Saint-Barthélemy-de-Vals

Drôme · CC Porte de Dromardèche · INSEE 26295

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 53.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Barthélemy-de-Vals (INSEE 26295) is in Drôme (26), part of CC Porte de Dromardèche. Population 1,895 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 53.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 9,958 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.66	10	6.58
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.8

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 0 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA MIGNOTINE · LE MOULIN DES GOURMANDISES). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LES CHARCUTERIES DE LUCIE). ^[3]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LE BARTHELEMY · LE BONGO). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BAR DE LA PLACE). ^[4]

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

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENT PUB JACQUES PREVERT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE MARIE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (RAPHAEL NAVILLE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT BARTHELEMY DE VALS RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA FONTAINE). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (LAC DES VERNETS DE GALAURE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LEFT COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LA MIGNOTINE · LE MOULIN DES GOURMANDISES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LES CHARCUTERIES DE LUCIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIVAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	3	LE BARTHELEMY · LE BONGO	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	BAR DE LA PLACE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PABLO PICASSO	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENT PUB JACQUES PREVERT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE MARIE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	RAPHAEL NAVILLE, 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	1	SAINT BARTHELEMY DE VALS RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA FONTAINE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	1	LAC DES VERNETS DE GALAURE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	LEFT COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,153 peak 2012: 1,904 2023: 1,895 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,904 (2012) → 1,895 (2023): -0.5 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,637 (1990) → 1,895 (2023): 15.8 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 909, of which 2 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 1.9 km NW 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 (Saint-Barthélemy-de-Vals): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Saint-Barthélemy-de-Vals): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Barthélemy-de-Vals): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Uze): 1.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Barthélemy-de-Vals): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 40.8

Days at or below 0 °C 53.6

Muggy days a summer 1.9

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 41 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-BARTHELEMY-V_SAPC weather station, 2.3 km away at 203 m; the village itself is at 173 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MARSAZ, 8.1 km away at 213 m, over 24 summers. ^[11]

An average of 862 mm of rain a year, spread over 95 days — about 9.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-BARTHELEMY-V_SAPC, 2.3 km away at 203 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26295/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-05— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/25224494-2c2b-3223-b8d1-2746c63dada7— “Marché hebdomadaire”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26295/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26295/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26295/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26295
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26332
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
Corbarieu	82	309 km SW	1,725	48.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Candillargues	34	184 km S	2,091	53.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 39 % · humidity 14 %
Vernègues	13	167 km S	2,166	54.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Romans	38	36 km E	1,897	52.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Cherisy	28	476 km NW	1,842	50.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saclas	91	412 km NW	1,819	50	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Romans	38	36 km E	1,897	52.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Vernègues	13	167 km S	2,166	54.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Candillargues	34	184 km S	2,091	53.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 39 % · humidity 14 %
Corbarieu	82	309 km SW	1,725	48.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Saclas	91	412 km NW	1,819	50	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Cherisy	28	476 km NW	1,842	50.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 92 % · 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-Barthélemy-de-Vals'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
Vernègues	13	167 km S	2,166	54.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Romans	38	36 km E	1,897	52.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Uze	26	1.9 km NW	2,139	50.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Vesseaux	07	67 km SW	2,069	59	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Laurent-en-Royans	26	39 km SE	1,377	51.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Mézériat	01	119 km N	2,172	51.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

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