Montvendre

Drôme · CA Valence Romans Agglo · INSEE 26212

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

Few services 34.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montvendre (INSEE 26212) is in Drôme (26), part of CA Valence Romans Agglo. Population 1,292 (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/26212-montvendre

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 12,751 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.61

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE MONTVENDRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (L' AUBERGE DU VIEUX MOULIN). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DES DEUX RUISSEAUX). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BENJAMIN DAIRE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (A COTE DE...). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE FOURNIL DE MONTVENDRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	L' AUBERGE DU VIEUX MOULIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE JACQUES PREVERT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DES DEUX RUISSEAUX	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	BENJAMIN DAIRE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	MONTVENDRE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE MONTVENDRE	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	1	A COTE DE...	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 629 2023: 1,292 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,083 (2012) → 1,292 (2023): 19.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 743 (1990) → 1,292 (2023): 73.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 567, of which 3.9 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 0.8 km NWFood shop — 3.1 km NPharmacy — 3.1 km N 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 (Montvendre): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chabeuil): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montvendre): 0.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Chabeuil): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Montvendre): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

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, 6.2 km away at 163 m; the village itself is at 201 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at VALENCE-CHABEUI, 6.2 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, 6.2 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 — 26212/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26212/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26212/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26212/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26212
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26064
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
Launac	31	330 km W	1,335	39.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 86 %
Geneuille	25	282 km N	1,280	39.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Mellecey	71	217 km N	1,348	37.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Barnabé	22	693 km NW	1,223	32.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Flaviac	07	31 km SW	1,235	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Darnieulles	88	384 km N	1,364	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Flaviac	07	31 km SW	1,235	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Mellecey	71	217 km N	1,348	37.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Geneuille	25	282 km N	1,280	39.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Launac	31	330 km W	1,335	39.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 86 %
Darnieulles	88	384 km N	1,364	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Barnabé	22	693 km NW	1,223	32.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · 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 Montvendre'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
Flaviac	07	31 km SW	1,235	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Toulaud	07	16 km W	1,687	30.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Châtillon-Saint-Jean	26	26 km N	1,305	41.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Montoison	26	11 km SW	1,926	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Lamanon	13	130 km S	2,097	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Montéléger	26	7.3 km W	1,673	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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