Puygiron

Drôme · CA Montélimar Agglomération · INSEE 26257

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

Few services 29.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 63 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Puygiron (INSEE 26257) is in Drôme (26), part of CA Montélimar Agglomération. Population 431 (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/26257-puygiron

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 17,920 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	0.87	10	8.68
Housing mix	0.77	5	3.84

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 (LE RIF). ^[3,4]

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

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

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	LE RIF	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 191 peak 2017: 433 2023: 431 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 422 (2012) → 431 (2023): 2.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 315 (1990) → 431 (2023): 36.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 225, of which 11.6 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.6 km NEBakery — 1.9 km NEPharmacy — 3.3 km WGP — 3.6 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 (La Bâtie-Rolland): 1.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Bâtie-Rolland): 1.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Montboucher-sur-Jabron): 3.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Montboucher-sur-Jabron): 3.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 46.6▸

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 47 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTBOUCHER-S-J weather station, 1.9 km away at 136 m; the village itself is at 178 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at MONTBOUCHER-S-J, 1.9 km away at 136 m, over 26 summers. ^[11]

An average of 899 mm of rain a year, spread over 77 days — about 11.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTBOUCHER-S-J, 1.9 km away at 136 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 — 26257/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26257/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26257/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26257/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26031
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26191
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26257
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
Vions	73	161 km NE	425	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 99 %
Saint-Michel-Loubéjou	46	240 km W	418	30	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Cravent	78	557 km NW	438	30.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Bourbach-le-Haut	68	399 km NE	408	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 14 % · humidity 79 %
Sébécourt	27	579 km NW	461	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 15 % · winter 84 %
Pulvérières	63	213 km NW	419	29.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 45 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vions	73	161 km NE	425	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 99 %
Pulvérières	63	213 km NW	419	29.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 45 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Michel-Loubéjou	46	240 km W	418	30	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Bourbach-le-Haut	68	399 km NE	408	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 14 % · humidity 79 %
Cravent	78	557 km NW	438	30.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Sébécourt	27	579 km NW	461	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 15 % · winter 84 %

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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 Puygiron'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
Saint-André-d'Olérargues	30	51 km SW	443	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Orban	81	234 km W	351	23.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Lasgraisses	81	238 km W	559	33.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Aujols	46	262 km W	383	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Montagnac	30	87 km SW	249	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Larnas	07	22 km SW	283	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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