Saint-Agnan-en-Vercors
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 33.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Agnan-en-Vercors (INSEE 26290) is in Drôme (26), part of CC du Royans-Vercors. Population 384 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 33.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 77 % of the 18,015 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0.5 | 20 | 9.98 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.56 | 10 | 5.58 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
6 × Restaurant (LE CARNOTZET · EURL CHAUVIN ERIC · I L C L · LE CAFE DE ROSE · LE BISTROT DE SAINT AGNAN). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE ROSE JARRAND). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT AGNAN EN VERCORS AP). [3]
2 × Hotel (LE CARNOTZET · AUBERGE LE COLLET). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE ST AGNAN). [3,4]
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
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 6 | LE CARNOTZET · EURL CHAUVIN ERIC · I L C L · LE CAFE DE ROSE · LE BISTROT DE SAINT AGNAN | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE ROSE JARRAND | 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 | 1 | SAINT AGNAN EN VERCORS AP | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 2 | LE CARNOTZET · AUBERGE LE COLLET | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE ST AGNAN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 392 (2012) → 384 (2023): -2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 363 (1990) → 384 (2023): 5.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 522, of which 60 % second homes and 2.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Agnan-en-Vercors): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (La Chapelle-en-Vercors): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (La Chapelle-en-Vercors): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (La Chapelle-en-Vercors): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Agnan-en-Vercors): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 90 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the CHAPELLE-EN-VERCORS_SAPC weather station, 3 km away at 879 m; the village itself is at 801 m. [10]
The village sits 78 m below 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at CHAPELLE-EN-VERCORS_SAPC, 3 km away at 879 m, over 20 summers. [10]
That station sits 78 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 1,316 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 10.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at CHAPELLE-EN-VERCORS_SAPC, 3 km away at 879 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26290/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26290/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26290/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26290/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26290
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26074
- 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-Étienne-de-Lugdarès | 07 | 121 km W | 406 | 29.9 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montjaux | 12 | 221 km SW | 436 | 31.3 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montclar | 04 | 93 km SE | 394 | 37.8 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 26 % |
| Chambon-sur-Lac | 63 | 211 km W | 407 | 53.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fournols | 63 | 158 km NW | 313 | 27.9 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Lac-d'Issarlès | 07 | 109 km W | 247 | 40.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montclar | 04 | 93 km SE | 394 | 37.8 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 26 % |
| Le Lac-d'Issarlès | 07 | 109 km W | 247 | 40.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Lugdarès | 07 | 121 km W | 406 | 29.9 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fournols | 63 | 158 km NW | 313 | 27.9 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chambon-sur-Lac | 63 | 211 km W | 407 | 53.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montjaux | 12 | 221 km SW | 436 | 31.3 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Saint-Agnan-en-Vercors'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-Martial | 07 | 91 km W | 269 | 41 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Bresson | 70 | 337 km N | 417 | 22.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Martin-en-Vercors | 26 | 9.6 km N | 437 | 49.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Échandelys | 63 | 164 km NW | 248 | 24.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Chapelle-Agnon | 63 | 160 km NW | 361 | 15.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Tarnac | 19 | 285 km W | 333 | 15.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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