Upie

Drôme · CA Valence Romans Agglo · INSEE 26358

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

Partly served 41.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Upie (INSEE 26358) is in Drôme (26), part of CA Valence Romans Agglo. Population 1,556 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/26358-upie

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 11,356 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.58

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA BOULANGERIE D'UPIE). ^[3,4]

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

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

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

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ARNAUD DARBON, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE LES CLOTS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE UPIE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (LE SALON DE LAURA · DEPLACE'COIFF). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA BOULANGERIE D'UPIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	U EXPRESS	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	1	COULEUR PIZZA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE UPIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ARNAUD DARBON, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE LES CLOTS	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	UPIE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE UPIE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	3	LE SALON DE LAURA · DEPLACE'COIFF	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 718 2023: 1,556 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,535 (2012) → 1,556 (2023): 1.4 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 956 (1990) → 1,556 (2023): 62.8 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 719, of which 4.2 % second homes and 5.8 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 1.3 km W 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 (Upie): 1.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Upie): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Upie): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Upie): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Upie): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 35.6

Days at or below 0 °C 37.6

Muggy days a summer 2.1

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 36 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ETOILE weather station, 7.2 km away at 145 m; the village itself is at 216 m. ^[10]

The village sits 71 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ETOILE, 7.2 km away at 145 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 71 m below 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 884 mm of rain a year, spread over 86 days — about 10.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ETOILE, 7.2 km away at 145 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 — 26358/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2024-04— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/f0984cf0-9ac2-3bca-8621-957d711c649f— “Marché hebdomadaire”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26358/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26358/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26358/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26358
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
Voulx	77	416 km N	1,626	45.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Vigy	57	499 km N	1,522	44.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Bellefontaine	972	6,990 km W	1,746	44.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 49 % · humidity 0 %
Vic-sur-Seille	57	458 km N	1,317	45.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Clérieux	26	30 km N	1,910	45.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Montenois	25	326 km NE	1,362	48.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Clérieux	26	30 km N	1,910	45.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Montenois	25	326 km NE	1,362	48.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 %
Voulx	77	416 km N	1,626	45.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Vic-sur-Seille	57	458 km N	1,317	45.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Vigy	57	499 km N	1,522	44.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Bellefontaine	972	6,990 km W	1,746	44.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 49 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Upie'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-Pierre-de-Bœuf	42	67 km N	1,712	54.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Châtillon-Saint-Jean	26	34 km N	1,305	41.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Le Bousquet-d'Orb	34	190 km SW	1,599	58	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Mormoiron	84	84 km S	1,884	55.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Frontonas	38	95 km N	2,123	47.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Toulaud	07	16 km NW	1,687	30.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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