Valaurie
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.
Few services 38.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Valaurie (INSEE 26360) is in Drôme (26), part of CC Enclave des Papes - Pays de Grignan. Population 732 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/26360-valaurie
Vitality score
Vitality score 38.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 71 % of the 16,221 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0.5 | 20 | 9.93 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0.32 | 10 | 3.16 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.6 | 5 | 2.98 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA BOULANGERIE PAR ARACIL). [3,4]
5 × Restaurant (DOMAINE LES MEJEONNES · BISTROT DE VALAURIE · KRK69 SARL · ENTRE NOUS · ANDY PIZZA). [3,4]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (VALENTINE PRACHT, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (VALAURIE AP). [3]
3 × Hairdresser (MY DESIGN · HAIR COIFFURE · MAISON LB). [3,4]
2 × Hotel (HÔTEL LES MÉJEONNES · LE MAS DE VALAURIE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LA BOULANGERIE PAR ARACIL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 5 | DOMAINE LES MEJEONNES · BISTROT DE VALAURIE · KRK69 SARL · ENTRE NOUS · ANDY PIZZA | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [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) | 1 | VALENTINE PRACHT, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 1 | VALAURIE 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 | 3 | MY DESIGN · HAIR COIFFURE · MAISON LB | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 2 | HÔTEL LES MÉJEONNES · LE MAS DE VALAURIE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market: Sunday matin place du Puits. [5,6]
Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.
Trajectory
Population 572 (2012) → 732 (2023): 28 % over 10 years. [7,1]
Population 386 (1990) → 732 (2023): 89.6 % over 30 years. [8,1]
Dwellings (2023): 410, of which 20.2 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. [9]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Valaurie): 0.5 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Food shop (La Garde-Adhémar): 5.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [11]
GP (Valaurie): 0.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Grignan): 7.6 km to the east (straight line). [12]
Primary school (Roussas): 1.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [13]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 53 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [14]
Measured at the DONZERE weather station, 7 km away at 66 m; the village itself is at 124 m. [14]
The village sits 58 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. [14]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [14]
Humidity measured at DONZERE, 7 km away at 66 m, over 25 summers. [14]
That station sits 58 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [14]
An average of 972 mm of rain a year, spread over 81 days — about 12 mm on a day it rains. [14]
Rainfall measured at AIGUEBELLE, 5 km away at 206 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [14]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26360/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://www.mairie-valaurie.fr/decouvrir— “Le petit marché s'installe à Valaurie, place du Puits, tous les dimanche matin.”
- DATAtourisme 2023-08— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/cc69d8b4-3e14-3c06-be1c-276e8b078d4f— “Dimanche : Marché hebdomadaire de Valaurie.”
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26360/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26360/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26360/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26360
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26138
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26146
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26284
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thiescourt | 60 | 590 km N | 750 | 35.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 % |
| Annebault | 14 | 647 km NW | 521 | 37.8 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gagnac-sur-Cère | 46 | 239 km W | 650 | 21.5 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Exupéry-les-Roches | 19 | 227 km NW | 591 | 29.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 22 % · humidity 79 % |
| Ryes | 14 | 683 km NW | 482 | 34.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Guillon-Terre-Plaine | 89 | 348 km N | 703 | 32.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Exupéry-les-Roches | 19 | 227 km NW | 591 | 29.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 22 % · humidity 79 % |
| Gagnac-sur-Cère | 46 | 239 km W | 650 | 21.5 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 % |
| Guillon-Terre-Plaine | 89 | 348 km N | 703 | 32.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 % |
| Thiescourt | 60 | 590 km N | 750 | 35.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 % |
| Annebault | 14 | 647 km NW | 521 | 37.8 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ryes | 14 | 683 km NW | 482 | 34.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · 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 Valaurie'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pont-de-Barret | 26 | 25 km NE | 657 | 41 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Piégros-la-Clastre | 26 | 38 km NE | 882 | 47.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Serves-sur-Rhône | 26 | 80 km N | 782 | 31 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Maurice-d'Ardèche | 07 | 35 km W | 375 | 28.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Clansayes | 26 | 5.6 km S | 517 | 20.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Brunet | 04 | 114 km SE | 299 | 28.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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