Rochefort-Samson

Drôme · CA Valence Romans Agglo · INSEE 26273

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

Few services 27/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 20 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rochefort-Samson (INSEE 26273) is in Drôme (26), part of CA Valence Romans Agglo. Population 1,084 (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/26273-rochefort-samson

Vitality score

Vitality score 27/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 20 % of the 13,841 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.96	10	9.57
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.58

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE ROCHEFORT-SAMSON SAINT MAMANS). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL COMBE D'OYANS · CAMPING LA COMBE D'OYANS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × GP (médecin généraliste), 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PUBLIQUE ROCHEFORT SAMSON	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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE ROCHEFORT-SAMSON SAINT MAMANS	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	2	CAMPING MUNICIPAL COMBE D'OYANS · CAMPING LA COMBE D'OYANS	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 443 2023: 1,084 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 980 (2012) → 1,084 (2023): 10.6 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 744 (1990) → 1,084 (2023): 45.7 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 504, of which 4.2 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.2 km SWGP — 4.1 km WFood shop — 5.6 km NWPharmacy — 5.9 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 (Barbières): 2.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Chatuzange-le-Goubet): 5.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Marches): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Bésayes): 5.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[12]

Primary school (Rochefort-Samson): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[13]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 29

Days at or below 0 °C 46.8

Muggy days a summer 1.6

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 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[14]

Measured at the ROCHEFORT-SAMSON_SAPC weather station, 2.1 km away at 368 m; the village itself is at 386 m. ^[14]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[14]

Humidity measured at ROCHEFORT-SAMSON_SAPC, 2.1 km away at 368 m, over 17 summers. ^[14]

An average of 1,016 mm of rain a year, spread over 101 days — about 10.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[14]

Rainfall measured at ROCHEFORT-SAMSON_SAPC, 2.1 km away at 368 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[14]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26273/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2024-05— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/fb379bfa-c35f-3f20-a2b3-222f08a1be64— “Marché hebdomadaire”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26273/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26273/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26273/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26088
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26173
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26049
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26273
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
Saint-Malo-de-Phily	35	622 km NW	1,081	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Tréglamus	22	755 km NW	1,096	26.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Perreux	56	632 km NW	1,086	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Brens	01	93 km NE	1,123	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Bajamont	47	361 km W	1,034	22.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 69 % · humidity 21 %
Claix	16	405 km W	1,049	25.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Brens	01	93 km NE	1,123	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Bajamont	47	361 km W	1,034	22.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 69 % · humidity 21 %
Claix	16	405 km W	1,049	25.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Malo-de-Phily	35	622 km NW	1,081	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Perreux	56	632 km NW	1,086	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Tréglamus	22	755 km NW	1,096	26.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Rochefort-Samson'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
Brens	01	93 km NE	1,123	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Claix	16	405 km W	1,049	25.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Vallans	79	465 km W	840	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Hilaire-le-Vouhis	85	523 km NW	1,101	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Cassien	38	53 km NE	1,154	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Montverdun	42	118 km NW	1,283	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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