Saint-Nazaire-en-Royans
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 59.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Nazaire-en-Royans (INSEE 26320) is in Drôme (26), part of CC du Royans-Vercors. Population 826 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 59.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 97 % of the 15,453 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 | 0.5 | 25 | 12.47 |
| Social | 0.63 | 20 | 12.64 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.32 | 10 | 3.16 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.83 | 5 | 4.16 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DU ROYANS). [3,4]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant. [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU RIF ROUGE). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (SELAS DE L'AQUEDUC). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT NAZAIRE EN ROYANS AP). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (TIFF'ANA). [3,4]
2 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT ST NAZAIRE). [3,4]
2 × Campsite (CAMPING LES EAUX CLAIRES · CAMPING COTE VERCORS). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LE FOURNIL DU ROYANS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | PROXI | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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 | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU RIF ROUGE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 1 | SELAS DE L'AQUEDUC | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | SAINT NAZAIRE EN ROYANS 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 | 1 | TIFF'ANA | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 2 | HOTEL RESTAURANT ST NAZAIRE | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 2 | CAMPING LES EAUX CLAIRES · CAMPING COTE VERCORS | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 816 (2012) → 826 (2023): 1.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 531 (1990) → 826 (2023): 55.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 467, of which 8.4 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Nazaire-en-Royans): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Nazaire-en-Royans): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
GP (La Baume-d'Hostun): 3.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Saint-Nazaire-en-Royans): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Saint-Nazaire-en-Royans): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 43 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ST-JEAN-EN-ROYA weather station, 6.5 km away at 308 m; the village itself is at 169 m. [10]
The village sits 139 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 5 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ST-JEAN-EN-ROYA, 6.5 km away at 308 m, over 24 summers. [10]
That station sits 139 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 1,120 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 10 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ST-JEAN-EN-ROYA, 6.5 km away at 308 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 — 26320/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26320/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26320/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26320/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26320
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26034
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quillebeuf-sur-Seine | 27 | 606 km NW | 859 | 52 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 % |
| Montaigut-en-Combraille | 63 | 227 km NW | 972 | 47.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 7 % · humidity 64 % |
| Vétheuil | 95 | 520 km NW | 849 | 59 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 % |
| Lézinnes | 89 | 318 km N | 666 | 51.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 % |
| Bertincourt | 62 | 584 km N | 920 | 49.8 | Partly served | no figures |
| Gespunsart | 08 | 530 km N | 954 | 51.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 81 % · humidity 64 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montaigut-en-Combraille | 63 | 227 km NW | 972 | 47.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 7 % · humidity 64 % |
| Lézinnes | 89 | 318 km N | 666 | 51.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 % |
| Vétheuil | 95 | 520 km NW | 849 | 59 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 % |
| Gespunsart | 08 | 530 km N | 954 | 51.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 81 % · humidity 64 % |
| Bertincourt | 62 | 584 km N | 920 | 49.8 | Partly served | no figures |
| Quillebeuf-sur-Seine | 27 | 606 km NW | 859 | 52 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 % |
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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-Nazaire-en-Royans'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-Gervais-sur-Roubion | 26 | 60 km SW | 1,091 | 35.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Auvillar | 82 | 362 km W | 895 | 62.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Poujol-sur-Orb | 34 | 240 km SW | 947 | 54.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Bâtie-Rolland | 26 | 64 km SW | 1,087 | 38.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Julien-en-Saint-Alban | 07 | 55 km SW | 1,465 | 50.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lamothe-Capdeville | 82 | 326 km W | 1,068 | 45.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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