Marsaz

Drôme · CA Arche Agglo · INSEE 26177

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

Few services 36/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Marsaz (INSEE 26177) is in Drôme (26), part of CA Arche Agglo. Population 714 (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/26177-marsaz

Vitality score

Vitality score 36/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 65 % of the 16,322 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (DELICES DES ILES). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE MARSAZ). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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	1	DELICES DES ILES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	MARSAZ AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE MARSAZ	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	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

1968: 381 peak 2017: 761 2023: 714 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 740 (2012) → 714 (2023): -3.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 469 (1990) → 714 (2023): 52.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 331, of which 2.4 % second homes and 4.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.8 km EFood shop — 2.0 km EGP — 2.2 km EPharmacy — 2.2 km E 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 (Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse): 1.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse): 2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse): 2.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse): 2.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Marsaz): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 37

Days at or below 0 °C 52.2

Muggy days a summer 1.9

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 37 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MARSAZ weather station, 0.6 km away at 213 m; the village itself is at 218 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MARSAZ, 0.6 km away at 213 m, over 24 summers. ^[10]

An average of 872 mm of rain a year, spread over 94 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MARSAZ, 0.6 km away at 213 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26177/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26177/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26177/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26177/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26301
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26177
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
Authezat	63	149 km NW	661	36.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Les Mollettes	73	95 km NE	870	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Caix	80	550 km N	704	24.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Gastins	77	417 km N	741	33.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Duerne	69	71 km NW	841	27.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 %
Maron	54	400 km N	841	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Duerne	69	71 km NW	841	27.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 %
Les Mollettes	73	95 km NE	870	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Authezat	63	149 km NW	661	36.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Maron	54	400 km N	841	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Gastins	77	417 km N	741	33.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Caix	80	550 km N	704	24.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Marsaz'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 Mollettes	73	95 km NE	870	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Chavannes	26	1.9 km SW	768	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Épierre	73	112 km E	757	33.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Vincent-de-Barrès	07	54 km S	824	33.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Flaujac-Poujols	46	283 km W	811	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Charpey	26	23 km SE	1,547	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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