Vachères-en-Quint
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 14.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Vachères-en-Quint (INSEE 26359) is in Drôme (26), part of CC du Diois. Population 38 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 14.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 80 % of the 3,112 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.96 | 10 | 9.62 |
| Housing mix | 0.53 | 5 | 2.67 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 30 (2012) → 38 (2023): 26.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 26 (1990) → 38 (2023): 46.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 30, of which 23.3 % second homes and 3.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Die): 8.4 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Die): 7.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Beaufort-sur-Gervanne): 9.4 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Die): 9.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Sainte-Croix): 3 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 100 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the DIE weather station, 7 km away at 384 m; the village itself is at 556 m. [11]
The village sits 172 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at DIE, 7 km away at 384 m, over 24 summers. [11]
That station sits 172 m below 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 938 mm of rain a year, spread over 98 days — about 9.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at DIE, 7 km away at 384 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 — 26359/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26359/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26359/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26359/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26113
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26035
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Berlière | 08 | 527 km N | 38 | 8.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chaudenay-la-Ville | 21 | 268 km N | 37 | 14.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 % |
| Juvanzé | 10 | 396 km N | 36 | 13 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 30 % · humidity 86 % |
| Châtrices | 51 | 473 km N | 36 | 5.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rondefontaine | 25 | 228 km N | 38 | 15.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 22 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fouchécourt | 88 | 361 km N | 40 | 3.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 35 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rondefontaine | 25 | 228 km N | 38 | 15.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 22 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chaudenay-la-Ville | 21 | 268 km N | 37 | 14.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fouchécourt | 88 | 361 km N | 40 | 3.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 35 % · humidity 86 % |
| Juvanzé | 10 | 396 km N | 36 | 13 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 30 % · humidity 86 % |
| Châtrices | 51 | 473 km N | 36 | 5.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Berlière | 08 | 527 km N | 38 | 8.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Vachères-en-Quint'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orcinas | 26 | 28 km S | 40 | 10.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Moydans | 05 | 48 km SE | 38 | 5.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pelonne | 26 | 46 km S | 23 | 7.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rottier | 26 | 37 km S | 25 | 13.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Esnans | 25 | 295 km N | 65 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gignac | 84 | 99 km S | 73 | 13.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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