Grignan
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 58.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Grignan (INSEE 26146) is in Drôme (26), part of CC Enclave des Papes - Pays de Grignan. Population 1,596 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/26146-grignan
Vitality score
Vitality score 58.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 91 % of the 11,171 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 | 0.34 | 25 | 8.55 |
| Social | 0.96 | 20 | 19.18 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.59 | 10 | 5.85 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.73 | 10 | 7.28 |
| Housing mix | 0.57 | 5 | 2.84 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DES SAVEURS · JMF MAISON FOURNIER). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LES SAVEURS DU TERROIR). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). [3,4]
23 × Restaurant (KIKIDEN'S CREATIONS · LE RELAIS DE GRIGNAN · L'ETABLE · LA FERME CHAPOUTON). [3,4]
5 × Café / bar (L'HELICE · LE SEVIGNE · LE CABARE). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE EMILE LOUBET). [3]
3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LEOPOLD BAQUE, MÉDECIN · CARMEN OLARIO, MÉDECIN · GERMAIN POIGNANT, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE GRIGNAN). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (GRIGNAN AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE COMMUNALE GRIGNAN). [3]
2 × Bank (CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL SUD RHONE ALPES). [3]
6 × Hairdresser (FRANCE CREATION · LES CISEAUX D'AMANDINE · SANCHEZ CATHY · MADA). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
3 × Hotel (HÔTEL LA FERME CHAPOUTON · HÔTEL LE CLAIR DE LA PLUME · HÔTEL LA BASTIDE DE GRIGNAN). [3,4]
2 × Campsite (LES TRUFFIERES · CAMPING DU CHÂTEAU). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | LE FOURNIL DES SAVEURS · JMF MAISON FOURNIER | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | LES SAVEURS DU TERROIR | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 1 | INTERMARCHE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 23 | KIKIDEN'S CREATIONS · LE RELAIS DE GRIGNAN · L'ETABLE · LA FERME CHAPOUTON | INSEE BPE 23 / INSEE SIRENE 29 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 5 | L'HELICE · LE SEVIGNE · LE CABARE | INSEE SIRENE 5 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE EMILE LOUBET | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 3 | LEOPOLD BAQUE, MÉDECIN · CARMEN OLARIO, MÉDECIN · GERMAIN POIGNANT, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE GRIGNAN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | GRIGNAN AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE COMMUNALE GRIGNAN | 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 | 2 | CAISSE EPARGNE PREVO LOIRE DROME ARDECHE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL SUD RHONE ALPES | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 6 | FRANCE CREATION · LES CISEAUX D'AMANDINE · SANCHEZ CATHY · MADA | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 3 | HÔTEL LA FERME CHAPOUTON · HÔTEL LE CLAIR DE LA PLUME · HÔTEL LA BASTIDE DE GRIGNAN | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 2 | LES TRUFFIERES · CAMPING DU CHÂTEAU | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Tuesday. [5]
Trajectory
Population 1,618 (2012) → 1,596 (2023): -1.4 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 1,300 (1990) → 1,596 (2023): 22.8 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,147, of which 21.6 % second homes and 9.6 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Grignan): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Grignan): 0 km to the east (straight line). [9]
GP (Grignan): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Grignan): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Grignan): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 49 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the TAULIGNAN weather station, 6.6 km away at 257 m; the village itself is at 195 m. [10]
The village sits 62 m below 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at TAULIGNAN, 6.6 km away at 257 m, over 26 summers. [10]
That station sits 62 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 832 mm of rain a year, spread over 77 days — about 10.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at TAULIGNAN, 6.6 km away at 257 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26146/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2025-05— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/a9e7d7c0-a931-38f4-9b94-3aa79860eebb— “Mardi : Marché hebdomadaire Grignan.”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26146/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26146/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26146/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26146
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lacapelle-Marival | 46 | 239 km W | 1,268 | 48 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Moulins-Engilbert | 58 | 298 km N | 1,352 | 49.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Meyssac | 19 | 265 km W | 1,310 | 61.3 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 % |
| Marciac | 32 | 393 km W | 1,213 | 57.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 88 % · humidity 43 % |
| Flamanville | 50 | 766 km NW | 1,639 | 43.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 92 % |
| Masseube | 32 | 364 km W | 1,511 | 48.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lacapelle-Marival | 46 | 239 km W | 1,268 | 48 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Meyssac | 19 | 265 km W | 1,310 | 61.3 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 % |
| Moulins-Engilbert | 58 | 298 km N | 1,352 | 49.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Masseube | 32 | 364 km W | 1,511 | 48.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 % |
| Marciac | 32 | 393 km W | 1,213 | 57.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 88 % · humidity 43 % |
| Flamanville | 50 | 766 km NW | 1,639 | 43.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 92 % |
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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 Grignan'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saillans | 26 | 39 km NE | 1,460 | 62.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Largentière | 07 | 51 km W | 1,450 | 54.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Visan | 84 | 12 km S | 1,857 | 45.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Puyloubier | 13 | 117 km SE | 1,768 | 41.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Meysse | 07 | 26 km NW | 1,366 | 49.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cucuron | 84 | 83 km SE | 1,885 | 51.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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