Le Poët-Laval

Drôme · CC Dieulefit-Bourdeaux · INSEE 26243

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

Partly served 51.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Poët-Laval (INSEE 26243) is in Drôme (26), part of CC Dieulefit-Bourdeaux. Population 954 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/26243-le-poet-laval

Vitality score

Vitality score 51.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 88 % of the 14,605 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	0.6	25	15.12
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.96	10	9.63
Housing mix	0.48	5	2.39

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'ARBRE A PAIN · SCOP COMETES · GOUSSE DE CHANTILLE). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (COCCI MARKET · TOUS EN VRAC). ^[3,4]

1 × Cheese shop (fromagerie) (O BONS FROMAGES). ^[4]

2 × Restaurant (SAS LE POET LAVAL). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PIMAIRE COLINE SERREAU). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LE POET LAVAL AP). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (LES HOSPITALIERS). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LORETTE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	L'ARBRE A PAIN · SCOP COMETES · GOUSSE DE CHANTILLE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	COCCI MARKET · TOUS EN VRAC	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	1	O BONS FROMAGES	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	SAS LE POET LAVAL	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 PIMAIRE COLINE SERREAU	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	1	LE POET LAVAL AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	LES HOSPITALIERS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LORETTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Wednesday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 505 2023: 954 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 933 (2012) → 954 (2023): 2.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 652 (1990) → 954 (2023): 46.3 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 606, of which 26.1 % second homes and 4 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 3.9 km EGP — 4.4 km E 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 (Le Poët-Laval): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Le Poët-Laval): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Dieulefit): 4.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Dieulefit): 3.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Le Poët-Laval): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 47.9▸

Days at or below 0 °C 42.6

Muggy days a summer 3

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 48 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTJOUX weather station, 7.4 km away at 491 m; the village itself is at 308 m. ^[11]

The village sits 183 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PUY-ST-MARTIN, 10.1 km away at 211 m, over 24 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 97 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 1,064 mm of rain a year, spread over 89 days — about 12 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTJOUX, 7.4 km away at 491 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26243/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/d8e280fa-bab2-3fc5-b58b-6096729d2cea— “Marché hebdomadaire du mercredi.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26243/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26243/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26243/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26243
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26114
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-Antonin-du-Var	83	153 km SE	870	50.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Talais	33	488 km W	764	45.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 %
Serraval	74	176 km NE	758	43.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 10 % · winter 15 %
Bias	40	497 km W	809	46.7	Partly served	no figures
Brignac-la-Plaine	19	298 km W	977	41.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Guimaëc	29	809 km NW	982	43.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 66 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Antonin-du-Var	83	153 km SE	870	50.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Serraval	74	176 km NE	758	43.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 10 % · winter 15 %
Brignac-la-Plaine	19	298 km W	977	41.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Talais	33	488 km W	764	45.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 %
Bias	40	497 km W	809	46.7	Partly served	no figures
Guimaëc	29	809 km NW	982	43.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 66 %

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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 Le Poët-Laval'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
Saou	26	14 km N	590	59.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Vinezac	07	54 km W	1,378	43.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Arcambal	46	277 km W	1,004	26.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Piégros-la-Clastre	26	20 km N	882	47.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint Géry-Vers	46	272 km W	910	50.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Vauvenargues	13	118 km SE	1,058	47.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

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