Espeluche

Drôme · CA Montélimar Agglomération · INSEE 26121

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

Few services 35.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Espeluche (INSEE 26121) is in Drôme (26), part of CA Montélimar Agglomération. Population 1,134 (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/26121-espeluche

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 13,579 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	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (L'AUBERGE DE LA CITELLE). ^[4,3]

1 × Café / bar. ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SANTINONH SASORITH, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ESPELUCHE AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE COMMUNALE ESPELUCHE). ^[4]

3 × Hairdresser (CHAIX MARIE....CHEZ VOUS). ^[4,3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	1	L'AUBERGE DE LA CITELLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	SANTINONH SASORITH, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	ESPELUCHE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE COMMUNALE ESPELUCHE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	3	CHAIX MARIE....CHEZ VOUS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 412 2023: 1,134 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,037 (2012) → 1,134 (2023): 9.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 700 (1990) → 1,134 (2023): 62 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 569, of which 3.3 % second homes and 9.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP Bakery — 1.5 km WPharmacy — 3.7 km NFood shop — 4.3 km N 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 (Allan): 1.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montboucher-sur-Jabron): 4.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Espeluche): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Montboucher-sur-Jabron): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Espeluche): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 46.6▸

Days at or below 0 °C 42.6

Muggy days a summer 3

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 47 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTBOUCHER-S-J weather station, 3.3 km away at 136 m; the village itself is at 165 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MONTBOUCHER-S-J, 3.3 km away at 136 m, over 26 summers. ^[11]

An average of 899 mm of rain a year, spread over 77 days — about 11.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTBOUCHER-S-J, 3.3 km away at 136 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26121/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26121/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26121/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26121/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26005
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26191
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26121
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
Naours	80	643 km N	1,047	32.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Morienval	60	551 km N	1,035	29.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Gardouch	31	281 km SW	1,370	44.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Haussy	59	642 km N	1,451	31.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Puceul	44	599 km NW	1,142	37.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Forcé	53	577 km NW	1,099	31.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gardouch	31	281 km SW	1,370	44.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Morienval	60	551 km N	1,035	29.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Forcé	53	577 km NW	1,099	31.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Puceul	44	599 km NW	1,142	37.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Haussy	59	642 km N	1,451	31.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Naours	80	643 km N	1,047	32.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 93 % · 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 Espeluche'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
Terssac	81	228 km W	1,195	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Meysse	07	13 km NW	1,366	49.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Campsas	82	287 km W	1,473	44.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Le Poujol-sur-Orb	34	175 km SW	947	54.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Marcel-lès-Sauzet	26	9.0 km N	1,228	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Montvendre	26	43 km N	1,292	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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