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Érôme

Drôme · CA Arche Agglo · INSEE 26119

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 38.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Érôme (INSEE 26119) is in Drôme (26), part of CA Arche Agglo. Population 848 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/26119-erome

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 65 % of the 15,303 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 food0.21255.27
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.71107.15
Housing mix0.9154.57

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA P'TITE MIETTE). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE MYSTIK). [4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LES ROSSIGNOLS). [3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (EROME RP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE ERÔME). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (ESPACE HERAMEN). [3]

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1LA P'TITE MIETTEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar1LE MYSTIKINSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LES ROSSIGNOLSINSEE 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 postale1EROME RPINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE ERÔMEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1ESPACE HERAMENINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 624 peak 2012: 852 2023: 848 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 852 (2012) → 848 (2023): -0.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 698 (1990) → 848 (2023): 21.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 440, of which 4.3 % second homes and 10.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 1.7 km SW (Vion)GP — 4.1 km S (Saint-Jean-de-Muzols)Pharmacy — 4.9 km S (Saint-Jean-de-Muzols)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 1.7 km SWGP — 4.1 km SPharmacy — 4.9 km S 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 (Érôme): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Vion): 1.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Saint-Jean-de-Muzols): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Jean-de-Muzols): 4.9 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Érôme): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

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 55 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the GERVANS weather station, 1.1 km away at 157 m; the village itself is at 137 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at MERCUROL, 8.5 km away at 153 m, over 26 summers. [11]

An average of 839 mm of rain a year, spread over 93 days — about 9 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at GERVANS, 1.1 km away at 157 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26119/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26119/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26119/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26119/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26119
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07345
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07245
  11. 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
Coudray53513 km NW86942.3Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Chamblet03213 km NW1,07427.2Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Pancé35583 km NW1,15932.1Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Les Mazures08530 km N84650.5Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 %
Bouère53507 km NW1,05828.8Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Cormes72462 km NW89335.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Chamblet03213 km NW1,07427.2Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Cormes72462 km NW89335.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Bouère53507 km NW1,05828.8Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Coudray53513 km NW86942.3Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Les Mazures08530 km N84650.5Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 %
Pancé35583 km NW1,15932.1Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Érôme'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
Rompon0741 km S1,13926.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Larnage264.2 km SE1,00936.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Puy-Saint-Martin2656 km S82749.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
La Baume-de-Transit2687 km S94254.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
La Coucourde2653 km S1,24044.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Piégros-la-Clastre2652 km SE88247.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %