Montlaur-en-Diois

Drôme · CC du Diois · INSEE 26204

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

Few services 23.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montlaur-en-Diois (INSEE 26204) is in Drôme (26), part of CC du Diois. Population 134 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 23.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 83 % of the 13,199 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	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.66	5	3.31

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 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”.

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PUBLIQUE MONTLAUR EN DIOIS). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PUBLIQUE MONTLAUR EN DIOIS	INSEE BPE 1 [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

1968: 129 peak 2012: 152 2023: 134 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 152 (2012) → 134 (2023): -11.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 80 (1990) → 134 (2023): 67.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 83, of which 16.9 % second homes and 4.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 2.3 km SEFood shop — 2.9 km NWBakery — 5.9 km NWPharmacy — 8.4 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 (Barnave): 5.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Luc-en-Diois): 2.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Châtillon-en-Diois): 8.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Montlaur-en-Diois): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 40.2

Days at or below 0 °C 94.4▸

Muggy days a summer 0.2

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 40 days a year at or above 30 °C and 94 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the LUC-EN-DIOIS weather station, 2.2 km away at 537 m; the village itself is at 528 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at ST ROMAN-DIOIS, 7 km away at 545 m, over 22 summers. ^[13]

An average of 920 mm of rain a year, spread over 97 days — about 9.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at LUC-EN-DIOIS, 2.2 km away at 537 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 — 26204/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26204/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26204/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26204/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26025
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26262
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26167
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26086
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26204
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
Marsoulas	31	394 km SW	143	20.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 57 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Laon	86	496 km NW	136	15.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 45 % · humidity 79 %
Meurville	10	402 km N	151	14.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 51 % · humidity 79 %
Bourguignon-sous-Montbavin	02	563 km N	140	17.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Saulxures	52	370 km N	137	18.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
La Groutte	18	322 km NW	115	18.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 51 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Groutte	18	322 km NW	115	18.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 51 % · humidity 43 %
Saulxures	52	370 km N	137	18.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Marsoulas	31	394 km SW	143	20.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 57 % · humidity 71 %
Meurville	10	402 km N	151	14.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 51 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Laon	86	496 km NW	136	15.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 45 % · humidity 79 %
Bourguignon-sous-Montbavin	02	563 km N	140	17.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 50 % · 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 Montlaur-en-Diois'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
Barsac	26	16 km NW	154	26.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Castellet-en-Luberon	84	88 km S	113	9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Puget-Rostang	06	139 km SE	116	8.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Sainte-Croix	26	19 km NW	104	14.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Daluis	06	129 km SE	147	25.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Pontaix	26	19 km NW	181	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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