Sainte-Croix

Drôme · CC du Diois · INSEE 26299

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

No daily shops 14.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sainte-Croix (INSEE 26299) is in Drôme (26), part of CC du Diois. Population 104 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 14.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 10,940 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	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.52	10	5.2
Housing mix	0.19	5	0.94

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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 PUBLIQUE	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	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 110 2023: 104 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 86 (2012) → 104 (2023): 20.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 102 (1990) → 104 (2023): 2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 96, of which 40.6 % second homes and 4.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 5.2 km EBakery — 6.2 km EPharmacy — 6.8 km EGP — 7.1 km E 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 (Die): 6.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Die): 5.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Die): 7.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Die): 6.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Sainte-Croix): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 42.4

Days at or below 0 °C 87.5

Muggy days a summer 0.4

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 42 days a year at or above 30 °C and 88 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the DIE weather station, 4.7 km away at 384 m; the village itself is at 390 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at DIE, 4.7 km away at 384 m, over 24 summers. ^[10]

An average of 938 mm of rain a year, spread over 98 days — about 9.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at DIE, 4.7 km away at 384 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 — 26299/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26299/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26299/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26299/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26113
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26299
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
Les Hermaux	48	173 km W	108	13.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Jézeau	65	445 km SW	108	9.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Beaulize	12	198 km SW	107	9.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Sigy-le-Châtel	71	206 km N	104	6.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 47 % · humidity 79 %
Mont-devant-Sassey	55	516 km N	103	5.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Thèbe	65	426 km SW	97	12.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 38 % · winter 46 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Les Hermaux	48	173 km W	108	13.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Beaulize	12	198 km SW	107	9.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Sigy-le-Châtel	71	206 km N	104	6.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 47 % · humidity 79 %
Thèbe	65	426 km SW	97	12.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 38 % · winter 46 %
Jézeau	65	445 km SW	108	9.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Mont-devant-Sassey	55	516 km N	103	5.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 65 % · 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 Sainte-Croix'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
Puget-Rostang	06	157 km SE	116	8.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Daluis	06	147 km SE	147	25.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Montlaur-en-Diois	26	19 km SE	134	23.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Barsac	26	4.3 km S	154	26.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Crupies	26	25 km S	96	10.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Ponet-et-Saint-Auban	26	3.3 km NE	141	13.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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