Marches

Drôme · CA Valence Romans Agglo · INSEE 26173

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

Few services 30.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Marches (INSEE 26173) is in Drôme (26), part of CA Valence Romans Agglo. Population 866 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 30.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 15,188 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.49	10	4.91
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LÉA REVEILLARD, MÉDECIN · ALINE RODIER-CLAVAISON, MÉDECIN · CAMILLE VISEE, MÉDECIN · VERONIQUE LEGER-DOUX, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE MARCHES	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	LÉA REVEILLARD, MÉDECIN · ALINE RODIER-CLAVAISON, MÉDECIN · CAMILLE VISEE, MÉDECIN · VERONIQUE LEGER-DOUX, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 433 2023: 866 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 795 (2012) → 866 (2023): 8.9 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 560 (1990) → 866 (2023): 54.6 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 395, of which 3.5 % second homes and 4.8 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 1.2 km NFood shop — 2.7 km SWPharmacy — 2.7 km SWBakery — 3.2 km NW 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 (Chatuzange-le-Goubet): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Bésayes): 2.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Marches): 1.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Bésayes): 2.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Marches): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 29

Days at or below 0 °C 46.8

Muggy days a summer 1.6

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 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ROCHEFORT-SAMSON_SAPC weather station, 4.7 km away at 368 m; the village itself is at 324 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at ROCHEFORT-SAMSON_SAPC, 4.7 km away at 368 m, over 17 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,016 mm of rain a year, spread over 101 days — about 10.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ROCHEFORT-SAMSON_SAPC, 4.7 km away at 368 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 — 26173/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
DATAtourisme 2024-05— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/5055e85a-9757-30c3-ad25-f291704bd9ba— “Marché hebdomadaire”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26173/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26173/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26173/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26088
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26049
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26173
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
Jugeals-Nazareth	19	279 km W	943	28.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Caffiers	62	697 km N	734	25.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Henriville	57	477 km N	742	21.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Mercatel	62	610 km N	730	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Angerville-la-Martel	76	635 km NW	1,079	24	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 31 % · winter 61 %
Saint-Martin-le-Vieux	87	323 km W	865	21.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Jugeals-Nazareth	19	279 km W	943	28.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-le-Vieux	87	323 km W	865	21.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Henriville	57	477 km N	742	21.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Mercatel	62	610 km N	730	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Angerville-la-Martel	76	635 km NW	1,079	24	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 31 % · winter 61 %
Caffiers	62	697 km N	734	25.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 97 % · 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 Marches'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
Jugeals-Nazareth	19	279 km W	943	28.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Menthonnex-sous-Clermont	74	127 km NE	811	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Alloinay	79	423 km W	914	17.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Beaussais-Vitré	79	434 km W	923	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Biozat	03	188 km NW	933	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Lemps	07	31 km NW	798	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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