Les Pilles

Drôme · CC des Baronnies en Drôme Provençale · INSEE 26238

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

Few services 25.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Pilles (INSEE 26238) is in Drôme (26), part of CC des Baronnies en Drôme Provençale. Population 217 (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/26238-les-pilles

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 16,488 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	0.29	25	7.21
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.52	10	5.19
Housing mix	0.61	5	3.03

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 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 food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL PAIN D'EPI · SHIRO). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (L'AUBERGE DE L'AYGUES). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	2	SARL PAIN D'EPI · SHIRO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 DE L'AYGUES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 213 peak 2007: 252 2023: 217 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 248 (2012) → 217 (2023): -12.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 213 (1990) → 217 (2023): 1.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 213, of which 19.7 % second homes and 23.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Food shop — 1.1 km NEPrimary school — 1.5 km WPharmacy — 4.4 km SWGP — 4.7 km SW 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 (Les Pilles): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Condorcet): 1.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Nyons): 4.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Nyons): 4.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Aubres): 1.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 54.4▸

Days at or below 0 °C 31.9

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 54 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the NYONS P182 weather station, 6.2 km away at 316 m; the village itself is at 300 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at NYONS P182, 6.2 km away at 316 m, over 17 summers. ^[12]

An average of 761 mm of rain a year, spread over 75 days — about 10.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at NYONS P182, 6.2 km away at 316 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 — 26238/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26238/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26238/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26238/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26238
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26103
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26220
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26016
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
Arrigny	51	473 km N	227	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pantaléon	84	55 km S	222	29.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 39 % · humidity 100 %
Belonchamp	70	392 km N	207	21.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Seilhan	31	399 km W	207	24.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 5 % · winter 58 % · humidity 79 %
Offlanges	39	316 km N	199	26.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 23 % · winter 41 %
Pagny-la-Blanche-Côte	55	465 km N	226	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Pantaléon	84	55 km S	222	29.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 39 % · humidity 100 %
Offlanges	39	316 km N	199	26.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 23 % · winter 41 %
Belonchamp	70	392 km N	207	21.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Seilhan	31	399 km W	207	24.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 5 % · winter 58 % · humidity 79 %
Pagny-la-Blanche-Côte	55	465 km N	226	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %
Arrigny	51	473 km N	227	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 74 % · 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 Les Pilles'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
Brunet	04	86 km SE	299	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Maurice-d'Ardèche	07	65 km W	375	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Potelières	30	78 km W	363	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Lanas	07	65 km W	429	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Clansayes	26	30 km W	517	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Le Beaucet	84	44 km S	397	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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