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Rémuzat

Drôme · CC des Baronnies en Drôme Provençale · INSEE 26264

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

Few services 33.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rémuzat (INSEE 26264) is in Drôme (26), part of CC des Baronnies en Drôme Provençale. Population 318 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/26264-remuzat

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 83 % of the 17,908 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 food0250
Social0.43208.65
Education0.63106.32
Health0.63106.32
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.37103.74
Housing mix0.1250.6

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 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (BAR RESTAURANT DU MIDI · LE FAUVE). [3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (AGNES DRIEUX, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE VIGNES). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (REMUZAT AP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE RÉMUZAT). [3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LES AIRES). [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2BAR RESTAURANT DU MIDI · LE FAUVEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PUBLIQUE REMUZATINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1AGNES DRIEUX, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE VIGNESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1REMUZAT APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE RÉMUZATINSEE BPE 1 [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 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite1CAMPING MUNICIPAL LES AIRESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]

Trajectory

1968: 301 peak 1982: 364 2023: 318 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 331 (2012) → 318 (2023): -3.9 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 364 (1990) → 318 (2023): -12.6 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 323, of which 44 % second homes and 2.8 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 6.8 km SE (Verclause)Bakery — 7.1 km W (Sahune)
In the commune Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 6.8 km SEBakery — 7.1 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 (Sahune): 7.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Verclause): 6.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

GP (Rémuzat): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [11]

Pharmacy (Rémuzat): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Rémuzat): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]

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 39 days a year at or above 30 °C and 93 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the REMUZAT weather station, 2.3 km away at 475 m; the village itself is at 448 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at BESIGNAN, 10.7 km away at 556 m, over 30 summers. [12]

That station sits 108 m above 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 873 mm of rain a year, spread over 86 days — about 10.2 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at REMUZAT, 2.3 km away at 475 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 — 26264/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. DATAtourisme 2025-06— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/a3d2e305-75aa-36fa-8bc4-e6f47222efee— “Marché hebdomadaire”(unverified)
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26264/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26264/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26264/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26288
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26369
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26264
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Villar-d'Arêne05104 km NE30049.5Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %
Joucas8455 km S34829.3Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 5 % · humidity 93 %
Villeneuve-d'Allier43178 km NW28027.7Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
La Faurie0535 km NE28728.8Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Beaumettes8463 km S31436Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 49 % · humidity 86 %
Lacapelle-Biron47354 km W39143.2Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 41 % · humidity 50 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
La Faurie0535 km NE28728.8Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Joucas8455 km S34829.3Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 5 % · humidity 93 %
Beaumettes8463 km S31436Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 49 % · humidity 86 %
Villar-d'Arêne05104 km NE30049.5Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %
Villeneuve-d'Allier43178 km NW28027.7Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Lacapelle-Biron47354 km W39143.2Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 41 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Rémuzat'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
Revest-des-Brousses0455 km SE26735.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
La Motte-Chalancon268.4 km N39544.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Trescléoux0529 km E29635.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Rosans059.5 km E51153.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Orpierre0529 km E31633.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Ongles0452 km SE35832.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %