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Montferrand-la-Fare

Drôme · CC des Baronnies en Drôme Provençale · INSEE 26199

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 10 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montferrand-la-Fare (INSEE 26199) is in Drôme (26), part of CC des Baronnies en Drôme Provençale. Population 27 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/26199-montferrand-la-fare

Vitality score

Vitality score 4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 10 % of the 1,678 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.34103.44
Housing mix050

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 43 peak 2007: 52 2023: 27 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 36 (2012) → 27 (2023): -25 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 32 (1990) → 27 (2023): -15.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 44, of which 59.1 % second homes and 4.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 2.9 km NW (Verclause)GP — 3.6 km NE (Rosans)Pharmacy — 3.6 km NE (Rosans)Bakery — 3.7 km NE (Rosans)Primary school — 4.1 km NE (Rosans)
Food shop — 2.9 km NWGP — 3.6 km NEPharmacy — 3.6 km NEBakery — 3.7 km NEPrimary school — 4.1 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 (Rosans): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Verclause): 2.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Rosans): 3.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Rosans): 3.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Rosans): 4.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 33 days a year at or above 30 °C and 89 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the ST-AUBAN-SUR-OUVEZE weather station, 7.9 km away at 625 m; the village itself is at 588 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at ST-AUBAN-SUR-OUVEZE, 7.9 km away at 625 m, over 23 summers. [10]

An average of 773 mm of rain a year, spread over 78 days — about 9.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at ST-AUBAN-SUR-OUVEZE, 7.9 km away at 625 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26199/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26199/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26199/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26199/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 05126
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26369
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Montréal-les-Sources2613 km W263.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Le Clat11317 km SW281.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Cathervielle31434 km W284.1No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Varennes-Saint-Honorat43170 km NW260.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Jonchères2624 km N270.5No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Mausoléo2B353 km SE2411.8No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 18 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Montréal-les-Sources2613 km W263.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Jonchères2624 km N270.5No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Varennes-Saint-Honorat43170 km NW260.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Le Clat11317 km SW281.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Mausoléo2B353 km SE2411.8No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 18 % · humidity 93 %
Cathervielle31434 km W284.1No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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…and in much the same climate

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Pradelle2630 km NW264.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Arlet43181 km NW245.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Les Tonils2632 km NW163.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Oppedette0449 km S4314.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Julien-des-Chazes43166 km NW528.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Vachères-en-Quint2650 km N3814.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %