Le Poët-Célard

Identity

Le Poët-Célard (INSEE 26241) is in Drôme (26), part of CC du Val de Drôme en Biovallée. Population 148 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/26241-le-poet-celard

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 88 % of the 13,969 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.

Services

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

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PAIN DE SEBASTIEN · LA MICHE VAGABONDE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (SCIC DU POET CELARD · RESTAURANT DU COUSPEAU). ^[3,4]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING LE COUSPEAU · L'ERMITAGE DU GRAND BOIS). ^[3,4]

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]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 122 (2012) → 148 (2023): 21.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 142 (1990) → 148 (2023): 4.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 120, of which 43.3 % second homes and 3.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Le Poët-Célard): 1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bourdeaux): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bourdeaux): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Dieulefit): 9.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Bourdeaux): 3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 89 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BOURDEAUX weather station, 3.9 km away at 432 m; the village itself is at 520 m. ^[11]

The village sits 88 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 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BOURDEAUX, 3.9 km away at 432 m, over 22 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 88 m below 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 933 mm of rain a year, spread over 92 days — about 10.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BOURDEAUX, 3.9 km away at 432 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26241/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26241/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26241/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26241/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26241
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26056
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26114
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024