Savasse

Identity

Savasse (INSEE 26339) is in Drôme (26), part of CA Montélimar Agglomération. Population 1,631 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/26339-savasse

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 11,011 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.

Services

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LES VOILES · PIZZERIA LOU MAS · SVCV). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAVASSE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE SAVASSE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE LUCIEN BOIS). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (LE RENDEZ-VOUS · L'ARTISAN COIFFEUR). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,344 (2012) → 1,631 (2023): 21.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,089 (1990) → 1,631 (2023): 49.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 805, of which 3.4 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Montélimar): 3.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Marcel-lès-Sauzet): 2.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Marcel-lès-Sauzet): 2.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Sauzet): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Savasse): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 40 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MONTELIMAR weather station, 4 km away at 73 m; the village itself is at 145 m. ^[12]

The village sits 72 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at MONTELIMAR, 4 km away at 73 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 72 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 905 mm of rain a year, spread over 77 days — about 11.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MONTELIMAR, 4 km away at 73 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26339/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26339/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26339/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26339/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26198
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26312
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26338
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 26339
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024