Pontaix

Identity

Pontaix (INSEE 26248) is in Drôme (26), part of CC du Diois. Population 181 (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/26248-pontaix

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 85 % of the 15,351 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

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

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

1 × Café / bar (CAVE AMANDINE CAYOL). ^[4]

1 × Hotel (CHEZ AMANDINE ET JULIEN). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE LA CONDAMINE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 164 (2012) → 181 (2023): 10.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 151 (1990) → 181 (2023): 19.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 150, of which 21.3 % second homes and 14.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saillans): 7.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Aurel): 6.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saillans): 7.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saillans): 7.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Sainte-Croix): 2.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 42 days a year at or above 30 °C and 88 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the DIE weather station, 6.6 km away at 384 m; the village itself is at 340 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at DIE, 6.6 km away at 384 m, over 24 summers. ^[11]

An average of 938 mm of rain a year, spread over 98 days — about 9.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at DIE, 6.6 km away at 384 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

16 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 110,000 € — 1,451 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Drôme is 2,174 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26248/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26248/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26248/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26248/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26289
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26019
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26299
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025