Ourches

Drôme · CA Valence Romans Agglo · INSEE 26224

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

Few services 31.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ourches (INSEE 26224) is in Drôme (26), part of CA Valence Romans Agglo. Population 291 (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/26224-ourches

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 82 % of the 17,748 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.46

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PUBLIQUE OURCHES). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PUBLIQUE OURCHES	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 103 2023: 291 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 227 (2012) → 291 (2023): 28.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 145 (1990) → 291 (2023): 100.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 129, of which 5.4 % second homes and 8.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.3 km NBakery — 4.2 km SEPharmacy — 5.1 km WGP — 5.2 km W 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 (Gigors-et-Lozeron): 4.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Baume-Cornillane): 2.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Upie): 5.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Upie): 5.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Ourches): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.5

Days at or below 0 °C 36.9

Muggy days a summer 1.8

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the COMBOVIN weather station, 5.1 km away at 820 m; the village itself is at 335 m. ^[12]

The village sits 485 m below 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at COMBOVIN, 5.1 km away at 820 m, over 27 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 485 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,142 mm of rain a year, spread over 106 days — about 10.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at COMBOVIN, 5.1 km away at 820 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26224/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26224/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26224/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26224/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26141
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26032
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26358
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26224
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
Brias	62	654 km N	295	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 80 %
Longnes	72	531 km NW	286	31.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Yvrench	80	640 km N	296	26.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Paul-de-Fourques	27	587 km NW	277	31.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 78 %
Gabat	64	511 km W	274	28.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Louis-en-l'Isle	24	367 km W	311	30	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Louis-en-l'Isle	24	367 km W	311	30	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 50 %
Gabat	64	511 km W	274	28.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 0 %
Longnes	72	531 km NW	286	31.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Paul-de-Fourques	27	587 km NW	277	31.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 78 %
Yvrench	80	640 km N	296	26.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Brias	62	654 km N	295	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 80 %

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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 Ourches'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
La Ferrière	37	456 km NW	306	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Mary	16	381 km W	354	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Chenou	77	416 km NW	291	18.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Passy	89	391 km N	324	23.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Salles	79	437 km NW	323	19.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Polisot	10	367 km N	321	19	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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