Montélier

Drôme · CA Valence Romans Agglo · INSEE 26197

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

Partly served 57/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montélier (INSEE 26197) is in Drôme (26), part of CA Valence Romans Agglo. Population 4,323 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/26197-montelier

Vitality score

Vitality score 57/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 5,290 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	0.42	25	10.39
Social	0.59	20	11.71
Education	0.53	10	5.28
Health	0.5	10	4.99
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.93

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AGC · LA BELLEMONTOISE · COEUR CARAMEL · LES PAINS DE SAMUEL). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHARCUTERIE DES LIMOUCHES). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (G.L.G · LEOPOLD). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (NETTO · DEBEHOLD). ^[3,4]

12 × Restaurant (PIZZA MARKO · MBTP · SARL DEMAX · L'AUBERGE DE GREG ET SAB · LE STAMM). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LES PETITS CHAMPS). ^[4]

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

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE MELUSINE · ECOLE EMILE JUGE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LES PRIMEVERES). ^[3]

6 × GP (médecin généraliste) (VINCENT BRISSEAU, MÉDECIN · MATHILDE PIOT, MÉDECIN · SABINE GASCHIGNARD, MÉDECIN · AGNES BOISSARD, MÉDECIN · ALEXANDRE GIRARD, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE MONTELIER). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE COMMUNALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (VIRGINIE COIFFURE · NEW ART · BERENICE COIFFURE · LES CISEAUX DE NANOU). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL VALERY). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	4	AGC · LA BELLEMONTOISE · COEUR CARAMEL · LES PAINS DE SAMUEL	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	CHARCUTERIE DES LIMOUCHES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	G.L.G · LEOPOLD	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	NETTO · DEBEHOLD	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	12	PIZZA MARKO · MBTP · SARL DEMAX · L'AUBERGE DE GREG ET SAB · LE STAMM	INSEE BPE 12 / INSEE SIRENE 16 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LES PETITS CHAMPS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE GEORGES CHARPAK	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	3	ECOLE PRIMAIRE MELUSINE · ECOLE EMILE JUGE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LES PRIMEVERES	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	6	VINCENT BRISSEAU, MÉDECIN · MATHILDE PIOT, MÉDECIN · SABINE GASCHIGNARD, MÉDECIN · AGNES BOISSARD, MÉDECIN · ALEXANDRE GIRARD, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 6 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE MONTELIER	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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE COMMUNALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	4	VIRGINIE COIFFURE · NEW ART · BERENICE COIFFURE · LES CISEAUX DE NANOU	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	HOTEL VALERY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,058 2023: 4,323 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,814 (2012) → 4,323 (2023): 13.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,738 (1990) → 4,323 (2023): 57.9 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,888, of which 0.7 % second homes and 4 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 0.7 km NE 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 (Montélier): 0.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Montélier): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montélier): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Montélier): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 42.8

Days at or below 0 °C 43.6

Muggy days a summer 2.7

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 43 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VALENCE-CHABEUI weather station, 5.1 km away at 163 m; the village itself is at 209 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at VALENCE-CHABEUI, 5.1 km away at 163 m, over 27 summers. ^[10]

An average of 873 mm of rain a year, spread over 88 days — about 9.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VALENCE-CHABEUI, 5.1 km away at 163 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 — 26197/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/088a5776-f717-3edc-b295-68bfa690d7b5— “Marché hebdomadaire de Montélier”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26197/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26197/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26197/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26197
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
Morestel	38	89 km NE	4,340	67.3	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
La Brède	33	439 km W	4,386	55.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Grisolles	82	321 km W	4,214	56.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Charmes	88	394 km N	4,484	60.8	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 46 % · humidity 86 %
Breteuil	60	561 km N	4,222	58.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Bessières	31	300 km SW	4,310	56.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 89 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Morestel	38	89 km NE	4,340	67.3	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Bessières	31	300 km SW	4,310	56.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 89 %
Grisolles	82	321 km W	4,214	56.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Charmes	88	394 km N	4,484	60.8	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 46 % · humidity 86 %
La Brède	33	439 km W	4,386	55.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Breteuil	60	561 km N	4,222	58.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 82 % · 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 Montélier'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
Chabeuil	26	4.2 km S	6,833	67.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Beaumont-lès-Valence	26	11 km SW	4,337	44.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Vaison-la-Romaine	84	78 km S	6,058	65.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Chavanay	42	58 km NW	2,884	72.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Cruas	07	38 km SW	2,898	57.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Villeneuve-de-Berg	07	59 km SW	3,031	55.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

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