Montjoyer
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 22/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Montjoyer (INSEE 26203) is in Drôme (26), part of CC Enclave des Papes - Pays de Grignan. Population 275 (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.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/26203-montjoyer
Vitality score
Vitality score 22/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 56 % of the 17,626 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.89 | 10 | 8.89 |
| Housing mix | 0.69 | 5 | 3.47 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE PUBLIQUE MONTJOYER). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE PUBLIQUE MONTJOYER | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 251 (2012) → 275 (2023): 9.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 198 (1990) → 275 (2023): 38.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 176, of which 15.3 % second homes and 17 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Allan): 6.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (La Touche): 6.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Espeluche): 5 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Grignan): 7.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Montjoyer): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [12]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 36 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]
Measured at the MONTBOUCHER-S-J weather station, 7.9 km away at 136 m; the village itself is at 330 m. [13]
The village sits 194 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 6.06 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [13]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [13]
Humidity measured at MONTBOUCHER-S-J, 7.9 km away at 136 m, over 26 summers. [13]
That station sits 194 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [13]
An average of 972 mm of rain a year, spread over 81 days — about 12 mm on a day it rains. [13]
Rainfall measured at AIGUEBELLE, 2 km away at 206 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26203/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26203/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26203/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26203/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26005
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26352
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26121
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26146
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26203
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lantenay | 01 | 184 km N | 260 | 18.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 16 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chambors | 60 | 580 km N | 300 | 17.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Cyr-de-Valorges | 42 | 163 km N | 304 | 18.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 93 % · humidity 50 % |
| Vaux-sur-Somme | 80 | 630 km N | 268 | 15.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Méharin | 64 | 497 km W | 274 | 17.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 66 % · humidity 0 % |
| Recques-sur-Course | 62 | 710 km N | 266 | 17.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Cyr-de-Valorges | 42 | 163 km N | 304 | 18.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 93 % · humidity 50 % |
| Lantenay | 01 | 184 km N | 260 | 18.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 16 % · humidity 93 % |
| Méharin | 64 | 497 km W | 274 | 17.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 66 % · humidity 0 % |
| Chambors | 60 | 580 km N | 300 | 17.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vaux-sur-Somme | 80 | 630 km N | 268 | 15.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Recques-sur-Course | 62 | 710 km N | 266 | 17.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Montjoyer'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bathernay | 26 | 79 km N | 221 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Betton-Bettonet | 73 | 157 km NE | 306 | 16.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Portes-en-Valdaine | 26 | 7.3 km NE | 459 | 23.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vitrolles-en-Lubéron | 84 | 95 km SE | 217 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lavaurette | 82 | 255 km W | 214 | 12.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Martin-le-Colonel | 26 | 66 km NE | 224 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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