LE RELAIS DE DONZERE · LE CAFE DES SPORTS). [4]
2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE CHENES · ECOLE MATERNELLE AIGUEBELLE). [3]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENT PUB ANDRE JULLIEN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE MARIE). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SABRINA VIALE, MÉDECIN · SAMIRA DAHMANI, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE BOURRET MESSANA). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DONZÈRE). [3]
3 × Bank (CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE · CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL SUD RHONE ALPES · THEAUBEN). [3]
11 × Hairdresser (BY'SO · AGC COIFFURE · LE COIFFEUR). [3,4]
3 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
3 × Hotel (L'HORLOGE GOURMANDE · DROM' SUD HOTEL · LE RELAIS DE DONZERE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 17 × Supermarket, 5 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hotel.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | BOULANGERIE FLORIT | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 2 | BOUCHERIE AMEZIANE · PASSIOUN E TRADICIOUN | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | CODISUD · CALAO 71 | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 4 | SUPER U · CALAO 70 · CALAO 170 · CALAO 249 | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 6 | LE MONDE DES PIZZAS · LE KIOSQUE A PIZZA · SKYT · BABACAN | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 16 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 4 | BISTROT GAGNANT · LE RELAIS DE DONZERE · LE CAFE DES SPORTS | INSEE SIRENE 4 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 2 | ECOLE MATERNELLE CHENES · ECOLE MATERNELLE AIGUEBELLE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE ELEMENT PUB ANDRE JULLIEN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE MARIE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 2 | SABRINA VIALE, MÉDECIN · SAMIRA DAHMANI, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE BOURRET MESSANA | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DONZÈRE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 3 | CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE · CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL SUD RHONE ALPES · THEAUBEN | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 11 | BY'SO · AGC COIFFURE · LE COIFFEUR | INSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 15 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 3 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 3 | L'HORLOGE GOURMANDE · DROM' SUD HOTEL · LE RELAIS DE DONZERE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market: Saturday 8h à 13h Place du Champ de Mars. [5,6]
Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.
Trajectory
Population 5,437 (2012) → 6,008 (2023): 10.5 % over 10 years. [7,1]
Population 4,265 (1990) → 6,008 (2023): 40.9 % over 30 years. [8,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,926, of which 1.1 % second homes and 9.6 % vacant. [9]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Donzère): 0.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Food shop (Donzère): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
GP (Donzère): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Donzère): 1.4 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Donzère): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 56 days a year at or above 30 °C and 25 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the DONZERE weather station, 2.2 km away at 66 m; the village itself is at 75 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at DONZERE, 2.2 km away at 66 m, over 25 summers. [11]
An average of 810 mm of rain a year, spread over 72 days — about 11.3 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at DONZERE, 2.2 km away at 66 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26116/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://www.donzere.fr/vivre-a-donzere/economie/— “Notre marché du samedi matin s'implante Place du Champ de Mars de 8h à 13h en plein cœur de ville”
- DATAtourisme 2026-01— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/05a35ae9-cb4e-352b-8054-193fdc55c0d5— “Venez profiter de notre beau marché provençal tous les samedis matin sur la place en plein coeur de la ville.”
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26116/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26116/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26116/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26116
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corbie | 80 | 630 km N | 5,982 | 57.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 % |
| Fontenay-Trésigny | 77 | 494 km N | 5,994 | 62.2 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 61 % · humidity 79 % |
| Montdidier | 80 | 601 km N | 5,935 | 60.5 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Just-en-Chaussée | 60 | 589 km N | 5,810 | 59.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 53 % · humidity 79 % |
| Magny-en-Vexin | 95 | 569 km N | 5,779 | 62.5 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 % |
| Mornant | 69 | 131 km N | 6,282 | 58 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mornant | 69 | 131 km N | 6,282 | 58 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fontenay-Trésigny | 77 | 494 km N | 5,994 | 62.2 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 61 % · humidity 79 % |
| Magny-en-Vexin | 95 | 569 km N | 5,779 | 62.5 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Just-en-Chaussée | 60 | 589 km N | 5,810 | 59.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 53 % · humidity 79 % |
| Montdidier | 80 | 601 km N | 5,935 | 60.5 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 % |
| Corbie | 80 | 630 km N | 5,982 | 57.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 % |
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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 Donzère'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bollène | 84 | 19 km S | 14,024 | 58.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Rémy-de-Provence | 13 | 74 km S | 9,599 | 71.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Carnoux-en-Provence | 13 | 149 km SE | 6,873 | 53.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Chamas | 13 | 103 km S | 8,676 | 70.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Velaux | 13 | 111 km SE | 8,941 | 56.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Morières-lès-Avignon | 84 | 58 km S | 9,019 | 60.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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