Ponsas

Drôme · CC Porte de Dromardèche · INSEE 26247

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

Few services 28.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ponsas (INSEE 26247) is in Drôme (26), part of CC Porte de Dromardèche. Population 523 (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/26247-ponsas

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 17,664 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	0.72	10	7.16
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.78

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 × Restaurant (MIA-MIAM PIZZA). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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	1	MIA-MIAM PIZZA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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 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: 363 peak 2017: 527 2023: 523 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 519 (2012) → 523 (2023): 0.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 430 (1990) → 523 (2023): 21.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 272, of which 2.2 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.3 km NWPharmacy — 2.5 km NWBakery — 2.9 km NWGP — 3.1 km NE 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 (Saint-Vallier): 2.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Vallier): 2.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Barthélemy-de-Vals): 3.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Vallier): 2.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Ponsas): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 55.3▸

Days at or below 0 °C 32.6

Muggy days a summer 2.5

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 55 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the GERVANS weather station, 5.2 km away at 157 m; the village itself is at 138 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at MARSAZ, 9.5 km away at 213 m, over 24 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 75 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 839 mm of rain a year, spread over 93 days — about 9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at GERVANS, 5.2 km away at 157 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 — 26247/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26247/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26247/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26247/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26333
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26295
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26247
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
Fournival	60	514 km N	519	27.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Rezonville-Vionville	57	447 km N	517	29.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 %
Mézières-en-Santerre	80	542 km N	521	30.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Bouzincourt	80	566 km N	528	26.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Campugnan	33	423 km W	516	28.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %
Solignat	63	136 km W	510	29	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 27 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Solignat	63	136 km W	510	29	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 27 % · humidity 79 %
Campugnan	33	423 km W	516	28.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %
Rezonville-Vionville	57	447 km N	517	29.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 %
Fournival	60	514 km N	519	27.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Mézières-en-Santerre	80	542 km N	521	30.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Bouzincourt	80	566 km N	528	26.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Ponsas'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
Monteils	30	130 km SW	692	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Roynac	26	58 km S	477	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Clansayes	26	88 km S	517	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Campagne	34	165 km SW	318	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Crozes-Hermitage	26	7.7 km S	660	40.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Potelières	30	114 km SW	363	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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