Saint-Avit
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 30/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Avit (INSEE 26293) is in Drôme (26), part of CC Porte de Dromardèche. Population 317 (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/26293-saint-avit
Vitality score
Vitality score 30/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 75 % of the 17,936 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.32 | 10 | 3.16 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 9.95 |
| Housing mix | 0.9 | 5 | 4.5 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE ST AVIT). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHRISTELLE RAVIER, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE ANNE PIERJEAN ROBERT). [3]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE LA GARENNE). [3,4]
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, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE ST AVIT | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | CHRISTELLE RAVIER, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [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 ANNE PIERJEAN ROBERT | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING DE LA GARENNE | 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 298 (2012) → 317 (2023): 6.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 212 (1990) → 317 (2023): 49.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 140, of which 5 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Châteauneuf-de-Galaure): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Châteauneuf-de-Galaure): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). [8]
GP (Saint-Avit): 0 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Châteauneuf-de-Galaure): 3.5 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Saint-Avit): 0 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ST-BARTHELEMY-V_SAPC weather station, 5.8 km away at 203 m; the village itself is at 353 m. [10]
The village sits 150 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ST-SORLIN-EN-VA, 8.8 km away at 237 m, over 24 summers. [10]
That station sits 116 m below 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 862 mm of rain a year, spread over 95 days — about 9.1 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ST-BARTHELEMY-V_SAPC, 5.8 km away at 203 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 — 26293/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26293/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26293/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26293/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26083
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26293
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocles | 03 | 203 km NW | 326 | 19.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Armaillé | 49 | 544 km NW | 320 | 20.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 50 % |
| Le Montellier | 01 | 82 km N | 336 | 25.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Miramont-d'Astarac | 32 | 402 km SW | 357 | 22.3 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 43 % |
| Berlencourt-le-Cauroy | 62 | 596 km N | 277 | 21.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montgaillard | 81 | 303 km SW | 362 | 39.4 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 57 % · humidity 64 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Montellier | 01 | 82 km N | 336 | 25.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rocles | 03 | 203 km NW | 326 | 19.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montgaillard | 81 | 303 km SW | 362 | 39.4 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 57 % · humidity 64 % |
| Miramont-d'Astarac | 32 | 402 km SW | 357 | 22.3 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 43 % |
| Armaillé | 49 | 544 km NW | 320 | 20.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 50 % |
| Berlencourt-le-Cauroy | 62 | 596 km N | 277 | 21.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 % |
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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-Avit'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Montellier | 01 | 82 km N | 336 | 25.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Marcenat | 03 | 168 km NW | 386 | 22.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Roussines | 36 | 311 km NW | 355 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Aurouër | 03 | 210 km NW | 400 | 34.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ribagnac | 24 | 355 km W | 344 | 18 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Artaix | 71 | 138 km NW | 353 | 12.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
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