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Pont-de-Barret

Drôme · CC Dieulefit-Bourdeaux · INSEE 26249

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

Partly served 41/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pont-de-Barret (INSEE 26249) is in Drôme (26), part of CC Dieulefit-Bourdeaux. Population 657 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/26249-pont-de-barret

Vitality score

Vitality score 41/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 79 % of the 16,712 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.21255.27
Social0.43208.65
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.95109.5
Housing mix0.7153.54

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 1 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CHEZ ROSY ET ERIC). [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (L'AUBERGE DES 3 BECS · G&P TRATTORIA). [3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (PONT DE BARRET AP). [3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE PARC). [3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1CHEZ ROSY ET ERICINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2L'AUBERGE DES 3 BECS · G&P TRATTORIAINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1PONT DE BARRET APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite1CAMPING LE PARCINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 431 peak 2017: 670 2023: 657 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 624 (2012) → 657 (2023): 5.3 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 453 (1990) → 657 (2023): 45 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 397, of which 14.6 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 4.5 km W (Charols)Pharmacy — 6.0 km W (Cléon-d'Andran)GP — 6.2 km W (Cléon-d'Andran)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 4.5 km WPharmacy — 6.0 km WGP — 6.2 km W 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 (Pont-de-Barret): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Charols): 4.5 km to the west (straight line). [10]

GP (Cléon-d'Andran): 6.2 km to the west (straight line). [11]

Pharmacy (Cléon-d'Andran): 6 km to the west (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Pont-de-Barret): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 50 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the PUY-ST-MARTIN weather station, 3.2 km away at 211 m; the village itself is at 237 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at PUY-ST-MARTIN, 3.2 km away at 211 m, over 24 summers. [12]

An average of 904 mm of rain a year, spread over 86 days — about 10.5 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at PUY-ST-MARTIN, 3.2 km away at 211 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

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

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26249/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. DATAtourisme 2026-04— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/6f0f138d-0ddd-3158-b059-4265b5ae5f1e— “Marché de produits locaux et artisanaux chaque jeudi soir.”(unverified)
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26249/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26249/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26249/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26249
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26078
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26095
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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Livry58285 km NW64337.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Cravant-les-Côteaux37459 km NW69932.5Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Pujo65419 km W67137.8Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 74 % · humidity 57 %
Les Bordes89409 km N55138.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Argagnon64472 km W69036.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 97 % · humidity 7 %
Saint-Amour-Bellevue71184 km N60939.4Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Amour-Bellevue71184 km N60939.4Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 %
Livry58285 km NW64337.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Les Bordes89409 km N55138.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Pujo65419 km W67137.8Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 74 % · humidity 57 %
Cravant-les-Côteaux37459 km NW69932.5Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Argagnon64472 km W69036.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 97 % · humidity 7 %

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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 Pont-de-Barret'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Piégros-la-Clastre2613 km NE88247.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Monteils3087 km SW69237.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Valaurie2625 km SW73238.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Euzet3085 km SW51034.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Crozes-Hermitage2656 km N66040.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
La Laupie2613 km W78947.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %