Suze

Drôme · CC du Val de Drôme en Biovallée · INSEE 26346

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

Few services 29.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Suze (INSEE 26346) is in Drôme (26), part of CC du Val de Drôme en Biovallée. Population 245 (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/26346-suze

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 82 % of the 17,145 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.99	10	9.94
Housing mix	0.53	5	2.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (PIZZA SAPORITA). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PUBLIQUE SUZE SUR CREST). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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	1	PIZZA SAPORITA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PUBLIQUE SUZE SUR CREST	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: 223 peak 2007: 253 2023: 245 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 228 (2012) → 245 (2023): 7.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 164 (1990) → 245 (2023): 49.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 162, of which 23.5 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.0 km NEGP — 3.0 km NEBakery — 3.1 km NEPharmacy — 6.5 km SW 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 (Beaufort-sur-Gervanne): 3.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Beaufort-sur-Gervanne): 3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Beaufort-sur-Gervanne): 3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Aouste-sur-Sye): 6.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Suze): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 37.7

Days at or below 0 °C 50.3

Muggy days a summer 1.6

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 38 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BEAUFORT-S-GERV weather station, 2.9 km away at 379 m; the village itself is at 342 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at COMBOVIN, 8.5 km away at 820 m, over 27 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 478 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 921 mm of rain a year, spread over 95 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BEAUFORT-S-GERV, 2.9 km away at 379 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 — 26346/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26346/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26346/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26346/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26035
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26011
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26346
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
Saint-Étienne-aux-Clos	19	227 km NW	246	26.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %
Nouzerines	23	296 km NW	237	24.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Dracy	89	363 km NW	236	25	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Bilhac	19	264 km W	242	25.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Carelles	53	611 km NW	246	20.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Paizay-le-Chapt	79	438 km W	258	25	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Étienne-aux-Clos	19	227 km NW	246	26.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %
Bilhac	19	264 km W	242	25.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Nouzerines	23	296 km NW	237	24.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Dracy	89	363 km NW	236	25	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Paizay-le-Chapt	79	438 km W	258	25	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Carelles	53	611 km NW	246	20.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 81 % · 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 Suze'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
Brassac	82	334 km W	254	26.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Salles	81	256 km W	191	27.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Virac	81	256 km W	252	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Belvèze	82	323 km W	221	18.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Quentin-de-Chalais	16	400 km W	241	17	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Bach	46	276 km W	211	22.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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