Ratières

Identity

Ratières (INSEE 26259) is in Drôme (26), part of CC Porte de Dromardèche. Population 275 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/26259-ratieres

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 55 % of the 17,626 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

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 268 (2012) → 275 (2023): 2.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 206 (1990) → 275 (2023): 33.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 151, of which 12.6 % second homes and 3.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Jean-de-Galaure): 5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Châteauneuf-de-Galaure): 5.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Avit): 1.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Châteauneuf-de-Galaure): 5.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Ratières): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST-BARTHELEMY-V_SAPC weather station, 5.2 km away at 203 m; the village itself is at 389 m. ^[12]

The village sits 186 m above 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at MARSAZ, 8 km away at 213 m, over 24 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 176 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 862 mm of rain a year, spread over 95 days — about 9.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST-BARTHELEMY-V_SAPC, 5.2 km away at 203 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26259/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26259/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26259/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26259/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26216
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26083
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26293
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26259
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024