Val-Maravel
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 9.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Val-Maravel (INSEE 26136) is in Drôme (26), part of CC du Diois. Population 55 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 9.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 38 % of the 5,492 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.84 | 10 | 8.41 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE 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
Population 46 (2012) → 55 (2023): 19.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 41 (1990) → 55 (2023): 34.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 73, of which 56.2 % second homes and 2.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Dizier-en-Diois): 11.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Beaurières): 2.4 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Beaurières): 5.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Châtillon-en-Diois): 13.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Boulc): 6.4 km to the north (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 36 days a year at or above 30 °C and 136 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the VALDROME weather station, 9.6 km away at 786 m; the village itself is at 832 m. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at BELLEGARDE-EN-D, 11 km away at 1,017 m, over 21 summers. [12]
That station sits 185 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 1,050 mm of rain a year, spread over 100 days — about 10.5 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at VALDROME, 9.6 km away at 786 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26136/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26136/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26136/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26136/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26300
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26040
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26086
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26055
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quercitello | 2B | 389 km SE | 53 | 11 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Mélagues | 12 | 224 km SW | 53 | 0 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 0 % |
| Felce | 2B | 398 km SE | 54 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 7 % · humidity 71 % |
| San-Damiano | 2B | 393 km SE | 54 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Gigors | 04 | 51 km E | 58 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 28 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Sauveur-en-Diois | 26 | 34 km W | 55 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Sauveur-en-Diois | 26 | 34 km W | 55 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gigors | 04 | 51 km E | 58 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 28 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mélagues | 12 | 224 km SW | 53 | 0 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 0 % |
| Quercitello | 2B | 389 km SE | 53 | 11 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| San-Damiano | 2B | 393 km SE | 54 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Felce | 2B | 398 km SE | 54 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 7 % · humidity 71 % |
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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 Val-Maravel'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Prés | 26 | 7.2 km S | 31 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Nibles | 04 | 50 km SE | 54 | 9.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Châteaufort | 04 | 50 km SE | 29 | 5.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sigottier | 05 | 18 km SE | 82 | 10.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Oze | 05 | 21 km SE | 103 | 12.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Valdrôme | 26 | 9.7 km S | 133 | 14.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
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