La Garde-Adhémar

Identity

La Garde-Adhémar (INSEE 26138) is in Drôme (26), part of CC Drôme Sud Provence. Population 1,144 (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/26138-la-garde-adhemar

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 58 % of the 13,533 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPICERIE LA MARJOLAINE). ^[4,3]

6 × Restaurant (L'ABSINTHE ADHEMAR · COTE PIZZA · LYNAYA · LE REUNIONNAIS · SAS BELLOTA & CO). ^[4,3]

2 × Café / bar (LES BAINS). ^[3]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA GARDE ADHEMAR RP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LA GARDE-ADHÉMAR). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (LE SALON). ^[4,3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 5 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,118 (2012) → 1,144 (2023): 2.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,108 (1990) → 1,144 (2023): 3.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 668, of which 12.3 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux): 3.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Garde-Adhémar): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Les Granges-Gontardes): 2.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Pierrelatte): 5.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (La Garde-Adhémar): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 51 days a year at or above 30 °C and 30 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the DONZERE weather station, 4.6 km away at 66 m; the village itself is at 161 m. ^[12]

The village sits 95 m above 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at DONZERE, 4.6 km away at 66 m, over 25 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 95 m below 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 810 mm of rain a year, spread over 72 days — about 11.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at DONZERE, 4.6 km away at 66 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26138/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26138/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26138/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26138/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26324
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26138
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26145
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26235
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024