La Motte-Chalancon
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 44.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Motte-Chalancon (INSEE 26215) is in Drôme (26), part of CC du Diois. Population 395 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 44.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 91 % of the 18,036 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 | 10.54 |
| Social | 0.43 | 20 | 8.65 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.32 | 10 | 3.16 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.53 | 10 | 5.34 |
| Housing mix | 0.1 | 5 | 0.49 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE DAMIEN). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL). [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (TOMTOM PIZZA · LA FINCA). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PUBLIQUE LA MOTTE CHALANCON). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MICHELE MARTIN, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA MOTTE CHALANCON AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MOTTOISE J'AIME LIRE J'AIME LIRE). [3]
1 × Swimming pool (PLAN D EAU LE PAS DES ONDES). [3]
1 × Hotel. [3,4]
4 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL · LA FERME DE CLAREAU · CAMPING LE MOULIN · L'ONDINE DE PROVENCE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LE FOURNIL DE DAMIEN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | VIVAL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 2 | TOMTOM PIZZA · LA FINCA | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PUBLIQUE LA MOTTE CHALANCON | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | MICHELE MARTIN, 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 | LA MOTTE CHALANCON AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MOTTOISE J'AIME LIRE J'AIME LIRE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 1 | PLAN D EAU LE PAS DES ONDES | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 4 | CAMPING MUNICIPAL · LA FERME DE CLAREAU · CAMPING LE MOULIN · L'ONDINE DE PROVENCE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
Market and village life
A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]
Trajectory
Population 396 (2012) → 395 (2023): -0.3 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 382 (1990) → 395 (2023): 3.4 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 472, of which 45.1 % second homes and 9.3 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (La Motte-Chalancon): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Food shop (La Motte-Chalancon): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (La Motte-Chalancon): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Rémuzat): 8.3 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Primary school (La Motte-Chalancon): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 35 days a year at or above 30 °C and 99 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the REMUZAT weather station, 6.2 km away at 475 m; the village itself is at 555 m. [11]
The village sits 80 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at BELLEGARDE-EN-D, 8 km away at 1,017 m, over 21 summers. [11]
That station sits 462 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 873 mm of rain a year, spread over 86 days — about 10.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at REMUZAT, 6.2 km away at 475 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26215/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2017-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/f7a20e8b-82b8-3dfd-ae1b-0fd7aa954181— “Marché hebdomadaire”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26215/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26215/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26215/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26215
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26264
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Germain-l'Herm | 63 | 181 km NW | 482 | 43.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Coupiac | 12 | 231 km W | 353 | 40 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 28 % |
| Fay-sur-Lignon | 43 | 107 km NW | 335 | 43.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Barrême | 04 | 99 km SE | 413 | 52.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fontan | 06 | 181 km E | 307 | 44.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 18 % · humidity 79 % |
| Monteils | 12 | 270 km W | 461 | 39.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 49 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrême | 04 | 99 km SE | 413 | 52.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fay-sur-Lignon | 43 | 107 km NW | 335 | 43.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Germain-l'Herm | 63 | 181 km NW | 482 | 43.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fontan | 06 | 181 km E | 307 | 44.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 18 % · humidity 79 % |
| Coupiac | 12 | 231 km W | 353 | 40 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 28 % |
| Monteils | 12 | 270 km W | 461 | 39.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 49 % · humidity 71 % |
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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 La Motte-Chalancon'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rémuzat | 26 | 8.4 km S | 318 | 33.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rosans | 05 | 13 km SE | 511 | 53.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Luc-en-Diois | 26 | 15 km N | 614 | 67.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ayrens | 15 | 248 km W | 614 | 36.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Savignac-les-Ormeaux | 09 | 347 km SW | 397 | 37.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Martin-de-Castillon | 84 | 71 km S | 689 | 42.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
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