Malataverne

Drôme · CC Drôme Sud Provence · INSEE 26169

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

Partly served 44.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Malataverne (INSEE 26169) is in Drôme (26), part of CC Drôme Sud Provence. Population 2,258 (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/26169-malataverne

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 8,813 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.43	20	8.65
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	0.97	5	4.84

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 2 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) (LE FOURNIL D'ARTAUD). ^[3]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (TABAC PRESSE LA RIAILLE). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (AUBERGE ST HUBERT · L'ITEANERANTE · HUMMUS&FALAFEL · PIZZA DI LENA). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MAURICE CHABAUD). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PIERRE QUENNESSON, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MALATAVERNE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE COMMUNALE MALATAVERNE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (LE SALON 202). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (DOMAINE DU COLOMBIER · LA MAISON DE GALINETTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (AIRE NATURELLE DE CAMPING LE MOULINAS). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE FOURNIL D'ARTAUD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	TABAC PRESSE LA RIAILLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	4	AUBERGE ST HUBERT · L'ITEANERANTE · HUMMUS&FALAFEL · PIZZA DI LENA	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MAURICE CHABAUD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	PIERRE QUENNESSON, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	MALATAVERNE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE COMMUNALE MALATAVERNE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	LE SALON 202	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hotel	2	DOMAINE DU COLOMBIER · LA MAISON DE GALINETTE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	1	AIRE NATURELLE DE CAMPING LE MOULINAS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 480 2023: 2,258 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,891 (2012) → 2,258 (2023): 19.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,289 (1990) → 2,258 (2023): 75.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 989, of which 1.6 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 5.8 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 (Malataverne): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Malataverne): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Malataverne): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Montélimar): 5.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Malataverne): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 55.9▸

Days at or below 0 °C 25.4

Muggy days a summer 3.7

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 56 days a year at or above 30 °C and 25 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the DONZERE weather station, 6.6 km away at 66 m; the village itself is at 111 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at DONZERE, 6.6 km away at 66 m, over 25 summers. ^[10]

An average of 810 mm of rain a year, spread over 72 days — about 11.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at DONZERE, 6.6 km away at 66 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26169/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26169/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26169/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26169/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26169
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26198
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
Saze	30	61 km S	2,096	50.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-de-Niost	01	155 km N	1,866	38.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Melaine-sur-Aubance	49	517 km NW	2,216	41.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Peujard	33	413 km W	2,195	48.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Gelais	79	453 km NW	2,220	38.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Clément-de-la-Place	49	542 km NW	2,168	46.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saze	30	61 km S	2,096	50.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-de-Niost	01	155 km N	1,866	38.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 %
Peujard	33	413 km W	2,195	48.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Gelais	79	453 km NW	2,220	38.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Melaine-sur-Aubance	49	517 km NW	2,216	41.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Clément-de-la-Place	49	542 km NW	2,168	46.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 92 % · 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 Malataverne'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
Saze	30	61 km S	2,096	50.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Lédenon	30	66 km S	1,685	53.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
La Coucourde	26	18 km N	1,240	44.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Cairanne	84	32 km SE	1,129	40.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Rochegude	26	27 km S	1,678	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Larnage	26	69 km N	1,009	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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